The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is seeking proposals for scientific academic and highly technical papers for the 2011 SMPTE International Conference on Stereoscopic 3D for Entertainment chaired by Disney’s Howard Lukk. Proposed papers must be informational in nature and must address technical theory research clinical results or emerging technologies specific to stereoscopic 3D for entertainment.
Suick Theatres has signed with Sonic Equipment Company of Iola Kansas to fully convert their four-screen facility in Shawano Wisconsin. Suick Theatres will showcase the theatre as the first of their facilities to be converted. The company will install Christie Solaria CP2220 digital cinema projectors and Dolby 7.1 sound technology. The conversion is expected to be completed in early January.
Technicolor Asia has become Thailand’s first post-production facility to achieve ISO 9001:2008 certification. The announcement was made last month as the facility celebrated its seventh anniversary in business.
The Foundry has launched an open beta of their new digital cinema camera workflow product Storm which addresses the growing complexity of shooting digital performing a variety of core tasks on and near-set and bringing camera and post-production closer together. According to the company Storm can rapidly navigate and playback footage allowing producers directors and editors to view takes in high resolution without interruption or delay.
The Benelux-based Utopia/Utopolis Group is planning to boost its 3D business with 45 MasterImage 3D installations. As the very first exhibitor to have projected digital 3D at its main sites in the Benelux countries Utopia/Utopolis Group one of the major cinema circuits in Belgium Holland and Luxembourg entered into a deal with FTT Benelux youngest member of the FTT family for the supply and installation of 45 MasterImage 3D digital cinema systems. Moreover FTT also won the bid for the supply and installation of all silver screens for the group.
Principal Large Format will lead a three-day training course on 3D for cinema and television next January in London. Titled Advanced 3D – The National Stereoscopic 3D Training Program the course is being presented by PLF in association with Talking Point and funded by the Skillset Film Skills Fund as part of A Bigger Future 2 and by Sky. Brian Lenz – Sky’s director of TV product development says “With the rapid growth of 3D gaming cinema and the exciting launch of 3D TV spearheaded by Sky there are a wide range of creative and commercial opportunities.
London VFX studio The Mill is using YoYotta’s YoYo workflow management system to anchor its production pipeline. The award-winning studio handles commercials work for a wide variety of high-end clients including recent spots for companies like Nike Mercedes-Benz Sony PlayStation Ford and T-Mobile. The company says its YoYo system contributed greatly to the success of the Nike World Cup three-minute spot Write the Future. “Every single EDL that comes into the building goes through the YoYo so it serves as the lynch pin of the back-room processes ” says colorist Seamus O’Kane.
Lord David Puttnam award-winning producer and president of the UK Film Distributors’ Association has been chosen to receive RAAM 2011 International Award. The award recognizes an individual or individuals whose body of work in the film industry celebrates significant international achievements and contributions to the British cinema industry.
Wanda International Cinema the largest cinema company in China has secured a partnership with Harman Professional’s Chinese distributor Advanced Communications Equipment to equip 20 new cinemas with JBL speakers and Crown amplifiers. In total 183 cinemas will be completed with JBL 4732/3732 3-way line arrays JBL 8340 cinema surround speakers and JBL 4642A/4645C subwoofers all powered by Crown DSi 1000 2000 and 4000 series amplifiers by the end of 2010.
WestMidWest Productions announced today that it will premiere the trailer of its new movie Revenge of the Electric Car exclusively on Facebook as soon as its Facebook Fan page acquires its 10 000th fan. The company produced the 2006 documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? Revenge of the Electric Car is the new feature documentary about electric cars by director Chris Paine.
