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- Avid Launches New Media Composer Software
- Sony’s PXW-X70 Is WiFi-Controllable But Needs a 4K Upgrade
- Footage Firm Adds Royalty-Free Stock Music to Subscription-Based Services Suite
- HPA Slates Hollywood Symposium Leading into SMPTE 2014
- Blackmagic Adds Heads-Up Display to 4K Production Camera
- Director Anthony C. Ferrante on Sharknado 2
- ProMax Systems Acquires Cache-A
- New VFX House Origin Digital Studios Opens in Burbank
- Color Specialist Apache Digital Opens in Santa Monica
- Video Tutorial: How to Set Up an ACES Workflow in Assimilate Scratch
Technology
Avid Launches New Media Composer Software
Avid released the latest version of its Media Composer Software today, adding a slew of new features on the timeline aimed...
Creativity
Director Anthony C. Ferrante on Sharknado 2
It's back! Syfy's shark-infested waterspout of a TV movie, Sharknado, was an instant cult classic and social-media...
Business
New VFX House Origin Digital Studios Opens in Burbank
It's not all bad news for VFX in Los Angeles. Today, VFX veteran Mark Miller said he is opening a new VFX house, Origin...
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News Reel
- Snowpiercer Hits $3.8 Million on VOD as Weinstein Co. Shakes Up Distribution
[via Variety]
- New York City Council to Require Posting Production Info
[via NYC Production & Post News]
- L.A. Officials Probe Shakedown Claims on Downtown Shoots
[via Deadline Hollywood]
- Laika Chief Surprises Comic-Con Crowd by Saying He Wants to Do Hand-Drawn Animation
[via Cartoon Brew]
- James Shigeta, Top Asian-American Actor of Early ’60s and Die Hard Co-Star, Dies at 81
[via The Hollywood Reporter]
Videos of the day
Jul 29 Why Are We All Doing YouTube Preroll Wrong?
Do you reflexively click the "Skip Ad" button every single time a pre-roll ad plays in front of a YouTube video? The creatives at Providence, RI agency Nail Communications wondered if it would be possible to make a pre-roll ad that users would not want to skip — and every time they're pro…
Jul 28 Ben Burtt on Lightsaber Sound Design
Hear the unlikely story behind the Star Wars lightsaber sound, as told by renowned sound-effects wizard Ben Burtt in this excerpt from the special features that originally appeared on the 1993 laserdisc release of the Star Wars trilogy.
Jul 25 Lily Allen "As Long As I Got You"
English singer-songwriter Lily Allen wandered the grounds of the Glastonbury Festival near Somerset, England, last month, interacting with concert-goers and turning her latest music video into a spirited mini-documentary. Christopher Sweeney directed.