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German Study Demonstrates Low COVID-19 Infection Risk in Cinemas

A study by a consortium led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (Fraunhofer IBP) in Germany has found that regular cinema ventilation is enough to ensure that COVID-19 infection risk is minimal in a typical theatrical environment. The ‘CineCov’ project set out to test the di…

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 5 June 2014

The first reviews are in for Secret Cinema’s “The Empire Strikes Back” and the Telegraph is positive about what it sees: As I step in to the first of a series of huge sets, all immaculately conceived and fully dressed, I feel like I have arrived in Marrakesh’s medina. Stormtroopers…

CJ@SMPTE Conference – Listen Up: Immersive Sound

In an effort to provide updates on the proceedings of the 2014 SMPTE Technical Conference and Exhibition presently taking place in Los Angeles, CA, this post was written live, and in the present tense, during one of the event’s panel discussions. Comments attributed to panel members are paraph…

Barco Escape

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 3 September 2014

The Hollywood Reporter has a special issue looking at ‘The Future of Film‘, which to a large extent is also about the future of cinema. Lots of rich pickings, including Carolyn Giardina looking at Barco’s three-screen Escape and what lies beyond it. Movie screens will continue to m…