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Learning Curve

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

When the Prosser family donated $1.5 million dollars for a new theatre in the Western State College Student Center Slaterpaull Architects contacted Adam Babb audiovisual and acoustical consultant for Geiler and Associates to help design the new 3D digital cinema.   “This is an exciting addition for Western State College and the small mountain town of Gunnison Colorado which will be enjoying its first modern movie theatre ” says Babb.  “This much desired amenity will benefit both the campus and Gunnison Valley community.

Taking Long Line Shots

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

A week before shooting Clash of the Titans director Louis Leterrier requested that helicopter pilot Fred North and aerial cinematographer Hans Bjerno capture a series of rather long line shots in Wales United Kingdom. North has just completed his second project for Leterrier and his first with Pictorvision’s new Eclipse helicopter camera mount system. “I did Leterrier’s last movie with a different system ” says North. “It didn’t have a perfect horizon level and could not look straight down. For Clash of the Titans Leterrier and cinematographer Peter Menzies Jr.

Film Movement Releases Mine Simultaneously in Theatres and on iTunes

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Film Movement has advanced its mission of bringing the best in independent and art-house cinema to film fans across the country whether they live in metropolises or rural communities with the simultaneous release of Mine in theatres and on iTunes.
 
 The award-winning documentary film Mine distributed by Film Movement was released in theatres nationwide kicking off with its San Francisco theatrical premiere concurrent with its iTunes premiere on January 8th.  Mine’s San Francisco theatrical release will be followed by New York and New Orleans runs with a national 20 US city release to

JVC Unveils 2D-3D Stereoscopic Image Processor

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

JVC Professional Products has introduced the IF-2D3D1 Stereoscopic Image Processor which works as a 2D-to-3D converter and as a 3D L/R mixer for video content producers. The IF-2D3D1 is designed to help 3D content producers improve their workflow whether they are converting archived 2D material or shooting original content in 3D. “With the public’s renewed interest in 3D for both theatrically released content and beyond many content producers are looking to repurpose existing 2D materials to meet demand.

Kerasotes Installs 48 Barco Digital Cinema Projectors

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Kerasotes ShowPlace Theatres has purchased 48 Barco digital cinema projectors to be distributed throughout multiple markets. Locations include three new multiplexes in Secaucus New Jersey Minneapolis Minnesota and Chicago Illinois plus standalone 3D installations in Denver Colorado and Illinois. 
With the opening of the new 16-screen multiplex in Chicago's Roosevelt Collection and a new 14-screen multiplex in Minneapolis Kerasotes unveils their ShowPlace ICON Theatre design a multi-sensory experience of lounge dining and digital widescreen picture and sound.

Panasonic Unveils Integrated 3D Camcorder

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Panasonic has unveiled what it says is the world’s first professional fully integrated full HD 3D camcorder. The company showed engineering samples of the camera at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. Panasonic says it will begin taking orders in April and will ship cameras in the fall. In the new 3D camcorder the lenses camera head and a dual memory card recorder are integrated into a single body.  The camcorder also incorporates stereoscopic adjustment controls which Panasonic says makes it easier to use and operate.

Prismatic Magic and Infitec Introduce 3D Laser Projection System

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Prismatic Magic has introduced Laser-3D which it says is the world's first 3D laser projection system. It comes on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser. Laser-3D is unique in that it fuses two of the most popular concepts in the public consciousness lasers and 3D into a single dazzling visualization medium says Christopher Volpe Ph.D. Prismatic Magic's president. And we believe that Laser-3D is an important step towards the holy grail of projection technology: free-floating holographic objects.

Warner Bros. Announces Digital Cinema Agreements in Asia

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Warner Bros. Pictures International has entered into digital cinema deployment agreements directly with several key cinema circuits to advance the conversion to digital cinema throughout Asia including: Golden Harvest Cinemas Hong Kong and Vie Show Cinemas Taiwan of Orange Sky Golden Harvest Group; Multiplex Cinema one of Hong Kong’s leading cinema circuits; and The Grand the territory’s largest cineplex. The Studio will make financial contributions towards their recoupment.

XDC Moves Forward in Digital Cinema

Wed, 01/13/2010 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

XDC says it has taken a major step forward by reaching virtual print fee digital cinema deployment agreements with all six major US film studios for a total of 8 000 digital screens in 22 European countries. As only five percent of the European movie screens have already been digitalized digital cinema is expected to grow tremendously in the coming years thanks to the VPF system and a strong market demand for 3D movies and alternative content. XDC intends to deploy its 8 000 screens by 2015.

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