from: James Thompson @ P3Update.com — At last month’s Academy Awards, seven of the nine Best Picture nominees were shot on Kodak film. But as digital technology continues to advance, we should expect to see more nominees like Hugo and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as digital filmmaking becomes more prominent in Hollywood and across the world stage. The...
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from: P3Update.com — Sony Professional Solutions is opening a new Digital Motion Picture Center at Sony Pictures Studios. Scheduled to open on May 1st, the center will serve as an industry-wide resource for training and education and will support transition to Digital Workflows for Filmmakers. The Center will offer hands-on training for directors, cinematographers...
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from: FilmLA.com — On Sunday, April 15, 2012, Los Angeles will host its latest CicLAvia event, which entails a five-hour shutdown of ten miles of area streets in Downtown Los Angeles and up toward Los Angeles City College. Intended to create a stronger sense of community in Los Angeles, the event closes streets for people to run, walk, bicycle or skate upon,...
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from: FilmWorksLA.com — If you work in the animation or visual effects industry, reading the popular blog known as VFX Soldier is likely a part of your morning routine. This week, the blog criticized a decision by Digital Domain to replace 30% of its paid workforce with Florida State University students. According to a recorded presentation by Digital Domain CEO...
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from: Alex Ben Block @ HollywoodReporter.com — On-location production of features and commercials grew, but a report from the Hollywood nonprofit notes that overall production dropped 2.1 percent in the first three months of 2012. Television production in Los Angeles city and county fell 9 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011,...
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from: FilmLA.com — TV Drama and Reality Losses Mount, Pilot Season Off to Slow Start in L.A. LOS ANGELES – April 3, 2012 – FilmL.A. — the not-for-profit community benefit organization that coordinates permits for filmed entertainment shot on-location in the City of Los Angeles, unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County and other local jurisdictions...
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