Scheduling a Treatment

An HBO Production’s Unusual Schedule Adds to the Post-Production Challenge
The HBO original series In Treatment, which premiered in January, has an unconventional schedule. The network’s unique air schedule presented some considerable post-production challenges. According to Jennifer Tellefsen, vice president of Broadcast Services for PostWorks Los Angeles, when principal photography wrapped last September each of the episodes was in various stages creatively. More

Mix to Pix

Cinematographer uses Recording Technique to Shoot Music Video

Director of Photography Suny Behar chose a cutting-edge recording technique to shoot a music video for alternative rock band People in Planes. For the shoot he used a Panasonic AJ-HDC27 VariCam HD Cinema camera recording directly to a portable AJ-HPM110 P2 Mobile solid-state recorder. More

Finding Interoperability in DI

Poland’s Monternia.pl Successfully Integrates a ProntoHD.2 with a SpeedGrade DI
Warsaw-based post-production facility Monternia.pl has integrated the ProntoHD.2 into their pipeline. In addition to capture, conform, and play-out, Monternia.pl is using the digital disk recorder as a platform for high-end color correction and film finishing. This is possible because of the ProntoHD.2's interoperability with Iridas’ SpeedGrade DI. More

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MI Post Upgrades Digital Intermediate Suite

MI Post, New York has upgraded its digital intermediate suite with the purchase of a DVS-SAN storage system. More

Lost Mickey Rooney, Tim Roth, and John Turturro Film gets “Re-Premiere”

A surreal romantic fantasy that never enjoyed wide release has been restored for "re-premiere" by Screen Time Images. Animals With the Tollkeeper, written and directed by Michael Di Jiacomo, was reviewed as "…one of the most visually stunning independent films I have ever seen" by Geoff Gilmore, Sundance Film Festival Catalogue. More

Luminaria Films in Production in New Mexico on Spoken Word

Luminaria Films has begun production on the feature film Spoken Word, starring Kuno Becker (Goal!, Goal! II, Goal! III), Rubén Blades (The Milagro Beanfield War, All The Pretty Horses), Miguel Sandoval (Medium, Blow, Jurassic Park), and Persia White (Girlfriends), and directed by Victor Nunez (Ulee's Gold, Ruby in Paradise). More

Golden Trailer Awards to be held May 8th
The 9th annual Golden Trailer awards ceremony will take place May 8th at the landmark Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. More

International Broadcasters Convention

September 11-16, 2008
Rai Convention Center
Amsterdam, Holland
www.ibc.org