CineTechGeek Video Blog Coverage of CinemaCon 2016 Now Online
CineTechGook James Gardiner shares his insights form CinemaCon and NAB in his latest round of video blog posts that explain the latest cinema tech trends….
CJ @ NAB: Universal First Studio to Embrace ACES Fully
AMPAS’ Andy Maltz provided an update on ACES at NAB 2016 and Universal will be first studio to embrace the system fully by 2018. …
Ang Lee Just Invented a New Form of Cinema
NAB2016 saw a demo “Billy Flynn’s Long Halftime Walk” in 120fps 3D 4K. It was like nothing witnessed before. Afterwards the film’s director Ang Lee spoke about pushing the limits of cinema….
NAB 2015: Where Does Creative Intent Fit Into the Digital Landscape?
In a presentation at NAB’s Summit on Cinema, Robert Atkins of Dolby Laboratories’ Applied Vision Science Group showed a slide that was on the lips of everyone who saw it. As depicted above, the formula Atkins presented is an attempt…
NAB 2015: Do We Need A Digital Cinema Initiatives Specification Version 2.0?
This year at the Technology Summit on Cinema, held during the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, there was a turn away from the now of digital transition to the future of what might come next. As the bulk…
CJ @ NAB: Q&A Interview with Sundog Media Tools’ Rich Welsh
In the run-up to NAB and CinemaCon 2015 CJ is interviewing and profiling several leading companies, trade bodies and people to capture the mood of the cinema industry as it enters its post-digital era. Today we talk to Rich Welsh, Founder…
Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 10 April 2015
Cinema data and campaign firm Movio has launched a product that tracks and analyses cinema-goer behaviour, aimed at giving studios and distributors greater consumer insights. Movio, the global leader in marketing data, analysis, insights, and campaign creation and management for…
CJ Coverage at NAB and CinemaCon
NAB and CinemaCon are upon us. I am happy to announce that I will be covering them for CJ as well as CineTechGeek video-blog. This year at NAB I have a theme. “Emerging SMPTE standards and how they will be…
Daily Cinema Roundup – Wed 22 April
– Belgian digital cinema projector manufacturer Barco did not have a stellar first quarter, according to this article by Reuters. Key bullet points were “*Q1 operating loss 6.0 mln euros, vs 4.9 mln loss forecast; * Says cautiously optimistic for…
Wii Fit in 3D, anyone?
NAB kicked off over the weekend with the D-Cinema Summit. (Some coverage can be found in the tech section at THR.com) During the closing session of the summit, the audience was asked to predict the killer app for 3D in…