In a move designed to accelerate the development and adoption of next-generation 3D digital cinema Christie and James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment have signed a milestone five-year agreement to exchange research testing development and technical support on the industry's most exciting new technology.
Barco has been awarded an order for another 120 projectors completing Malco's conversion of its entire circuit to digital. Expanding upon its long-term partnership with Malco Barco will install both 2K and 4K models.
Method Studios the visual effects group within the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group has announced the addition of three facilities in Australia further expanding Method's already established network of studios in Los Angeles Vancouver New York and London. Feature work being completed across the Method brand includes Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Fox directed by Timur Bekmambetov) Dark Shadows (Warner Bros. directed by Tim Burton) Clash of the Titans 2: Wrath of the Titans (Warner Bros. directed by Jonathan Liebesman) and J. Edgar (Warner Bros.
The summer 2011 box office reached a new record of $4.4 billion reports the National Association of Theatre Owners. Summer admissions were up an estimated one percent over summer 2010 to 546 million. 2011 also marked the fifth consecutive summer in which box office revenues exceeded $4 billion.
Open Road Films will license Cinedigm's Theatrical Distribution System to serve as the platform to manage key aspects of Open Road’s theatrical distribution to its domestic territories. Cinedigm expects implementation will be completed in time to support Open Road’s first theatrical release Killer Elite which will be released nationwide on September 23. Open Road Films is a joint venture between the nation’s top two theatre operators AMC and Regal.
Hamburg-based post-production house Optical Art has upgraded its f color-grading suite with a Kinoton Digital Cinema system to meet the demand for premium 3D services. The first project using the system is the animated feature Legends of Valhalla – Thor. The production system features a DCP 30 SX II digital cinema projector and a RealD 3D post-production kit. Thor an Irish-German co-production will be finished this year. The S3D projector closes the last gap in our workflow says Optical Art CEO Christian Burgdorff.
Polaroid Eyewear today announced the launch of the first two styles in its professional 3D eyewear collection. The Polaroid professional 3D collection which uses passive circular polarization has been specifically created for 3D professionals and producers of 3D content. These first two styles both have interchangeable lenses meaning that after work professionals can simply change the lenses and use them as sunglasses. The frames are produced using premium quality materials and precision making them both lightweight and robust.
Presentations at the SMPTE Annual Technical Conference will cover a number of significant developments related to 3D. The conference convenes at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel & Spa October 25-27. Mary-Luc Champel of Technicolor France will speak on the set-top-box as a possible new rendering platform. SMPTE member Mike Finegan of the USA will address 3D point-of-view videography for sporting events and Michael Watford Ciena Canada will talk about 1080p50/60 and beyond as network architectures for wideband video transport.
The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced the recipients of the organization’s Engineering Excellence Award. The coveted honor sponsored by NAB Show is intended to showcase and reward inventors manufacturers vendors and/or peer post-production companies for their outstanding product or technology application offerings. The Engineering Excellence Award is a central part of the HPA Awards which have become the standard by which creative and technical excellence in the art science and craft of post-production is measured.
When executive producer/director of photography Thomas Winston geared up his company Grizzly Creek Films for a new series of National Geographic Expedition Wild specials he knew he was going to face rugged terrain and he chose his equipment accordingly. He selected a line-up of three Sachtler support systems including the Video 25 Plus the Video 15 SB and the DV 4 II for the seven episodes. Winston is a longtime Sachtler fan. “Filming wildlife is tough – both on the people and on the gear.
