http://www.studiodaily.com/main/ StudioDaily.com en-us 2012 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:27:09 EST They’re ferocious, vicious, dangerous and they’re headed straight for you … online. Discovery Network’s Web promos for hit shows River Monsters and Shark Week offer up a heart-pounding view of some frighteningly real underwater creatures brought to life with of Maxon’s Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/casestudies/13661.html Thu, 9 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST In what could be a harbinger of Oscars to come, the Visual Effects Society gave its two top awards to Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Hugo.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13660.html Wed, 8 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST Scott Farrar received his first Oscar nomination for best achievement in visual effects for Cocoon, and went on to win the Oscar in 1996 for his work on that film. At that time, he was a visual effects cameraman at Industrial Light & Magic. Since then, as a visual effects supervisor at ILM, he has stacked up five more Oscar nominations, the sixth for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, an award he shares with Scott Benza of ILM, Matthew E. Butler of Digital Domain, and special effects supervisor John Frazier.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13659.html Mon, 6 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST Expanding its digital filmmaking operations in Europe, Technicolor has purchased Paris digital post house Duboi.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13658.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST On Friday, February 3, indie rock band Saint Motel will perform at the Soho House in West Hollywood, accompanied by what World War 7 (WW7) Creative Director Josh Ferrazzano describes as "a multimedia, stereoscopic, psychedelic spectacular."... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13657.html Thu, 2 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST Blackmagic Design today released Desktop Video 9.2 beta 1, a software update for its capture and playback products that adds broadcast monitoring support with the new Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 update.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/prc/13656.html Wed, 1 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST With last year's introduction of the Thunderbolt interface, the mobile editing workstation really came into its own. Some observers speculated that the super-high-speed jack, which makes incredibly powerful peripherals truly portable, was a signal of the impending demise of the decidedly non-portable Mac Pro tower. And when it came to portable power in 2011, more editors and VFX artists than ever started eyeballing solid-state storage as a potential win for their mobile workstations. The drives remain quite expensive compared to spinning disks, but with hard-drive prices sky-high in the aftermath of major floods in Thailand, they didn't seem quite so extravagant by year's end. Curious how the makers of increasingly mobile desktop software packages were seeing their user's experience changing, we asked reps from the big three makers of nonlinear editing software — Adobe, Apple and Avid — about Thunderbolt, SSDs, and what other storage trends they expect to make the difference for their customers this year.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13647.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST As Home Depot Television moved toward a tapeless workflow in mid-2010, it pulled the trigger on a Harmonic Omneon system that included a four-channel MediaDeck server, 12 TB of MediaGrid storage, the Media Application Server (MAS), and the ProXplore clip-and-metadata management system. The final piece of that puzzle has just fallen into place thanks to a front end from XenData that integrates the Omneon system with an 80-tape Qualstar robotic library. We talked to Dave White, manager of HDTV, and Bruce Covey, manager of business TV engineering for HDTV, about the installation.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13649.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST This morning Apple announced Final Cut Pro X v10.0.3, an update that should close the gap on key features previously found in FCP7 but still missing in FCPX, notably multicam editing and video out support for broadcast video monitoring, both promised last September. The update went live in the Mac App Store this morning at 8:30 am ET/5:30 am PT. It is free to existing users and remains a $299.99 download for new users.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13655.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Dot Hill Systems Corp., a leading provider of Unified Virtual Storage and SAN storage solutions, announced it has entered into a supply agreement with Autodesk, Inc., a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/prc/13653.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST EditShare, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, today announced the availability of a new version of EditShare Ark, the company's backup and archiving solution.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/prc/13654.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST The Surrogate was shot on the Red One MX and edited on a software-only Avid Media Composer system by Lisa Bromwell, an Avid veteran who took on the film as a rare unpaid gig because she believed in the material. When we spoke to her this week, she had just returned from the film's world premiere in the cavernous Eccles Theater in Park City and was already back at work cutting two episodes of Criminal Minds, but she said The Surrogate represented a satisfying departure from her normal mix of editorial jobs.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13646.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST The advent of multiple file-based recording formats and camera systems necessitates a new generation of efficient data management tools like the Nexto DI, which can accommodate, off-load, and store a range of data protocols and media types. From Alexa and SxS to XDCAM EX and P2 today’s shooter/filmmaker working project to project and (often) from producer to producer may frequently use a variety of cameras from just as many manufacturers.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technology/pvr/13644.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Two years in the making, The Art of Flight is a sports-action film that takes audiences on an epic snowboarding journey.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13643.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Defying some expectations that awards powerhouse The Artist might dominate the proceedings, director Martin Scorsese's Hugo earned the most nominations of any film honored by the Oscars this morning, nabbing a spot in categories including Best Picture, Directing, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13641.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST HALF MOON BAY, CA (January 18, 2012) – GoPro, the world’s leading activity image capture company, today announced the release of a new version of its professional family of 2D and 3D production software — GoPro CineForm Studio Premium... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/prc/13636.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST GoPro today announced a new version of its CineForm Studio lineup that it hopes will help build a bridge between professionals and enthusiasts who use its rugged $300 HD cameras.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13637.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Wiseman may be best known as a pioneer of the cinema vérité school of documentary, which minimizes the director’s presence, but here, he comes close to Busby Berkeley territory, as he acknowledges in the following interview. Working for the first time in HD, he shows new possibilities in the medium, asCrazy Horse matches the color and beauty of 35mm.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13638.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST American Cinema Editors today announced nominations for the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners will be revealed during ACE’s 62nd annual black-tie awards ceremony on Saturday, February 18, 2012 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. As previously announced, the ceremony will be hosted by actor/comedian Patton Oswalt. Later this month ACE will announce the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honoree and two Career Achievement honorees.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/prc/13633.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST The biggest news for editors when Avid began shipping Media Composer 6 last November was the NLE's transformation into a very modern, 64-bit application. Along with that came other great updates, including the support of third-party hardware options (several of which I tested with this review). This is a big release in terms of the software's overall internal plumbing, though it may or may not be a big release for users in terms of overall functions, depending on what features they need. I still think it may be one of the most important releases of Media Composer ever, as 64-bit lays the foundation for every upgrade to come.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13634.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Dealers in the U.S. started taking pre-orders for Canon's EOS C300 and C300 PL digital-cinema cameras today at price points significantly below the $20,000 announced by Canon. The camera is available in either EF- or PL-mount versions for $15,999.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13635.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Steve James, whose acclaimed documentary The Interrupters was overlooked by the Oscars, came out on top at the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking, held at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens lsat night. His film took the Cinema Eye prizes for Outstanding Achievement in Direction and Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, the first time in the award's five-year history that a single film has won the two top awards.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13629.html Thu, 12 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin is an unconventional look at American violence. The first 20 minutes of the film are a radically nightmarish montage. While the rest of We Need to Talk About Kevin is somewhat more conventional, it never loses its dreamlike feel, enhanced by a combination of 35mm and Canon 5D Mark II DSLR video.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13632.html Thu, 12 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Guillaume Schiffman, AFC (The Artist), Jeff Cronenweth, ASC (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Robert Richardson, ASC (Hugo), Hoyte van Hoytema, FSF, NSC (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (The Tree of Life) have been nominated in the feature film category of the 26th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards. The winner will be announced at the ASC Awards celebration at the Hollywood and Highland Grand Ballroom on February 12.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/prc/13626.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST MOTU, Inc. introduced the HDX-SDI with Thunderbolt technology, a professional video interface that turns a Thunderbolt technology enabled Mac or PC into a powerful HD/SD video production workstation equipped with all the video and audio I/O needed for professional capture and monitoring.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/prc/13627.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST Blackmagic Design today announced Intensity Shuttle, a revolutionary new video capture and playback solution that uses Intel’s groundbreaking Thunderbolt technology. Intensity Shuttle makes the highest quality 10-bit SD and HD video affordable for everyone, in a truly portable solution that’s priced at only $239.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/prc/13628.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST While the VariCam and the Alexa come closest to assuming the vaulted mantle of versatility and reliability film cameras once brought to productions, the full-size camera is often too much for the job — too awkward to manage and too conspicuous, given the need for speed and for shooting surreptitiously in public or sensitive locations. What itinerant shooters really need is a professional compact multiple frame-rate camcorder with a far-reaching zoom that all but eliminates the multiple cases, weight, and hassle of carting additional lenses.... http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/13623.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST