LOS ANGELES — Dr. Ross Melnick and Dr. James Tweedie have been named 2017 Academy Film Scholars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their respective book projects focus on Hollywood’s ...
July 14, 2017
CHICAGO — SIGGRAPH 2017, the annual conference highlighting computer graphics and interactive techniques, has announced that Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator to work for Walt Disney A ...
June 26, 2017
LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.oscars.org/AcademyGoldProgram) has received commitments from four additional industry partners – Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Illum ...
June 15, 2017
LOS ANGELES — SIGGRAPH 2017 will host a highly diverse array of new Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) projects from around the world during its upcoming annual conference, set to take pl ...
June 8, 2017
MONTREAL — Mettle (www.mettle.com), the developer of 360VR software tools, has launched a free, comprehensive 360/VR Master Training Series that’s designed to teach aspiring 360/VR filmmakers cinemati ...
May 22, 2017
FREEMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design’s NAB 2017 Roadshow will offer hands-on demonstrations of the company’s newly announced DaVinci Resolve 14, ATEM Television Studio Pro HD, Ursa Mini Pro camera and mor ...
May 19, 2017
VANCOUVER, CANADA — Vancouver Film School (www.vfs.edu) has opened its new commercial performance capture studio. The school partnered with Mimic Performance Capture, Inc., to build one of Canada’s la ...
May 18, 2017
LOS ANGELES — How does a cinematographer navigate the burgeoning world of shooting for virtual reality? As the audience was told at a panel at the VRLA trade show (www.virtualrealityla.com) in LA in A ...
May 10, 2017
NEW YORK CITY — "Art of the Cut: Conversations with Film and TV editors” is a new book by author/editor Steve Hullfish. As a feature film and TV editor, Hullfish’s credits include Courageous, War Room ...
May 9, 2017
In this episode of Michael Kammes' <I>5 Things</I> series, he offers tips on prepping for post audio. Here, he covers tracks, sync, video, export options, and a number of other important t ...
May 3, 2017