All articles by Neal Romanek
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CommentThe file cabinet at the heart of Interstellar
Chris Nolan and the Interstellar team talk about the down-to-earth solutions for their out-of-this-world film.
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FeaturesThe perfect Paddington
Expectations don’t come much higher than bringing family favourite Paddington to life. Director Paul King and the Framestore creatives tell Neal Romanek how they made the loveable bear fit for the big screen.
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FeaturesDigital delivery: linking Europe
A digital delivery network from Deluxe Digital Cinema and Hewlett-Packard aims to connect some 8,000 European cinemas. Neal Romanek reports.
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NewsFibre to the Home Conference wrap
London’s ExCel Centre hosted a gathering last week to discuss issues that may not have been the most glamorous, but are some of the most important for the media industries.
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NewsMadrid Uni adopts Mistika systems
The Image Processing Group (GTI, Grupo de Tratamiento de Imágenes) of the Technical University of Madrid has invested in a Mistika 2K system with stereo 3D capabilities and a Mistika Live application.
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NewsInteractive 3D promo created for Disney’s Oz
RealD, Vue Cinemas, and Walt Disney Pictures have created a one-off interactive 3D experience at the Vue Westfield in London to promote Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful.
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NewsCinesite working on Iron Man 3
London-based visual effects house Cinesite have announced they are working on Marvel’s Iron Man 3, set for release in April.
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NewsAvid appoints new CEO
The Avid board of directors has appointed Louis Hernandez as the new president and CEO of the company. Outgoing president and CEO, Gary Greenfield, will remain on Avid’s Board.
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NewsArri launches XT range of Alexas
ARRI’s Alexa line of cameras is being revamped with new features inspired by feedback from industry professionals.
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NewsInaugural UK Digital Cinema conference assesses the state of digital cinema
150 companies from 14 territories were represented at the conference, which featured thirty of the most knowledgeable speakers in the business of film distribution and exhibition.
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NewsLife of Pi, Brave top Visual Effects Society Awards
The VES Awards recognise outstanding achievement in visual effects in twenty-four categories of film, animation, TV, commercials and games.
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NewsInternational 3D Society awards Storm Surfers
Storm Surfers [pictured] is a multi-platform film and TV series created by the Firelight Productions team of Marcus Gillezeau and Ellenor Cox.
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NewsWhite Mark builds sound facility for Russia’s CineLab
The new CineLab complex [pictured] houses 14 studios which include three dubbing theatres, accredited to Dolby Premier License criteria, and a 5.1 mixing room for pre-mixes and TV/DVD work.
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NewsSweden’s Europa brings aboard Mistika
Europa will primarily employ the new Mistika systems [pictured] for 2D projects, but they can be upgraded to Stereo 3D or High Frame Rate (HFR) if required.
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NewsUK partnership announces new lighting for audience immersion
London-based OP Film & Media and UK tech company amBX UK Ltd have partnered to develop a new patented lighting technology for cinemas.
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NewsEditor Tim Squyres cuts down 3D tigers on Life of Pi
Squyres talked with ScreenTech about his work on Life of Pi and the challenges of editing a movie where one of your main characters is a digitally created tiger.
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NewsTexas Instruments announces all-new DLP Pico chip architecture
The new Tilt & Roll Pixel architecture will allow increased efficiency and brightness, less power resolution and twice the resolution in products employing it.
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NewsTechnicolor provides custom lab for Boyle’s Trance
Technicolor provided full processing and digital lab support for the feature.
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NewsPark Road Post's 48fps journey for The Hobbit
It took two and a half years of R&D and testing to create the workflow.
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NewsNew DaVinci Resolve release features support for Retina displays
DaVinci 9.1 will be able to run on the 15” Retina MacBook Pro at the best image quality setting.