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New Vimeo Pay Models Will Let Viewers Fill Your Jar
Vimeo, long a favorite haunt of the production and post community and the wider net of independent and emerging filmmakers, finally entered the pay-as-you-play market yesterday with the introduction of a new service called "Tip Jar." Working something like Kickstarter, …
Digital Domain Sets Tentative Sept. 21 Date for Auction of VFX Biz
Digital Domain (DD) clearly faces an uphill struggle to reorganize its operations, refocusing on its core VFX business in California and Vancouver while making sure it can pay its employees. Even in bankruptcy court, it seems, the company's swift downfall …
Digital Domain Media Group Files Chapter 11
After weeks and months that saw its stock take a beating as the company's former CEO vigorously defended its strategies, Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG) this morning said it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Operations in Venice, San …
Digital Domain Closes Florida Studio, CEO Textor Resigns
Digital Domain Media Group CEO and Chair John Textor abruptly resigned today, as the company announced a "strategic realignment" that would begin with the closing its operations in Port St. Lucie, Florida, including the Tradition Studios division that was to …
Christie to Screen Scorsese’s Hugo in 3D Laser Projection at IBC
IBC has just confirmed that a 3D screening of Martin Scorsese's Hugo, prepared for a 14-foot lambert presentation (2D brightness levels with 3D glasses) via laser-illuminated projection, will close the IBC Big Screen showcase on Monday, September 10. The screening, …
Monitoring 3D Better with Matrox’s MC-100
We have been doing 3D for about four years now here at DJ Woods, and still we find that during production we need different options for handling different alignment issues. Until recently, when we worked on set and needed to …
Previs Specialist Persistence of Vision Expands Beyond Feature Film
Microsoft, Snail Games, and Nike are among the first non-movie-studio clients for previs services from Hollywood's Persistence of Vision (POV). The company's new Multi-Media Content division will target producers of TV spots, video games, webisodes, music videos, and other non-feature-film content. "During …
T3Media CEO Kevin Schaff on Moving Media Archiving to the Cloud
Offering a database of footage from clients including first-tier content owners like Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and National Geographic, T3Media — formerly known as Thought Equity Motion — has long been considered a fixture in the stock footage business. Now, …
Five Questions: Chip Potter, Founder and President, MECHnology Visual Effects Studio
One secret of MECHnology's success seems to stem from its dual-purpose ideology: Produce and innovate while keeping your artists happy. The Hollywood-based boutique effects facility, which has a laundry list of film (The Aviator), TV (Burn Notice, Southland, Without a …
NVIDIA’s Dominick Spina Joins LightWave 3D Group
NewTek announced Wednesday the formation of a new Burbank-based division, the LightWave 3D Group, which will be led by Rob Powers, formerly NewTek's VP and Head of 3D Development. Dominick Spina joined the new group today as VP of Worldwide …