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Film Chest Upgrades Restoration Capabilities

Mon, 07/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Film Chest has chosen a Digital Vision Golden Eye III film scanner and Phoenix restoration software to power their expanded pipeline for television and motion picture restoration and distribution. The systems were installed earlier this year in Film Chest’s Bridgeport Connecticut facility. Film Chest owns and distributes thousands of titles boasting one of the largest libraries of classic movies and television series’ in the world. They provide content to pay cable public and broadcast television motion pictures streaming distribution and a variety of other professional uses.

FilmLight Lowers Price of Baselight Till Mid September

Mon, 07/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

FilmLight has lowered the price of its Baselight color-grading system until mid September. The Baselight One Access package can now be purchased for less than $50 000 and includes the latest Baselight 4.3 software  complete installation technical support and on-site operational training. “Baselight’s reputation and use by the world’s leading facilities on high-profile projects has caused some to believe that it is unaffordable but that is a myth ” said FilmLight head of marketing Mark Burton.

Golden Village Multiplex Goes Fully Digital with Barco

Mon, 07/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Golden Village Multiplex in Singapore has completed full digitization of all its locations with Barco's Digital Cinema projectors. Barco technology was chosen for its ease-of-use superb image resolution and modular product design. Golden Village Multiplex boasts one of the widest screens (22.4 meters) in Southeast Asia and it is on this screen that the DP4K projector has been deployed. Kurt Rieder CEO Golden Village Multiplex said “Through our experience of having deployed Barco’s projectors we are assured of Barco’s quality and after sales service.

International 3D Society Now Accepting Awards Nominations

Mon, 07/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The International 3D Society is now accepting nominations for its annual Stereoscopic 3D Technology Awards to be held in November in Hollywood California. The Society's 3D Technology Awards honor technological achievement in the stereoscopic medium including mainly cinema television portable devices special venue themed attractions video games computers and other media. A blue-ribbon 3D Technology Awards panel will vote upon the entries.

Megaplex Chooses Doremi as Primary Technology Provider

Mon, 07/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Megaplex Theatres has selected Doremi as the primary technology provider for the upgrade of its remaining screens across six locations throughout the state of Utah. Forty-one Doremi DCP-2K4 servers are scheduled for installation this summer. Moreover Doremi’s accessibility product line including the CaptiView closed captioning system and the Fidelio device for the visually impaired are also scheduled for installation in the theatre complexes. The theatre chain expects to have the upgrade completed by the end of September.

Recreating the ’76 Grand Prix Season

Fri, 06/29/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Principal photography is underway on Ron Howard’s Rush. The new film is based on the real events of the 1976 F1 Grand Prix season which read like implausible fiction with characters and plot straight from Hollywood. The story of English public school playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) coming from relative obscurity to challenge the reigning world champion Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl) is etched in motorsport history as one of the most epic and the first to grab the attention of the general public such was its drama.

UnitZeroVFZ to Produce Hammer Film The Quiet Ones

Fri, 06/29/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

UnitZeroVFX a division of the award-winning studio The Traveling Picture Show Company announced today that it will serve as sole visual effects provider for Hammer’s The Quiet Ones a supernatural thriller directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2: Terminal). The film is produced by James Gay-Rees (Senna Exit through the Gift Shop) and Ben Holden in association with TPSC Films.

Illuminating the World of Vampires in New Orleans

Fri, 06/29/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

There is a sect of New Orleans residents who believe they are vampires. To capture their story cinematographer Austin Smoak needed to film in dimly lit bars and houses in the French Quarter and on the streets at night. To stay lightweight and low profile she equipped her DSLR cameras with the MicroPro and MiniPlus from Litepanels. “We had chosen to shoot on Canon DSLRs for the look but also because it was easier to get people to be themselves around a smaller less imposing camera.

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