Misery Signals
Filmmaker Marcus De Leon recently shot a 90-minute documentary about heavy metal band Misery Signals and its 2009 worldwide concert tour Ebb and Flow.
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Nowhere Fast
Guitar virtuoso and composer Vince Lauria recently mixed and mastered the music for the new independent feature film Nowhere Fast: The Forgotten Story of Approach Control. He purchased JBL LSR4328P monitors for the effort. Many of Lauria’s projects are finalized at The Tone Factory Vinny Castaldo’s Las Vegas recording studio. “Vinny’s studio has very high-end expensive studio monitors and when I used to bring my mixes there they would not sound right ” Lauria says. “But it’s such a huge difference now with the LSR’s.
Beacon Cinema Returns
Opening night of the all-digital Beacon Cinema complex in downtown Pittsfield Massachusetts was one of the most highly anticipated events in the community in recent memory. The new $23 million complex whose six screens are powered exclusively by Christie CP2000-ZX DLP Cinema projectors is helping to revive the city’s core. Built within a restored century-old historic building The Beacon Cinema brought the excitement of the movies back to the downtown area after a 15-year absence.
Ballantyne Strong to Open Digital Cinema Office in Taiwan
In an effort to expand its Asian distribution rights into Taiwan for the NEC line of digital cinema projectors Ballantyne Strong plans to open an office in Taiwan in the first half of 2010. The new office will provide sales training service and support for all digital cinema products sold in the territory. Ballantyne’s Asian distribution territory now includes Indonesia Hong Kong Malaysia The People’s Republic of China Singapore and Taiwan. Ballantyne president and CEO John P.
Sol Negrin to Receive ASC Presidents Award
Sol Negrin will receive the Presidents Award from the American Society of Cinematographers during the 24th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards. The celebration will be held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on February 27th. Sol Negrin has not only made an impact with his six-decade career as a cinematographer says ASC president Michael Goi but his constant efforts to organize industry events and teach the next generation of image makers their craft is selfless and without compare.
Band Pro Introduces “Mystery Prime” Lenses
At the One World on HD event Band Pro Film and Digital introduced a new brand of ultra-high performance PL mount prime lenses designed to deliver optical performance for true 4K imaging and beyond. After three years of design and prototyping the new T1.4 lenses still code named “Mystery Primes” within Band Pro are fully developed and three focal lengths were demonstrated on the F35 camera at the event last month. The series of prime lenses available exclusively worldwide from Band Pro will eventually total 15 different focal lengths ranging from 12mm to 150mm.
Blue Ocean Film Festival moves to the Monterey Peninsula
The Blue Ocean Film Festival & Conservation Summit will relocate its global ocean-focused event to the Monterey Peninsula beginning in 2010. The initial Monterey festival – with the aquarium as the presenting sponsor – is planned for August 25-29. Blue’s international film competition call for submissions will open in mid-January and film festival passes for the inaugural Monterey event will go on sale in late February.
CBG Member R/C Theatres Signs up for Cinedigm’s Phase 2 Program
The Maryland-based cinema chain R/C Theatres has signed an agreement to participate in Cinedigm’s Phase 2 digital cinema deployment program. R/C Theatres is the first National Association of Theatre Owners Cinema Buying Group member to commit to the program. The CBG represents more than 600 members that collectively have over 6 000 screens.
Geoff Boyle Chooses Mantis for Wallander
Cinematographer Geoffrey Boyle recently finished another installment in the Swedish-language film series based on Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell’s fictional character Kurt Wallander. The ongoing series Wallander airs on Swedish and Nordic television channels then moves to the BBC and is released on DVD. Boyle credits Element Technica’s Mantis camera support for expediting shooting of the last two episodes. “We did the first 10 days handheld with the Red and I was in pain every night ” says Boyle. “Once I got the Mantis everything changed.
A Prairie Home Companion Moves to the Big Screen
Garrison Keillor host of A Prairie Home Companion brings the beloved radio show to select movie theatres in communities nationwide with a special live performance on Thursday February 4th. The event will originate from the famed Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul Minnesota where the show has been performed since 1978. An encore presentation will be shown in select movie theatres on Tuesday February 9th. Presented by NCM Fathom Prairie Home Productions American Public Media and BY Experience A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor – Live in HD!
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