Shooting Fast and Light on the Campaign Trail
Documentarian Bill Fenster — based in Phoenix, Arizona — is currently chasing Arizona gubernatorial candidate Fred DuVal around the state for a new documentary.
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SIM Digital Helps CTV’s Spun Out Shift into High Gear
SIM Digital recently provided production and post-production equipment, services and support for the debut season of Spun Out, a new multi-camera sit-com from CTV and Project 10 Productions.
Blue Jasmine
With its vintage jazz soundtrack and simple black and white credits where major actors are listed in alphabetical order, this is an instantly recognizable Woody Allen film, but not an extraordinary one.
The Wolverine
Think of the Wolverine as the Marvel character with the bad haircut, played by an actor who is too old for the role.
Colorflow Helps Facing Fear Tell its Important Story
Facing Fear is first-time director Jason Cohen’s powerful documentary short about the unlikely friendship between a former neo-Nazi and the gay man he victimized decades earlier. Kent Pritchett of Colorflow performed final color grading for the doc, which recently made its world premiere at Outfest Los Angeles where it won the Audience Award. Facing Fear is scheduled for a theatrical run at the Laemmle Music Hall Theatre in Beverly Hills, August 9-15.
Choosing the Right Camera for the Job
A director of photography for the past two decades, David Klein, ASC, has shot movies and television shows using numerous film and digital formats. “Every motion-picture film stock has its own look,” he said, “and that’s true of every digital cinema camera as well.”
Enhancing the Horror of Alien Hunger
One solution to a common challenge of independent filmmaking is to use multiple cameras to ensure scene coverage – especially of action scenes – to ideally save time and money. Unfortunately, because camera manufacturer settings vary, the end result can be contrasting images depending on which camera is used. This was the case with the new action sci-fi thriller Alien Hunger. Producer Jack Tucker, and editor Nancy Brindley Bhagia, had concerns in how the “horror look” would be created in the film due to lighting issues within some of the footage.
Dhanya Theatre in Kollam introduces Auro 11.1 by Barco
The Dhanya Theatre, from the Dhanya & Remya theatre complex located in the town of Kollam and owned by the Muthoottu Mini Theatres group, has opened the company’s first Barco Auro 11.1-equipped facility
In-House Production Team Shines for Pechanga Resort & Casino
Pechanga Resort & Casino’s in-house production team has created several award-winning videos about the round-the-clock entertainment experience that is the seventh largest venue of its kind in the world.
Digital Cinema Destinations, Screenvision Form Alternative Content Distribution Alliance
Screenvision has announced that it will distribute content for Digital Cinema Destinations (Digiplex). The first joint theatrical title will be the documentary The United States of Football, which will debut August 23.
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