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Cinema projection has a limited lifetime
redsharknews.com - Adrian Pennington
“LED displays are likely to obsolete projection by 2030 or sooner,” predicted Peter Lude, Technical Advisor, RealD. LED displays — also called …
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The 180-degree Rule and How to use it Well
wolfcrow.com - Posted bySareesh Sudhakaran
• The 180-degree rule and an easy way to remember it • How to use it in situations of one, two, three, four or more persons • How to match eye-lines • And one …
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US box office suffers worst weekend in 16 years as Hollywood's bleak summer continues
The Guardian - Associated Press
No major new releases and the boxing showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor spells disaster for US cinemas An already slow August came to a screeching halt at the US box office, where no
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Reading Roger Deakins’s Cinematography Blog
The Paris Review - Noah Gallagher Shannon
Cinematographer Roger Deakins uses his blog to pull back the curtain on the lighting tricks that have made him famous. Sometime in the late nineties, the cinematographer Roger Deakins took a kind of pilgrimage
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These MIT cinematography drones get the perfect shot every time
diyphotography.net
Drone technology has come on so quickly in such a short space of time. Especially the camera technology. I’m not just talking about the quality of …
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What is a LUT (Look-Up Table)?
wolfcrow.com - Posted bySareesh Sudhakaran
In this article we’ll learn what a Look-up Table (LUT) is, and how it should be used. Exclusive Bonus: Download my free cheatsheet (with examples) of …
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A Closer Look at the Dolly Zoom
petapixel.com - Michael Zhang
The “dolly zoom,” also known as the “Hitchcock zoom” or “Vertigo effect,” is a filmmaking technique that involves changing a zoom lens’ angle of view …
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‘Westworld’ DP On Major Challenge Of Shooting At Night, On Film – Deadline
Deadline - Matt Grobar
Game of Thrones may be out of the awards conversation this year, but never mind that. Wrapping up his work on the series’ new season in December, …
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Why Action Scenes in Big-Budget Movies Have Become So Boring
indiewire.com - Chris O'Falt
More and more Hollywood action scenes are unbearable. There's a reason for that: Studios aren't hiring the right directors. When Brett Ratner recently …
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The Reckoning: Why the Movie Business Is in Big Trouble
Variety - Brent Lang
Anyone in the movie business who tells you they’re not scared stiff about the future is probably lying. There’s ample reason to be fearful. It’s been …
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Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin answer the internet’s questions
boingboing.net - Caroline Siede
In this delightful new video, Going In Style stars Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin offer up some details—and some banter—about their …
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‘The Knot’ film launch in St. Lucia
repeatingislands.com - By lisaparavisini
Thursday May 11th saw the launch of filmmaker Davina Lee’s latest project ‘The Knot’ at the Zen Nightclub in Rodney Bay. The film which deals with …
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Landmark Movie Streaming Trial Gets Underway in Sweden - TorrentFreak
torrentfreak.com - By Andy
Founded half a decade ago, Swefilmer grew to become Sweden’s most popular movie and TV show streaming site. Together with Dreamfilm, another site …
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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 01/16/17
torrentfreak.com - Ernesto
This week we have four newcomers in our chart.The Girl on The Train is the most downloaded movie.The data for our weekly download chart is estimated …
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Bad Plot: Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig and a $38.5 Million Loan Stuck in Bankruptcy
The Wall Street Journal. - Rachel Louise Ensign
CIT bought a bank that lent $38.5 million to a movie studio that later went into bankruptcy; now CIT wants the money back Here is an unexpected plot twist: The latest snarl in a multibillion-dollar bank
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Viacom Draws Interest for Minority Stake in Paramount Pictures Studio
The Wall Street Journal. - Keach Hagey
Entertainment company’s CEO Philippe Dauman confirms ‘some Asian interests’ and backs June completion of deal Since announcing plans to sell a minority stake in its Paramount Pictures studio three weeks
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Lost script reveals what Orson Welles really thought about Ernest Hemingway
The Guardian - Dalya Alberge
Rediscovered manuscript suggests director detested writer’s macho portrayal of Spanish culture Orson Welles once described his relationship with Ernest Hemingway as “very strange”. The two men were friends,
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La photo d’un inconnu nommé Rimbaud
Paris Match - Par Franck Ferrand
Dans l’album privé de Liane de Pougy, le grand poète apparaît sous un visage très différent de sa légende maudite.
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"L'étreinte du serpent": Voyage au bout de l'enfer vert
Paris Match
A 40 ans de distance, deux scientifiques tentent de percer les mystères de la forêt amazonienne. Leur point commun, un homme-médecine, ultime mémoire …
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Star Wars review: Three Mehs
scripting.com
I went to the new Star Wars movie. Everyone who is worried about spoilers, really you don't need to. It's a Star Wars movie. Think about what that …
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Watch a Stunning 7-Minute Short Film Made Entirely with Zoetropes - VICE
VICE - Beckett Mufson
Ray McCarthy Bergeron 3D printed a fleet of animated sculptures for experimental short 're÷belief.' Last year filmmaker Ray McCarthy Bergeron teased us with a glimpse of a short animation made solely spinning
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Mœbius & Jodorowsky’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece, The Incal, Brought to Life in a Tantalizing Animation
openculture.com - by Colin Marshall
Last year we featured artwork from the Dune movie that never was, a collaboration between Alejandro Jodorowsky, the mysticism-minded Chilean director …
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An Actress Like No Other
nybooks.com - Robert Gottlieb
We’re always hearing about the ends of eras, but the recent death of the great actress Setsuko Hara really is the end of an era—the era of the classic …
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S S Rajamouli on why he chose Kerala to shoot his magnum opus ‘Baahubali’
indianexpress.com - IANS
Terming Kerala a filmmaker’s paradise, celebrated film director S.S. Rajamouli said the best thing about the state is that one does not need to …
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Moroccan film on prostitution defies threats to earn acclaim in Tunis
The Guardian - Chris Stephen
Much Loved, by Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch, heralds a renaissance in low-budget film-making in Arab region A controversial film portraying prostitution in Morocco that was shunned in the Arab world
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Heavy Lies the Head
crackle.com
After auction house Parke-Mason lands a coveted art collection rookie dealer Graham Connor finds himself the new golden boy. But a smuggler from …