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Sony to Open Digital Motion Picture Center
Sony’s Professional Solutions of America group will open its Digital Motion Picture Center (DMPC), May 1, at Sony Pictures Studios. The Center will offer hands-on training for directors, cinematographers and other professionals in the film and television production industries on the use of the company’s F65 CineAlta camera and the production workflows supporting this... »
MTI Film Unveils On-Set Data Wrangling System for less than $100
MTI Film unveiled its new on-location image and data management tool, Cortex::Capture at NAB 2012. This simple software application includes all the functionality needed by DITs and data wranglers, with a price tag of just $95. »
Chronicle Relies on Codex/ARRIRAW Workflow
Chronicle, the stylish sci-fi thriller from and Twentieth Century Fox, employed Codex Digital recording and workflow technology while shooting on location in South Africa. The film used Codex Onboard recorders in tandem with the Arri Alexa cameras to capture camera data in ARRIRAW format. Chronicle is among the first films using this new Codex/ARRIRAW... »
Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Cinema Camera
Blackmagic Design introduced the new Blackmagic Cinema Camera at NAB – a new digital cinema camera that features 13 stops of dynamic range, a high-resolution 2.5K sensor, a built in high-bandwidth SSD recorder, open file format support, color correction with a full version of DaVinci Resolve and a built in LCD for metadata entry.... »
Arri Previews New Alexa Features Slated for 2012
Arri gave a preview of new Alexa features scheduled to be released during 2012 at NAB in Las Vegas. These features will be delivered in free Software Update Packets (SUPs) throughout the year. »
GoPro’s CineForm Codec Moves Closer to SMPTE Adoption
At NAB, GoPro announced that it is broadening its efforts to ensure wide availability of the GoPro CineForm Codec, its high-performance video codec that has been widely adopted in postproduction. The CineForm Codec was acquired by GoPro last year, but it was already well-established in the professional filmmaking marketplace, having been integrated into several... »
Canon Relies on FotoKem’s nextLAB for C500 Demo Film
FotoKem’s nextLAB played a pivotal role in the production of demonstration footage to support the launch of the Canon Cinema EOS C500 and the Cinema EOS C500 PL (for use with EF-mount and PL-mount lenses respectively). Both upcoming cameras will be capable of originating 4K (4096 x 2160-pixel) resolution digital motion imagery with uncompressed... »
1 Beyond Unveils Ruggedized Wrangler with SCRATCH Lab at NAB
1 Beyond unveiled its new 1 Beyond Wrangler with ASSIMILATE SCRATCH Lab, a new portable ruggedized multi-purpose on-set dailies system. The combination of the 1 Beyond Wrangler with SCRATCH Lab delivers real-time playback and review of media up to 5K resolution, advanced metadata and LUT handling, sophisticated audio sync, and fast background rendering, all in... »
IATSE Reaches Tentative Agreement with AMPTP
In a surprisingly rapid conclusion to recently resumed negotiations, Hollywood’s below-the-line unions have reached a “tentative agreement” with the major studios on a new three-year Basic Agreement, Matthew Loeb, the president of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), announced on Friday. If ratified by the 20,000 members of 15 guilds representing... »
Bi2-Vision Intros New 3D Camera Rig at NAB
A new automated 3D camera rig from Bi2-Vision provides the means for high quality 3D video production without greatly expanding the 2D camera crew size or compromising the 3D effect. Especially valuable for live production, live sports and other events, Bi2-Vision P3 simplifies the 3D production process, producing dynamic depth perception at mid-to-longer distances. »
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Norwegian director Morten Tyldum Blends Mystery and Humor in HeadhuntersMay 2012 | By Jack Egan
Headhunters, is a new Norwegian movie, stylishly helmed by Morten Tyldum, one of the country’s best- known directors. Blending suspense and violence with macabre... »
Greg Carter Resurrects a Baseball Hero
April 2012 | By Scott Essman
With the onset of April every spring, one conjures the classic baseball films in cinema lore. Certainly The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of... »