Codex, Cooke Optics, The Pixel Farm Plan Metadata Capture System
Codex, Cooke Optics and The Pixel Farm plan to develop and deliver what the companies are calling the next generation of metadata capture for film and digital cinema cameras.
Workflow
VFX studio MPC Standardizes on Tweak RV
VFX studio MPC has standardized on Tweak Software's image and sequence viewer, RV, for playback and review across its feature film VFX facilities in Vancouver, Montréal, London and Bangalore.
Lightworks Releases Author 9
Lightworks has released Lightworks Author 9, which is designed to give users more control and power at every stage of the rendering process.
Assimilate Extends Scratch Pricing Options
Assimilate is extending its array of pricing options by offering a new annual subscription option for both Scratch and Scratch Lab software.
Shotgun Software Helps Illumination Mac Guff Manage Despicable Me 2 Production
Paris-based animation studio Illumination Mac Guff used Shotgun software to keep on track for the 3D summer family film and one its most successful, Despicable Me 2.
Trumbull Completes Production on UFOTOG
Douglas Trumbull’s latest project UFOTOG, the world’s first high-frame rate (120 fps), stereoscopic 3D film, has completed production.
Bad Robot Used Tweak Software on Star Trek Into Darkness
Bad Robot, the production company founded by director J.J. Abrams, used Tweak Software’s RV-SDI to review visual effects shots from Star Trek Into Darkness.
Making Heads We Do
When shooting his recent independent feature Heads We Do, cinematographer Andrew Huebscher faced challenges including a tight budget, a 15-day shooting schedule, exterior night scenes, and the need for outstanding motion-picture image quality.
Cinedeck to Release v4.2 Software July 1st
Cinedeck will ship v4.2 software release on July 1st that enables its dual-channel RX and quad-channel MX file-based recorders to cost-effectively replace traditional tapedecks in everyday editorial and post-production operations.
A Fantastic Way of Working
In early 2010, Anna Foerster was one of the first cinematographers to shoot a feature film using a prototype Arri Alexa camera and Codex Recorders. That film, Anonymous, blended court intrigue, scandalous romance and the timeless lust for power, all set in the visually rich period of Shakespeare’s England. Foerster won the German Film Award for best cinematographer for her work on Anonymous. Now Foerster has reteamed with Roland Emmerich on White House Down, a contemporary action thriller about an attack on the U.S. president and the cop who defends him. Foerster and Emmerich chose to work with the Alexa and Codex once again. “It’s a fully developed, fantastic way of working,” says Foerster.
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