Neal Romanek
 Comment Comment- The 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. 
 Features Features- The 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. 
 Features Features- Digital 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. 
 News News- Fibre 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. 
 News News- Madrid 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. 
 News News- Interactive 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. 
 News News- Cinesite 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. 
 News News- Avid 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. 
 News News- Arri launches XT range of Alexas- ARRI’s Alexa line of cameras is being revamped with new features inspired by feedback from industry professionals. 
- NewsInaugural UK Digital Cinema conference assesses the state of digital cinema150 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. 
 News News- Life 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. 
 News News- International 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. 
 News News- White 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. 
 News News- Sweden’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. 
 News News- UK 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. 
 News News- Editor 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. 
 News News- Texas 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. 
 News News- Technicolor provides custom lab for Boyle’s Trance- Technicolor provided full processing and digital lab support for the feature. 
 News News- Park Road Post's 48fps journey for The Hobbit- It took two and a half years of R&D and testing to create the workflow. 
- NewsNew DaVinci Resolve release features support for Retina displaysDaVinci 9.1 will be able to run on the 15” Retina MacBook Pro at the best image quality setting. 
 








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