Odeon Cinemas have signed up to Unique Digital’s new Basekey key delivery system to distribute the film security keys to all 108 sites across their circuit in the UK and Ireland. Basekey provides cinemas distributors and content media houses with a secure and automated system to manage and deliver keys to any digital cinema site equipped with a Rosettabridge Theatre Management System.
Barco has completed installation of 26 DLP Cinema projectors in Polson Theatre’s 11 sites located throughout Montana. Because the Polson Theatre circuit is spread across many small towns throughout the state the owners wanted to maintain a high degree of self-sufficiency with their projectors. Three of the principals completed Barco’s training and certification program so they could handle the maintenance service and repair needs quickly and efficiently at each theater location.
Quvis has announced the availability of Wraptor 2.0. Featuring Quvis’ proprietary Quality Priority Encoding technology Wraptor 2.0 enables filmmakers to convert Final Cut Pro files to the Digital Cinema Package format used by most theatrical digital projection systems today. Wraptor 2.0 is a plug-and-play system that delivers the quality users expect from a digital format at a low price point. “Quvis is committed to bringing digital cinema not only to movie theatres but to home theatres as well ” said Kenbe Goertzen Quvis founder.
A Point Park University student film is a finalist for the 2012 Student Academy Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Requited by seniors Mark Christian cinematographer and writer and Madeline Puzzo director and production designer is one of only nine films named as finalists in the narrative category. In all more than 560 films from students in 105 United States colleges and universities have been considered.
Rooftop Films 2012 Summer Series presented by AT&T has announced its full line-up including short programs dates and venues. Rooftop Films will screen 23 feature films and 183 short films including New York US and world premieres. The films come from around the world with offbeat comedies intimate and intense dramas and personal documentaries. Most events include live music filmmaker Q&As special appearances by the films’ casts and subjects and after-parties with complementary drinks every weekend until August 18.
Schneider Optics has introduced the S2000 Century/Canon 17mm T4 Tilt-Focus Lens in PL Mount. Ideal for use on cameras with up to a S35 sensor this new converted lens offers 360 degrees of rotation and 8 degrees of tilt in any direction for remarkable control of the subject focus plane. The lens' tilt and rotation adjustments can be made before or even during a shot for a wide variety of effects. The desired degree of rotation is fixed via a lever while a locking knob secures the selected tilt angle.
Trevor Forrest won the Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the much-discussed Una Noche. The riveting story of Cuban teenagers attempting to defect to America has since become a case of life imitating art with the apparent defection of two actors. Una Noche premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and previously received the 2009 Spike Lee Production Award. The United States premiere of Una Noche at Tribeca Film Festival received an overwhelmingly positive response.
XDC Entertainment has announced the Europe-wide release in June of classical ice dancing extravaganza Opera On Ice in cinemas in HD. Through their continued association with Nexo Digital XDC have acquired rights to release the event available on DCP in Poland Spain Portugal Finland Denmark Sweden UK and Ireland.
Colorworks Sony Pictures Entertainments’ digital intermediate facility is currently working with several service providers to offer 4K-workflow support for Sony’s new F65 CineAlta digital motion picture camera. The F65 workflow is being used in the latest film from the production company Overbrook Entertainment and Blinding Edge Pictures’ director M. Night Shyamalan After Earth which shot in Costa Rica and is currently filming in Philadelphia.
Cody Black is the digital media coordinator for a major Los Angeles radio station and is responsible for creating content which includes photographs and video shows artist interviews and more for the cutting-edge rock station. Increasingly he turns to Schneider Optics’ iPro Lens System for the iPhone’s built-in camera. Black is one of the system’s biggest fans. He finds that the iPro Fisheye and Wide Angle lenses that attach quickly to his iPhone allow him to “capture unique looks that separate our content from the industry standard.” Black runs the station’s social media sites.
