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Newseum Features ‘Electronic Window on the World’

Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

When the Newseum – an interactive museum of news – celebrated the grand opening of its new location last month visitors were greeted by a 40-by-22-foot LED wall displaying crystal-clear video of breaking news historic news presentations and documentaries.   Dubbed the ‘Electronic Window on the World ’ the giant display made by Barco is the central feature of the New York Times – Ochs-Sulzberger Family Great Hall of News and by far the largest electronic display in a museum filled with high-tech gear.

Avid Introduces Next-Generation RAID Solutions

Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Avid Technology has announced the next-generation of its high-performance storage disk arrays: Avid VideoRAID ST and Avid VideoRAID SR. According to Avid the new disk arrays combine real-time performance cost-effective SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drive technology and the security of fail-safe data protection in the event of a disk drive failure.

LG Electronics Joins ETC at USC

Tue, 05/13/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Entertainment Technology Center at USC has announced that LG Electronics has joined ETC as an Anytime/Anywhere Content Lab sponsor. The AACL will showcase a wide spectrum of products services and technologies in action. The lab will use these tools to examine the technological and sociological implications of providing content to consumers who desire it at anytime on any device and anywhere they happen to be.

New Legislation in US Congress Would Allow Orphan Works Use in Films

Mon, 05/12/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Orphan Works Act of 2008 under consideration in the US Congress would allow filmmakers and other creators to use orphan works that have been languishing because the copyright owner no longer exists or cannot be found. The bill is officially designated S. 2913 the Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 and H.R. 5889. The Independent Feature Project and the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture are both supporting the measure.

SMPTE Announces Pre-Conference Symposium ”How Did They Do That?”

Mon, 05/12/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers 2008 Pre-Conference Symposium How Did They Do That? Innovations in Filmmaking and Live Event Broadcast will be held October 27 at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood. The Symposium will present interesting applications of new technology used to capture the dramatic images from two extremes of programming: live fast-action coverage of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics and the methodical production of the landmark nature footage in the BBC's award winning Planet Earth series.

Aria Full Circle Axis3D Collaborate on The Mortician 3D

Mon, 05/12/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

London-based production companies Aria Films and Full Circle Films are in the early discussions post-production facility Axis3D to produce what is expected to be one of the first UK feature films to be shot and posted using newly-available 3D technology. The Mortician is a redemption tale where kindness triumphs over cruelty and falls within the genres of urban noir contemporary fairytale and psychological thriller. The film is set in the nightmare ghetto of a decaying metropolis and is based around about one man's struggle through the violence and corruption of a dying city.

CinePostproduction Installs BrightDrive Recording System

Mon, 05/12/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

CinePostproduction has installed a BrightDrive Pro4 media recording system at its branch Bavaria Bild and Ton. The Pro4 provides media sharing functionality for the facility’s HD and DI creative media facilities based at the famous film studios in Geiselgasteig Munich Germany. By using BrightDrive as the infrastructure for all of their post-production workflows operators at CinePostproduction Bavaria Bild and Ton say they are able to work on the same media simultaneously in real-time sharing files between a da Vinci 2K and a Baselight 4.

Production Equipment Rental Association Names Johnston Executive Director

Mon, 05/12/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Production Equipment Rental Association has named John Johnston executive director.  PERA president Pat Patin co-owner and vice president of Texcam Inc. based in Houston Texas made the announcement. PERA was organized in 1993. The association has about 170 member companies in North America Europe and Asia. “John Johnston is a proven leader who brings an extraordinary range of experience and passion for the film and video production industries to this new role ” Patin says.

Putting the Vision in OperaVision

Tue, 04/29/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

With the debut of a new program offered by the San Francisco Opera called OperaVision tighter shots of the stage were necessary. OperaVision allows audience members seated in balcony seats an improved view of the stage through close-up and mid-range ensemble shots in high-definition video on two five-foot six-inch by nine-foot six-inch retractable screens hung from the ceiling.

Eight Dalsa Origin 4K Cameras Used on Quantum Solace

Tue, 04/29/2008 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The newest installment in the James Bond series Quantum of Solace starring Daniel Craig as James Bond will feature a complex visual effects shot captured with eight Dalsa 4K Origin cameras. As with most of James Bond’s missions the details surrounding the cameras’ use must be kept top secret for the time being. However the company revealed that the technically ambitious visual effects shot featured Craig and actress Olga Kurylenko and involved simultaneously shooting with eight shutter-synchronized Dalsa Origin 4K cameras.

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