SMPTE invites Studio CEOs, Union Reps, and Rental Houses to present just how feature film and television production will resume. As of July 20, under Phase 4 reopening, NYC film and TV production resumes with full crews – but facilities staffing at 50% capacity. How will Covid-19 continue to impact production? Leaders from NYC’s guilds, […]
Stock Footage Only: That’s the Rule at the First Ever Adobe Stock Film Fest
Now here’s an interesting concept: Since you can’t shoot like you want to these days, how about holding a film festival where all the films were made entirely with shots from a stock footage library? The Adobe Stock Film Fest, live streamed beginning July 15, makes great sense in today’s stressed out production scene. I […]
Intel Challenger AMD Delivers First 64-Core Threadripper Pro in New Lenovo P620 Workstation
Taking it Straight to Chipzilla’s Fastest Xeon The Core Wars are heating up. With today’s launch of the Threadripper PRO ThinkStation P620 — the new AMD chip sports 64 computing cores that tops anything Intel delivers — Lenovo has pulled out from the workstation crowd. In case you’re keeping score: this is the first and […]
The Most Important Film Festival Is Now Online
Tribeca Enterprises’ Jane Rosenthal Corrals Famous Fests for ‘We Are One’ Youtube Outing Producer, executive Jane Rosenthal has pulled off the most important virtual film festival of the year: We Are One. It starts today, hosted by Google on, where else, YouTube. Rosenthal’s Tribeca Enterprises – which organizes the Tribeca Film Festival – convinced 21 […]
Tribeca Film Institute Closing
Funding losses during COVID19 pandemic force layoffs, closure Image: In May 2020, the Tribeca Film Institute announced winners of its 10th annual TFI Network. Image credit: Tribeca Film Institute Reports in the major trades, including Variety, IndiWire, and The Wrap, confirm earlier blog posts on Monday; the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has suspended operations, with […]
Latest Maxon Cinema 4D S22 Drops, Delivers Easier UV, Viewport Enhancements
Subscription model promises more regular updates, while better UV mapping just makes life easier. Kitty image credit: Maxon Creative artists in motion media know that this is the best of times (in spite of the current news of the world). The power of the digital tools and technologies 3D artists wield today, with apps like […]
Coronavirus: List Of Canceled Or Postponed Hollywood & Media Events
You can almost hear the destruction as everything from movie and TV productions, award shows, concerts, film festivals and more come crashing down. We suggest you track the latest from Deadline’s regularly updated page. We’ll be keeping an eye on the local New York scene too. Image credit: Rozette Rago for The New York Times […]
Responding to Corona Crisis, New York Production Alliance Opens Up with Free Membership
During this time of a creeping crisis for our industry, banding together makes sense. Here’s an offer from NYPA – the New York Production Alliance, if you don’t know – that tries to do just that. What makes this more than just a pitch at an admittedly awful time, is that NYPA has kept an […]
Maxon’s Merger with Red Giant and Acquisition of Redshift Widens its Horizons in 3D and Beyond
2019 saw significant buyout and merger action in the visual effects world. This past mid-December, Friedrichsdorf, Germany-based Maxon – creators of the 3D app Cinema 4D – merged with Red Giant, well known for its advanced filters offering particle effects and more. The two companies will become one under the media and entertainment division of […]
See You at Sundance! NYCPP News to Report from Acclaimed Film Festival
Image: Emily Skeggs and Kyle Gallner appear in Dinner in America by Adam Rehmeier, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Philippe Bernier. The Sundance Film Festival starts tomorrow – January 23 – and I’ll be in Park City, Utah to […]
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