Production & Post Production

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Feature Stories

Digital Intermediates
Vision On Makes the Grade

New York post house Vision On’s first color grading of a feature film turned out rather well. Director/writer Alistair Banks Griffin’s Two Gates of Sleep had its premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Directors’ Fortnight.

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Guest Column
Filming Horses in Saudi Arabia

By Jo Franklin
President
SeaCastle Films

Thundering hoofbeats echo, then some of the most beautiful horses on earth emerge from the haze in the deserts of Arabia. Beduoin horsemen charge across the landscape, jockeys today break from the racing gate, cowboys gallop roping cattle, show jumpers leap six-foot hurdles. That is what you will see in the film A Gift From the Desert: The Arabian Horse. If you ever get to see it. The government of Saudi Arabia is trying to block the film's release. The obvious question is "Why in the world would they want to do that?" It is not a simple answer.

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In Production
Searching for Amelia Earhart

Peabody Award-winning director of photography Mark Smith is making his third voyage to the remote South Pacific island of Nikumaroro to document the Amelia Earhart Expeditions’ archeological research. Smith is part of a 16-member team that is traveling under the aegis of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery an organization that contends that famed aviator Earhart landed and ultimately died on Gardner Island – now known as Nikumaroro. He previously journeyed with the group in 2001 and 2007.

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Coming Soon

Norrköping Visualization Center

The dome theatre at the Norrköping Visualization Center is the most modern and technically advanced visualization space in Europe.

Complete story in our next edition

News Stories

The Divide is Filming in Winnipeg, Manitoba

The DivideThe Divide is in production in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Xavier Gens, the French filmmaker behind the $100-million dollar-grossing Hitman is directing the movie from a script by Karl Mueller and Eron Sheean. The film is a suspense-ridden, character-driven apocalyptic action thriller that focuses on a small set of divisive individuals all vying for the primal chance to survive.


Company 3 uses ArriScan for File-Based Workflow

Award-winning post-production facility Company 3 has built an innovative file-based post-production pipeline around its ArriScan film scanner to handle all film negatives for commercials, music videos and feature films.

PMI Digital Upgrades Facility

PMI Digital has installed a Utah Scientific 400 digital routing switcher interfaced with a Barco high-resolution multi-viewer in its new, 20,000 square foot facility in Pittsburgh.

Cadillac Video Uses a Mix of Cameras

Hal Long, principal of production company Henry Films, Los Angeles recently directed a launch video for the 2010 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe. The 90-second video, produced by Aquila Productions of New York originally screened at the Detroit Auto Show, continues to play at auto shows around the country, and is used in General Motors’ marketing of its new prestige coupe. The director of photography was Mark Raker with additional cinematography by Jeffrey Dougherty.

MPC Buys Two Baselight Stereo Grading Systems

London post house MPC has purchased two FilmLight Baselight stereo grading systems for their Wardour Street facility.  The system will integrate with their existing color grading workflow giving the colorists wider access to 3D stereoscopic technologies.

Petrol Bags Introduces 10th Anniversary Line

To commemorate its tenth anniversary, Petrol Bags has introduced the Black Deca line, which the company says sets a new standard in professional bags.

Shows / Conferences

Stereoscopic Displays & Applications Conference

January 23-27, 2010

Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel
San Francisco, California
www.stereoscopic.org

 


Cinema Expo

June 21-24, 2010

Rai Convention Center
Amsterdam, Netherlands
www.cinemaexpo.com

Createasphere

September 21-22, 2010

The New Yorker Hotel
New York, New York
www.createasphere.com

PMI Digital Upgrades Facility

PMI Digital has installed a Utah Scientific 400 digital routing switcher interfaced with a Barco high-resolution multi-viewer in its new, 20,000 square foot facility in Pittsburgh.

Petrol Bags Introduces 10th Anniversary Line

To commemorate its tenth anniversary, Petrol Bags has introduced the Black Deca line, which the company says sets a new standard in professional bags.

MPC Buys Two Baselight Stereo Grading Systems

London post house MPC has purchased two FilmLight Baselight stereo grading systems for their Wardour Street facility.  The system will integrate with their existing color grading workflow giving the colorists wider access to 3D stereoscopic technologies.