The Americans with Disabilities Act is celebrated in its 25th year at two day-long conferences in New York. “Lights! Camera! Access! 2.0” offers “Think Tanks” on July 13 (at NYU) and July 14 (at CUNY)…
Want to See if 8K Resolution Triumphs? – NHK’s FIFA Cup Gambit
If you’ve got a new presentation technology to launch, action sports provide networks with money to spend and enthusiastic viewers ready to pay to experience it. That’s NHK’s thinking. It worked when the Japanese broadcaster was among the leaders behind the introduction of Hi Def television. Now, NHK is back, promoting FIFA’s Woman’s World Cup […]
Chaos Software Offers V-Ray Renderer Screening
Chaos Software visits Tribeca Cinema screening room to spill the latest on its V-Ray renderer and Phoenix FD particle system. Here’s where you can learn more…
NYC 3ds Max User Group Meets
Announcing their final meeting of 2014 for Tuesday, December 16th, the New York City 3ds Max User Group plans to take a look back at the recent Autodesk University conference in Las Vegas. Group leader Kim Lee will also talk about his class that he taught there “From Design to Fabrication: Using 3ds Max to […]
Post NY Alliance Seminar Kicks Off New Series on High Level Post
The Post New York Alliance, a group of some 50 top post facilities in town, is gearing up to become a real force in helping to direct the City’s fast-growing editing and visual effects industries…
Top Names in New York Post to Speak at Post Production Master Class
You don’t often get a chance to hear from talents at top post facilities and the producers and journalists who help make those things happen in New York City. Here’s a chance to not only be in on the latest in post trends but have some time to catch drinks afterward and get a little more personal…
Noted Filmmakers, Casting Directors to Discuss Indie Filmmaking
While they happen at irregular intervals, the Made in NY sponsored talks can offer up some interesting talent, especially as we enter the dog days of the summer and such free events are the best deal in town. This press release from the Mayor’s Office, however, is a little confusing, as it lists “Ira Glass” as the director of two films (“Keep the Lights On”, “Married Life”) which have been directed by Ira Sachs as far as we know. Ira Glass, of course, is the producer and great documentary storyteller heard on NPR. Whatever. These are the dog days, as noted, when even the press releases are a little dazed…
So What Do Editors Talk About When They Talk All Day?
I had a chance to cover the seminar “Inside the Cutting Room: Sight, Sound & Story” earlier this month. Organized by Manhattan Edit Workshop, the City’s leading edit training operation, the day-long gathering pulled together multiple generations of top editing talent…
New York’s First Ever VFX Town Hall Debuting at COLLIDER Conference
COLLIDER 2013 is the first major effort to bring to the East Coast the best of what attendees at Siggraph enjoy. The VFX Town Hall: COLLIDER 2013 is the free gathering on Monday, June 10th, that will give attendees a taste of the issues the VFX industry must resolve as it faces one of its most difficult periods…
Legends of Storytelling Gather in Manhattan for Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story
This is the first year in which Manhattan Edit Workshop picks up the editors’ symposium from its prior producers. These presentations are unique; if you are at all interested in how an editor takes a director’s often inchoate material and weaves a relevant story out of it all, this is for you. Not to be missed…