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Hallett Cinemas All Digital with Barco Projectors

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

All of the rooms across Hallett Cinemas’ 42-screen circuit with sites located across Washington and Idaho are now equipped with Barco projectors. “We want to offer our loyal patrons the best cinema entertainment available ” said Ray Hallett general manager/owner of Hallett Cinemas. “After touring the Barco factory in Belgium I was very impressed with the quality and care Barco invests in both the design and manufacturing of their projectors.

Shooting at a Slow Frame Rate

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Aerial cinematographer David B. Nowell has been spending a lot of time in the air recently shooting for major motion pictures and while there is a lot of discussion about high frame rates for a recent shoot he elected to go in the opposite direction. “One of my most recent assignments was over the sand lava fields mountains and glaciers of Iceland ” he said. “We needed to get plate shots for a special helicopter/jet aircraft that is flying through the country’s very narrow canyons.

Rooftop Films Holds First Horror Movie Marathon

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Rooftop Films held the first ever indie-horror-film marathon last month at the Brooklyn Lyceum. There was no charge for admission and the event included music prizes and complimentary drinks and food. The film marathon began at 4 pm and continued until midnight.

The event kicked off with a reception featuring music projections and complimentary food and drink. The films started at 5 pm with a special screening of Jeremy Saulnier’s Brooklyn-based slasher comedy  Murder Party.

NATO’s CBG Signs More Than 3 000 Independent Screens for Digital Conversion

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The National Association of Theatre Owners' Cinema Buying Group has announced that it has now signed over 3 000 independent CBG screens for conversion to digital cinema. Cinedigm is the digital cinema integrator partner for the CBG a buying program for NATO's independent theatre operators in the United States and Canada and is responsible for deploying nearly 40 percent of all digital cinema screens in North America. “NATO and the CBG congratulate Cinedigm on the momentous 3 000 screen milestone ” said NATO president John Fithian.

Star Grill Cinema Installs Sony 4K Projectors on 21 Screens

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Star Grill Cinema recently equipped all 21 screens across its three Texas locations with Sony 4K projection now providing their customers the highest-quality movie-viewing experience.   Star Cinema offers their guests an extensive dining menu and full-service bar with a wide selection of beer wine and spirits. Now the theaters’ digital conversion allows them to offer “the best of both worlds ” according to owner Omar Khan.   “We want to make sure our customers have the best meal they’ve had in a long time ” Khan said.

Thinkbox Software Launches Cinelab Touch-Interface Video Editing App for Windows 8

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Thinkbox Software has launched Cinelab a new video-editing app for Windows 8 devices. Cinelab delivers video editing capabilities directly from any supported tablet mobile device or desktop computer. 

Inspired by the new Windows user interface Thinkbox founder Chris Bond set out to design an easy-to-use editing app that would enable people of any skill level to trim and cut together clips and share them directly from Windows 8 devices.

Making the Switch to Multi-Camera Shooting

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Disney’s Pair of Kings is an unusual multi-camera series to say the least. It is filled with incredible battles and amazing stunts as well as special effects and “lots of really funny stuff ” said director of photography Johnny Simmons ASC. “We shoot both four-camera and single camera style; maintaining the use of all four cameras shooting coverage inside the proscenium. “On the multi-camera shows that I’ve been shooting Vinten has pretty much been the standard ” he said. “Coming from single camera I wasn’t that familiar with what sitcom camera operators wanted to use.

Principal Photography Wraps on Space Station 76

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Principal photography has wrapped on Space Station 76 a dramatic comedy directed by Jack Plotnick starring Liv Tyler Matt Bomer Patrick Wilson and Marisa Coughlan. Producers are Rival Pictures’ Ed Parks and Rachel Ward along with Dan Burks from Om Films in addition to Joel Michaely and Katherine Ann McGregor. Executive producers are Niraj Bhatia Frank Mele and Jack Plotnick. Space Station 76 was filmed in Los Angeles.

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.

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.

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