Shot and finished in Louisiana, 'The Courier' joined massive features such as 'Battle LA' and the 'Twilight' movies, as well as the host of independent films and television series that have transformed the state into the fastest growing region in the US for feature and television work. So while faced with the need to create a blockbuster look on a tight budget, the producers of the film needed to join forces with local post professionals that had experience handling all levels of production. To finish the film, the filmmakers chose Baton Rouge's Films In Motion.
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ASSIMLATE announced further expansion of its sales and technical support presence in India with the appointment of reseller DOTS Techno-Creative Solution, nationwide. In response to India's demand for high-quality file-based workflows to support its burgeoning Bollywood and broadcast markets, ASSIMILATE opened a sales and technical support division for its SCRATCH product line in Mumbai in October 2011, and has since built a strong network of knowledgeable resellers and authorized training centers.
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Texarkana's Texas High School (THS) has always prided itself on being able to offer real world learning experience at state of the art facilities. It is home to a vibrant and united student body. The public school is well known for competitive sports and even some famous alumni that have gone on to become politicians and professional athletes. Even the facility itself is widely acknowledged as an architectural beauty.
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At the 65th Festival de Cannes, May 16 - 27, several films on the competition roster have been created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH DI software in their digital workflows for conform, color grading, and finishing. The Cannes Film Festival is the world's premier showcase for independent and international filmmakers.
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Each mass is attended by more than 2,000 people, and "virtually" by thousands more, as services are also streamed live to the church's website. For an even wider reach, church services are published on DVD within a week. Jéry Vannieu (Vanniewenhuyse) is the technical director at La Porte Ouverte Chrétienne. With a background in audiovisual technology, Mr. Vannieu has worked in audiovisual production as a freelance technical event director for concerts, youth gatherings and festivals for more than 10 years. Already a member of La Porte Ouverte Chrétienne, he was delighted to be invited to collaborate on audiovisual projects involving multiple media, including TV and streaming live to the Internet.
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Founded in 1993, the independent and highly successful Metrafilms follows the principles of "handmade production," investing in talent rather than expensive hardware for their productions. With an impressive client list that includes Samsung, Wimm-Bill-Dann, one of Europe's biggest dairy products companies, and MegaFon, Russia's second largest mobile phone operator, Metrafilms is known for its creativity and ability to hire only the best. The company's vast connections eventually teamed the production house up with Jake Blackstone, an LA based colorist and the founder of MOD Color. More than a talent, Blackstone is a technologist. Together, they would carve a new path for post and color grading, changing the way editors can connect and collaborate to bring a film to life.
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The RED EPIC-X with its Mysterium-X Sensor sporting 5K resolution, one of the best dynamic ranges at 13.5 stops (18 with HDRx) and rated at 800 ISO, frame rates up to 120 fps at full resolution, the ability to use a variety of lenses, and you've got a camera that's made for both Hollywood and the working professional. Peter Jackson is using the EPIC in a 3D rig for The Hobbit films, and even more major and indie filmmakers are taking advantage of RED's latest camera. We decided it's time to get to know the RED EPIC-X, and Jeremy Wiles of Creative Lab in West Palm Beach was more than happy to introduce us.
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Principal Photo Takes Flight with HyperDeck Shuttle
The Lockheed T-33 is an aircraft with history, entering into the United States Air Force in 1948 as America's first operational jet fighter and trainer, and seeing service in a variety of countries over the next three decades. Though it has been retired from most active service, T-33's around the globe are still flying and the plane has become a featured performer in a number of air shows around the globe. Acemaker performer Greg Colyer decided to create a promotional marketing video in order to prove the T-33 is still a sight to behold.
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ASSIMILATE Is First 3rd Party To Support REDgamma3 and REDcolor3 Color Science
Continuing its trend of being first to market to support new RED technology, ASSIMILATE today announced both SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab support for REDgamma3 and REDcolor3, the latest advancements in RED's Color Science. With RED's latest color science update, SCRATCH and Lab artists - DITs, video engineers and DI artists -- will see dramatically improved image quality in the monitoring path, and a richer environment for color grading, even when using older REDCODE RAW images.
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ASSIMILATE Store Continues Rapid Expansion with Addition of LightSpace Color Management Tools
The ASSIMILATE Store, the unique on-line marketplace to discover, trial, and purchase SCRATCH Lab, as well as third-party software and selected hardware accessories, continues to build its creative arsenal for DITs and post-production artists with the addition of two LightSpace color management tools from Light Illusion. LightSpace CMS provides fully integrated facility-wide color management for on-set, post-production, and broadcast workflows, and gives SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab artists the confidence that a matched look is present at every point in both production and post-production.
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From Russia to LA with Love: Real Time Remote Correction Anywhere in the World
When his clients located in Moscow and Paris seemed to forget that there was a 12 hours time difference and that they were 5,000 miles away and began using head nods and hand signals to show approval for color grades, Jake Blackstone realized that his vision was now reality. Jake began his career as a colorist in Los Angeles and he helped to open the doors to one of the first color correction facilities in Russia located in Moscow. Jake took his dream from Kiev to Los Angeles and created MOD Color (RemoteGrading.com), a company focused on becoming one of the first international color grading companies to offer real time remote color grading. And MOD Color (RemoteGrading.com) was built around Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve.
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SCRATCH Lab is Dailies Workflow Powerhouse for New Generation of Digital Cinematography Cameras
ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH Lab has taken the production dailies market by storm with its power, versatility and affordability. The recent announcements of native support for the new Sony F65 CineAlta( digital motion picture camera, and the breakthrough performance of 48 FPS playback of stereo RED EPIC streams, are just two examples of why Lab has gained favor so quickly on-set. SCRATCH Lab now delivers the most extensive support for production dailies. From RED EPIC, ARRI ALEXA, Sony F65, Phantom and Panasonic P2, to the Canon EOS C300, 5D/7D, and even the GoPro, Lab continues to set the pace for the industry with support for virtually any combination of popular native formats in a single timeline.
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