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Cinemeccanica Announces the Launch of New RGB Laser Projectors

by Artem Alekseenko

Cinemeccanica S.p.A. introduces two new RGB Laser Projectors based on the well-known RGB laser Lucilla technology installed on DCI cinema projectors supplied by Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. The new projectors, having reference LUCILLA-08K …

Tags:Cinema| Laser Projectors

Virtual Production Workflows with LED Displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macroblock has released a white paper, written and distributed by Digital Signage Today that covers some of the advantages and challenges of using an LED ‘volume’ as a virtual filming set. …

Tags:Broadcast| Cinema| Virtual Sets

Telling a Story with Colour

by Bob Raikes

Movies are just light and colour and, of courses, are just the modern way of storytelling. So colour is an important part of movie making. The Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEW), a training centre, held …

Tags:Cinema| Colour Grading

Films made for Netflix look more like TV shows — here’s the technical reason why

by Bob Raikes

I saw this article on ‘The Conversation’ and thought it raised some interesting points about the ‘look’ of digital content. Happily, the article was released under the Creative Commons Licence, so we are able …

Tags:Cinema| Resolution

“Black Widow” Suggests that Streaming and Theaters Could Coexist

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article in the New York Times highlighted that a Marvel movie called ‘Black Widow’ has shown that it is possible for cinema and streaming releases to co-exist successfully. The title …

Tags:Cinema| Disney| Streaming Video

Links Week Commencing 12th July 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Unreal:The VFX Revolution (If you are interested …

Only the Best Will Thrive on the Theater, Home Screen

by Andy Marken

Everyone is doing their darndest to make sure that Covid stays in 2020. Children are back in school (50% of the time) and the goal this fall will be full time … probably. “I’m …

Tags:Cinema| IMAX| Streaming Video

Links Week Ending 2nd July 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Loewe: New 4K OLED TVs with Loewe …

Virtual Production Comes of Age in Covid

by Bob Raikes

Last week at the ISE event in London, Lang AG told me that small pitch LED sales had been better than might have been expected and that there was one particular application that was …

Tags:Cinema| LED| Virtual Displays

CineWorld To Add 100 ScreenX Theatres

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Associated Press (AP) said that the CineWorld cinema chain in the UK plans to add 100 new ScreenX multi-screen installations to its locations. That will boost the number of ScreenX installations …

Tags:Cinema| UK (United Kingdom)

MPA Has Useful Data on Entertainment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We missed it at the time, but the Motion Picture Association published a 63 page report on trends in entertainment in 2020. It’s no surprise that the report finds that the …

Tags:Cinema| Pay TV| Streaming Video

ILM Explains Stagecraft Virtual Production Tools

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Industrial Light & Magic released a video showing how its Stagecraft virtual production technology was used on the Mandalorian Season Two to accelerate and more accurately control production. The system relies …

Tags:Cinema| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Visual Computing