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The Lookout One of First Films to Use Codex/ArriRaw Workflow

Sun, 10/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Lookout (Le Guetteur) the new French-language crime thriller from Italian director Michele Placido (Crime Novel Angel of Death) is a riveting tale of bank robbers a sniper and hard-nosed cops that plays out in the meanest streets of Paris—it’s also one of the latest films to employ the Codex/ArriRaw workflow. Cinematographer Arnaldo Catinari shot the majority of the film with Arri Alexa cameras capturing ArriRaw data on Codex Onboard M recorders.

M3 Creative Forms Trailers Division Names David Yocum Creative Director

Sun, 10/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The creative content agency M3 Creative has named theatrical marketing producer David Yocum as partner/creative director of newly formed M3 Creative Trailers its motion picture advertising division. With the arrival of Yocum who joins M3 Creative Partners Andy Meyers Brad Baruh and Roman Perez the company says it is bolstering its involvement in theatrical campaigns for the major studios and independents. The new division follows M3’s recent expansion into independent film production with the creation of another division M3 Film.

Metropolitan Theatres Reaches VPF Agreement with Cinedigm

Sun, 10/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Metropolitan Theatres has signed a long-term virtual print fee deployment agreement with Cinedigm Digital Cinemas to convert 82 screens; the installation should be completed later this fall and will incorporate systems from Barco. Metropolitan currently operates 16 theatres in California Colorado Idaho Utah and British Columbia.

Gambol Buys Panasonic Camcorders for Awesome Adventures Wild about Animals

Sun, 10/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Cinematographer Mark Gambol principal of MG-Pictures of Lansdowne Pennsylvania has purchased two Panasonic AG-HPX250 P2 HD handheld camcorders to shoot two nationally syndicated series for teens Wild about Animals and Awesome Adventures.

 Produced by Steve Rotfeld Productions of Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania the award-winning Awesome Adventures takes teens ages 13 to 16 on incredible journeys all over the world.

MTI Film Provides Grading Post for New Drama Major Crimes

Sun, 10/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

MTI Film is providing final color grading and other post-production services to Shephard/Robin Company and Warner Bros. Television for the inaugural season of the new prime-time drama Major Crimes. MTI Film first teamed with Shephard/Robin ten months ago midway through the final season of The Closer when that show made the switch from 35mm to digital capture. Major Crimes a spinoff to The Closer centering on the same Los Angeles police department unit has gone digital from the start with cinematographers Kenneth Zunder ASC and David A.

Pushing Gear to Extremes

Sun, 10/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

After traveling the world for years starring in some of the ski genre’s most acclaimed films Tom Day made the successful switch to the other side of the lens as a cinematographer. Since then he’s shot action sports commercials and documentaries for top names including Warren Miller Entertainment. His latest effort took him to Alaska where he tested gear for a shoot later following extreme athletes across the South Pole for a movie called The Push.

Xpand Provides 3D for 60th San Sebastián Film Festival

Sun, 10/14/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Xpand 3D provided the 3D cinema system through for the 60th San Sebastián Film Festival in San Sebastián Spain. Regional partner Kelonik handled the project for Xpand. This year’s San Sebastián Film Festival featured Dustin Hoffman Tommy Lee Jones Ewan McGregor John Travolta Oliver Stone Benicio del Toro Ben Affleck and Catherine Deneuve receiving Donostia Awards. The Festival also included screenings of Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild David Frankel’s Hope Springs Oliver Stone’s Savages and Ben Lewin’s The Sessions.

Empire Acquires Seven Top Sound Facilities in North America

Sat, 10/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Empire Investment Holdings has acquired CSS Studios from Discovery Communications. CSS Studios is a holding company that owns seven distinct businesses including the largest independent post-production sound company in North America. Through this acquisition Empire adds Todd-AO Soundelux Sound One Modern Music POP Sound Soundelux Design Music Group and The Hollywood Edge to its global portfolio. “The Empire team understands and respects the importance of these companies to the creative community ” said David F.

Peoria Riverfront Museum First to Feature GSX Giant Screen

Sat, 10/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

On October 20th the new Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria Illinois will open to the public with the first GSX giant flat screen theater. The facility will become the highest resolution digital Giant Screen Cinema in the world capable of 2D and 3D presentations and will be the only theater to offer multiple automated aspect ratio modes including 4:3 at 4K by 3K resolution.

Goodrich Expands Relationship with Cinedigm

Sat, 10/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Goodrich Quality Theatres has expanded its relationship with Cinedigm Digital Cinema and is incorporating a full suite of Cinedigm Software to further integrate and streamline its circuit-wide movie operations. Since converting 274 screens at 30 theaters to digital in 2011 Goodrich has been using Cinedigm's LMS Theatre Command Center as the operational hub within the theatre to manage and coordinate the scheduling and playout of all digital content including features advertisements and movie trailers.

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