Live Webinar March 30, 2010 at 1 00 PM (EDT) 10 00 AM (PDT) The professional media industry continuously evaluates new technology platforms as a means of identifying new sources of revenue and strategies to produce and distribute content. Join
To celebrate the historic wins for Kathryn Bigelow last night at the Oscars I wanted to share her most recent commercial work, this short film starring Uma Thurman and shot by Janusz Kaminski for Pirelli titled, Mission Zero. Click twoifbysee.blogspot.com
If you’re the early adopter type who doesn’t mind paying top dollar for the latest tech gear, 3D TV may tickle your buying bone. But once you’ve shelled out thousands of dollars for 3D enabled hardware, such as a Panasonic,
New York In the short history of online TV watching, one standard has largely held fast Shows that run online have significantly fewer ads than shows that run on the boob tube. But that could soon change. Starting this fall,
This year’s “State of the Edit” report harvested some timely perspectives on our chosen craft from top industry insiders. “We’re seeing a growing interest in what we call ‘editing for engaging experiences’ in Internet distribution, letting Internet viewers appreciate the
Forget LCD, OLED and AMOLED The next trend in touchscreens could be your skin. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft’s Redmond research lab have developed a working prototype of a system called Skinput that effectively turns your body surface
Sports will drive the transition to 3D, just as it did to HDTV years ago, according to Bryan Burns, vice president of strategic business planning and development for ESPN.Speaking at the DisplaySearch U.S. Flat Panel Display conference, Burns noted that
Washington, DC The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is sponsoring an environmental justice video contest that challenges professional or aspiring filmmakers to create videos that capture the faces of the environmental justice movement. The Faces of the Grassroots contest is an
And now, just in time for Oscar junkies, comes a new statistical mincing of the movies that may someday yield an award category of its own best fit between a movie’s tempo and the natural rhythms of the brain. Reporting
I don't know how I missed this brilliant Tumblr Blog. I've got a few photos of my own I'll definitely be submitting Here's a few of my favs but you've got to go to the site to read the captions
Every year, at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention, we scout the exhibit floors for the latest and greatest innovations, and each year we select recipients of our Vidy Awards, the longest running NAB awards program. The awards are given
by Peter Katz – Here’s my interview on branded content with Creative Director Tim Roper from award winning advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky. We met at UCLA Media & Entertainment Week. What do you feel are the biggest misconceptions
Dazzling new 35mm Restoration of Powell & Pressburger’s Masterpiece February 19 25 Positively One Week Only THELMA SCHOONMAKER POWELL IN PERSON AT FRIDAY’S 7 00 & 9 35 SHOWS (see below) http www.filmforum.org films redshoes.html Thelma Schoonmaker, Oscar winning editor (Raging Bull,
In this exclusive interview, director Davis Guggenheim ("It Might Get Loud," "An Inconvenient Truth") shares how he got his start in documentary filmmaking and what motivated his choice to stray from features films over a decade ago. Our conversation with
Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese has been enlisted to film a set of TV commercials for Chanel's upcoming men's fragrance, WWD reports. The ads will feature French actor Gaspard Ulliel and will air worldwide in September. Chanel declined to
Mothership is the brainchild of Ed Ulbrich, Digital Domain’s President of its Commercial Division and Corporate Executive Vice President since the company’s birth. The idea is to gather visionary filmmakers and turbo charge their talent using Mothership’s resources—the same resources
The green screen or “Chroma key technology” is a filmmaker’s best friend. It helps make the very unlikely possible. Need to recreate WW2 Hiroshima? Wish to have a computer generated character to share the screen with a genuine life actor?
In a city where make believe is serious business and plastic surgery sometimes seems a right of passage, a new contest is encouraging local filmmakers to let Los Angeles just be itself. Get LA, announced earlier this month, invites participants
Keiichi Matsuda's "Augmented (hyper)Reality" video, posted here last week, puts consumers inside a world of advertising. But H5's Logorama, screened at Cannes last year and recently nominated for an Academy Award, takes the premise even further, externalizing the marketing experience
What is the second? Who invented it? How is it measured? What are the ultimate accuracy and precision attainable? What are the preferred time keeping and distribution methods for media applications? These questions and more will be considered during this