Production & Post-Production

Big Sky Premiere’s Trapped

Mon, 04/18/2016 - 13:29 -- Nick Dager

As the U.S. Supreme Court decides in 2016 whether individual states may essentially outlaw abortion (Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt), a new documentary, Trapped, follows the struggles of the clinic workers and lawyers who are on the front lines of a battle to keep abortion safe and legal for millions of American women. The movie premieres April 25 as part of the Big Sky Film Festival in Montana.

Prime Focus Technologies Extends Clear Operations Cloud to Amazon Web Services

Mon, 04/18/2016 - 13:21 -- Nick Dager

Prime Focus Technology has added Amazon Optimizer to its Operations Cloud module, part of PFT’s Clear Media ERP Suite. Amazon Optimizer promises to reduce the cost of transcoding for content owners, while increasing efficiencies – part of PFT’s ongoing mission as it virtualizes the content supply chain.

Favreau Talks about The Jungle Book

Mon, 04/18/2016 - 13:15 -- Nick Dager

Disney’s The Jungle Book is the first film released in the U.S. in Dolby Vision 3D and is available at two Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime locations: Empire 25 in New York City and Hawthorn in Chicago. In this video director John Favreau shares how the movie sets a new bar for beautiful visuals and the 3D movie-going experience. “Whatever hesitation people might have in going to see a 3D movie I think completely goes away,” he says, “because the brightness of the image, the quality of the lenses and the fact that…the glasses just disappear and you’re watching a crystal clear image where you feel like you just climb onto the screen is a game changer.”

Cooke Adds to Anamorphic/i Lens Range

Mon, 04/18/2016 - 13:09 -- Nick Dager

Cooke Optics has introduced its second front Anamorphic/i zoom lens, the 45-405mm zoom. In addition, the 35-140mm Anamorphic/i wide angle zoom is expected to start shipping over the summer. The 45-405mm T4.5-22, front Anamorphic/i zoom lens has preliminary specifications featuring 9x zoom front anamorphic, 5’10” MOD from image plane and 3’11” close focus from the front of the lens. True to Cooke style, the color and contrast will match the rest of the series.

Codex, OffHollywood Deliver Live HDR On-Set Grading for Red Cameras

Mon, 04/18/2016 - 13:03 -- Nick Dager

Codex has integrated Codex Live, the color management and look-creation system enabling set-to-post color confidence, with OffHollywood’s OMOD for Red Digital Cinema cameras. This technology collaboration delivers a fast and robust set-to-post solution for Red camera workflows, and also enables live high dynamic range on-set grading for the first time.

Ymagis Tests DPROVE2 for SMPTE-DCP Verification

Wed, 04/13/2016 - 13:25 -- Nick Dager

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers today announced that Ymagis Group, the European specialist in digital technologies for the cinema industry, has used the next generation of SMPTE's Digital PROjection VErifier (DPROVE2) to simplify and accelerate adoption of the SMPTE Digital Cinema Package (SMPTE-DCP).

New Documentary Looks at the Importance of Soil

Fri, 04/08/2016 - 10:54 -- Nick Dager

Two acclaimed documentary film production companies are teaming up to chronicle an unlikely contender in the battle to halt climate change: soil. A co-production of The Big Picture Ranch (Fuel, The Big Fix, Pump) and Benenson Productions (Dirt! The Movie, The Hadza: Last of the First), Kiss the Ground will be produced by Josh Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell and Bill Benenson. Josh and Rebecca Tickell are directing. Laurie Benenson, Anna Getty and Michelle Lerach are executive producing.

Rohde & Schwarz Upgrades Clipster

Thu, 04/07/2016 - 17:33 -- Nick Dager

Rohde & Schwarz has upgraded the Clipster Gen 6 mastering station, with new functionalities to boost DCI and Interoperable Master Format mastering. Moreover, with its added improvements in flexibility, quality and performance, the Clipster will help service providers expand their portfolio. Since its introduction in 2003, the award-winning Clipster has established itself as the complete mastering and deliverable solution for premium content.

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