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Band Pro East Moves to New Offices
Band Pro East, the New York branch of Band Pro Film & Digital, has moved their offices from the far west side of Manhattan to a new location in the heart of New York City's photo, publishing, advertising, and multimedia district. The new office is located on the 11th floor of 1115 Broadway, between... »
Atlanta Film Studios Paulding County Partners With Paskal Lighting
Atlanta Film Studios Paulding County (AFSPC), (Atlanta’s newest full-service production complex), has entered into an exclusive vendor agreement with Los Angeles-based Paskal Lighting to provide lighting, grip and expendables to the recently opened facility. »
Jay Kriss Relies on Fujinon Digi-Cine Lenses For Harvesting the High Plains
Filmmaker Jay Kriss recently relied on Fujinon E-Series digital cinematography HD lenses in the production of his full-length historical documentary, Harvesting the High Plains, which is slated to air in late summer or fall nationally on PBS. »
Otto Nemenz Takes Delivery of World’s First Sony F65 Camera
At a special ceremony held during the Sony Open golf tournament, Sony executives, including Sir Howard Stringer, chairman, CEO and president of Sony Corporation, presented the first official production unit, (serial number 10001), to Otto Nemenz, president of Hollywood-based motion picture rental company Otto Nemenz International. »
Dallas Chooses MTI Films’ Remote Control Dailies
Warner Horizon Televisions’ reboot of the nighttime drama Dallas has become the first production to take advantage of MTI Film’s Remote Control Dailies service to ensure secure, high-quality dailies while shooting on location in Dallas. Remote Control Dailies offers the same complete feature set that MTI Film’s Control Dailies provides in a facility setting,... »
JVC’s Take on 4K
JVC recently showed both its 4K camera and projector products at a demo at the Soho Theatre in London. The combination has a lot of resolution and the projectors are frankly rather nice, but they're an odd coupling, at opposite ends of the price spectrum. »
Academy Announces Scientific and Technical Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that eight scientific and technical achievements represented by 28 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation at the Beverly Wilshire on Feb. 11. »
Dutch Crew Relies on Anton/Bauer Solar Powered Batteries to Cover the 2012 Dakar Rally
On Jan. 1 an estimated 456 drivers of specially designed off-road motorcycles, cars and trucks began a grueling race from the Atlantic coastal resort town of Mar del Plata, Argentina to Peru’s capital, Lima, as part of the 2012 Dakar Rally off-road automobile race, which traverses some of the world’s most unforgiving environments. Léon Jansen... »
P+S Technik Opens New Technical Base in Hollywood
P+S Technik has opened a new technical base on the lot of the Television Center Studios in Hollywood to offer service and support for the North American market. The center will serve as a single point of contact for customers, cinematographers, directors, technicians and partners. »
Kodak Adds New Daylight Stock to VISION3 Film Family
The Eastman Kodak Company has added a new daylight stock to their VISION3 film family. The KODAK VISION3 50D Color Negative Film 5203/7203 integrates the company's advanced VISION3 film imaging technology into a fine-grained, daylight-balanced film, giving filmmakers more options and flexibility for shooting on location. »
Director Series
Iran’s Best Foreign Film Nominee: Asghar Farhadi’s A SeparationJanuary 2012 | By Jack Egan
One of the surprises of this awards season is A Separation, a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and... »
Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes Drive into High Gear
January 2012 | By Jack Egan
Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came... »