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Business Generates $7 Billion in 2012

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 00:00 -- Nick Dager

The digital signage industry generated an estimated $7 billion in annual revenues growing on all accounts at a continued double-digit compound annual growth rate employing an estimated 50 000 professionals as messages are presented on more than two million networked out-of-home displays according to an industry outlook released by digital signage consultant Lyle Bunn. “Owned media is the dominant communications force in customer patron staff and student engagement ” Bunn said.

QFX Cinemas Upgrades Audio

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 00:00 -- Nick Dager

The QFX Cinemas a new three-screen multiplex capable of seating up to 939 viewers at any one time is Nepal’s first truly world-class Cineplex and is one of a trio of cinemas owned by QFX in the city. The new theatre is located in the Sundhara district of the capital Kathmandu is QFX Civil Mall the countries largest shopping area covering a total of 25 000 square feet. A key part of the theatre is its Alcons Audio system. QFX is the brand name of Quest Entertainment which was launched in Nepal a decade ago with the QFX Jai Nepal Cinema.

Lighting a Low Budget Fairytale

Fri, 12/14/2012 - 00:00 -- Nick Dager

Nashville-based director/DP Jon Chema battled the usual challenges for a recent music video Fairytale for independent Kansas City pop artist Helene Michele – tight budget short two-day shoot ambitious set ups. “To make the schedule over multiple major set ups we had to roll light and move quickly ” Chema says. “Several locations had limited power and extensive electrical runs with generators were out of the question. We ate up the light because we used the Red Epic and were shooting a lot of high speed.”?? “Litepanels Sola 6 LED Fresnels were the perfect solution.

Chronicling Westerly Windina

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Santa Monica-based production company Westward Productions founded by Beau Willimon and Jordan Tappis have teamed up with directors Alan White and Jamie Brisick and musicians Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney on Westerly a 90-minute feature documentary chronicling the life of Westerly Windina formerly known as Peter Drouyn. Drouyn was one of surfing's first superstars. A true visionary he dominated the international competitive ranks in the '60s and '70s invented man-on-man surfing and introduced surfing to China. But there was much he kept private.

Pure Land: Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Visitors to Pure Land: Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang during the 25th anniversary celebrations of Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington DC witnessed a technological stereoscopic 3D immersive application never seen before in the United States. In summarizing the project Julian Raby The Dame Jillian Sackler director of the Arthur M.

Siren Digital Upgrades Digital Intermediates Capabilities

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Siren Digital a film TV and new media production group in Hollywood has chosen a Digital Vision’s Nucoda color grading system with DVO toolset and Precision control panel for their digital intermediates and technological operations. Continuing a long-standing collaborative relationship the team at Siren has worked with Digital Vision over many years beginning with installations of Nucoda in Santa Monica and extending overseas to large-scale facility build-outs in Korea and China.

Sound City to Have Online Release in February

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Celebrating the confirmation of its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters Nirvana) announced today that his documentary Sound City will be released as an HD digital download (DRM-free) and stream February 1 via www.soundcitymovie.com.  Fans who pre-order the film now will receive instant exclusive rewards followed by a stream and download of the entire film on February 1. The pre-order price of the DRM-free film is $10 and is also available to send as a gift. A pre-order date from iTunes and other digital partner

Survey of Film Festival Organizers Brings Digital Transition into Focus

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Film is dead at least according to a survey of film festival organizers that Quvis Technologies CEO Kenbe Goertzen discussed recently at the International Film Festival Summit in Austin Texas. As a whole film festival organizers say that they do most of the judging in digital formats and believe that digital formats specifically a Digital Cinema Package offers the best viewing experience for their audience.

Can Bringing Light Make it to Sundance?

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

A three-minute film about a tiny molecule that lights up brain tumors so neurosurgeons can better distinguish cancer from normal tissue has a chance to get its own moment in the spotlight as a semifinalist in the Sundance Film Festival in January. Bringing Light which focuses on the Tumor Paint research led by James Olson M.D. Ph.D. a clinical researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a pediatric oncologist at Seattle Children's Hospital is available online for viewing and voting.

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