Archive of the Digital Cinema Category

6th HPA Award Gala Celebrates Excellence in Post Production

(Hollywood, CA) The Hollywood Post Alliance(r) has announced the Call for Entries for the 6th Annual HPA(r) Awards. Awards will be presented at a gala event at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, on November 10th, 2011.

The HPA Awards invite entries in the following competitive categories:

* Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process-Feature Film
* Outstanding Color Grading-Television
* Outstanding Color Grading-Commercial
* Outstanding Editing-Feature Film
* Outstanding Editing-Television
* Outstanding Editing-Commercial
* Outstanding Sound-Feature Film
* Outstanding Sound-Television
* Outstanding Sound-Commercial
* Outstanding Compositing-Feature Film
* Outstanding Compositing-Television
* Outstanding Compositing-Commercial
* Engineering Excellence

The period of eligibility is September 8, 2010 through September 6, 2011 and eligible work may have debuted domestically or internationally during this period. Entrants need not be members of the Hollywood Post more

The 3D Film Factory’s popular “hands-on” 3D Training Workshops announces its 2011 Summer Schedule for Los Angeles and San Diego sessions.

These information-packed classes cover » principles of 3D filmmaking “tour dé force”? 3D camera choices ? gen-lock issues ? re-lighting for 3D ? 3D rigs vs. dual fixed lens cameras ? calibrate & prep ? 3D shooting ratios demystified ? who’s watching depth, pop & parallax ? convergence abuse ? achieving perfect 3D alignment ? professional 3D vs. amateur ? 3D post workflows for Dummies ? 3D exhibition ? and all the other tools you need to create amazing, eye-catching 3D.

Workshops are geared for individuals and production companies preparing to shoot a stereoscopic 3D production – commercial, doc, feature. So, in addition to learning 3D theory, you’ll spend the majority of the day, actually filming with 3D camera systems – beam-splitter, side-by-side & real-time 3D production more

Significant upgrades greatly improve overall quality, performance and precision of stereoscopic 3D rig

San Diego, California – 3D Film Factory recently made significant upgrades to their line of stereoscopic 3D camera rigs, greatly improving overall quality, performance and value. The redesign included easier-to-use, more accurate camera mounts and greatly enhanced 50/50 beam-splitter glass.

By redesigning the camera mounts, users can now more easily and accurately adjust camera elevation and x-y-z axis (yaw, roll & tilt) angles as needed. The fresh mounts no longer require hex wrenches to make finite adjustment s. The new triangular bolt arrangement utilizes three, over-sized thumb fasteners to raise, lower and tilt the camera plates – all by hand. Now in a matter of seconds, the cameras can be completely re-aligned, creating perfect 3D image alignment “on the fly”. It’s the perfect solution for 3D productions on the move, capturing action, or “running more

(London, UK) Image Systems, formerly known as Digital Vision, has today announced that Watchmaker Films, a next-generation motion picture restoration and distribution company based in London’s Soho, has placed an order for a Golden Eye film scanner. This is a landmark sale as it’s the first scanner installation since the acquisition of Image Systems by Digital Vision was finalised last month.

Watchmaker Films brings new, lost and forgotten cinema from around the world into the digital age for clients including major studios, broadcasters and independent producers. Mark Rance, CEO, Watchmaker Films explains, “I selected the Golden Eye for three main reasons. Firstly the image quality is excellent and the sensor is competitive with the majority of scanners available including the high-end Northlight and Arri. If you did an A and B test with Golden Eye and a high-end scanner it would be more

Texas Instruments Demonstrates Global Commitment as Title Sponsor

(Mumbai/Los Angeles) Cinema India Expo 2011, the only Hollywood/Bollywood event of its kind, has announced that Texas Instruments (TI) DLP Cinema has come on board as the Title Sponsor for the event which is set for June 24th and 25th in Mumbai. For more than a decade, Cinema India Expo has been recognized as a premier gathering for theater owners and content holders. The commitment of TI, the worldwide leader in digital cinema imaging technology, underscores the growing importance of the event in the global digital cinema arena.

A longtime leader at Cinema India Expo, Texas Instruments continues its participation based upon the event’s growth in scope and increased focus on emerging markets, such as India. Following an unprecedented year of growth and success in 2010, Texas Instruments DLP Cinema, recently announced that more

ASSIMILATE (www.assimilateinc.com), the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, has joined forces with post-production and DI boutique Local Hero Post (www.localheropost.com) to demonstrate the world’s first RED Epic 5K HDRx workflow. The demonstration is a free-of-charge REDucation Open House event, taking place at RED Studios Hollywood on May 26. Local Hero Post is located in Santa Monica, California.

Harnessing a pre-release version of SCRATCH Six, ASSIMILATE’s best-selling end-to-end digital cinema and broadcast imaging tool for post-production workflows, Local Hero Post founder Leandro Marini will discuss the benefits of shooting with RED Epic and posting with the SCRATCH DI tool suite.

The session will also cover efficient dailies and VFX dailies review, the advantages of HDRx shooting, optimised workflow for 3D stereo shoots with RED Epic, as well as understanding the differences between the finishing workflows of RED MX and RED Epic cameras.
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Cinedeck EXTREME Multi-Format Support, Direct-to-Edit Workflow Crucial to Success for Production Team

New York, NY (May 17, 2011) — Cinedeck LLC (www.cinedeck.com) teamed up with Evolve IMG Films on the production this past February to shoot a short documentary TV feature for ESPN’s E:60 (www.e60.com) on location in Brazil. Apart from the challenges of international shooting, this particular project presented a host of technical and logistical concerns for the team.

E:60′s short documentary story is focused on Bruno Fernandes de Souza, a Brazilian Soccer Star, imprisoned and accused of murdering the mother of his child. The particular production creative called for shooting in very dangerous, military occupied favela’s, re-creating and fully staging the crime re-enactment scenes, helicopter scenics, and extensive interviews with the involved parties in Brazilian cities; Rio de Janiero, Belo Horizonte & Campo Grande.

“Cinedeck was a consistent game changer for us in more

SCRATCH Digital Workflow is Backbone of Post Production for Multiple Cannes Entries

At the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May 11–22, several films on the competition roster and having special screenings were created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH DI tool suite in their digital workflows. The Cannes Film Festival is the world’s premier showcase for independent and international filmmakers.

The Artist, dir Michel Hazanavicius, posted with SCRATCH at Quinta in Paris, France

ASSIMILATE congratulates Quinta, DuboiColor, Studio L’Equipe, and Herold & Family (all based in Paris, France), Post Office (Beirut, Lebanon), Stuck On On (Austin, Texas, USA), Big Wheel (NYC, USA) as well as digital artists Pascal Novak and Barend Onneweer, for their high-quality post production of the following feature films accepted by the Cannes Film Festival 2011.

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Studio-Level Workflow Solutions & Service Division

Continues Growth In Hollywood & Burbank Locations

Los Angeles, CA – Computer systems integration company MelroseMAC is continuing to grow its Melrose Video Professionals (MVP) division, adding two new industry veterans to the team: Gary Carter, who has been brought on to expand MVP’s 3D workflow expertise and Kevin Sanders, who will function to widen MVP’s installation and design bandwidth.

MVP, which launched in June of 2010 with the mission of servicing studio-level film and television clientele, guided by Director of Business Development, Joel Epps, has continued to grow its staff, now numbering at 7 highly regarded members of the production & post community after the new additions of Carter and Sanders.

Kevin Sanders has been in the Entertainment Industry for over forty years and has spent over twenty-five of those years engineering innovative and cutting edge technology more

Profitability, New Services, Growth in Digital Television Put Company in Spotlight

(Burbank, CA) Testronic Labs – the recognized global leader in quality assurance services for film and television, games, websites, hardware, and software – is announcing strong results for the 2010 fiscal year and Q1 of 2011. Successful quarters in the second half of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011 showed marked year over year growth in both revenue and profits. Emerging from a period of slower earnings, the company has seen growth in all of its business lines and has experienced increased customer demand for its Film and Television Quality Assurance, 3D Testing, Games, and Digital TV Services.

Seth Hallen, who was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer in mid-2010 commented, “During a period of very challenging times throughout the global economy, Testronic Labs was able to hold its own during 2008 more