Sharing production gear via a club or a non-profit media center offered solutions to pricey hardware.Now, New York City-based startup KitSplit updates those models, building on the more modern sharing scene…
George Kaufman, Founder of Kaufman Astoria Studios, Dies at 89
Image caption: George Kaufman Photo credit: JP Yim/Getty Images George Kaufman, the real-estate developer who helped rejuvenate film and television production in New York City as chairman of the venerable Kaufman Astoria Studios complex in Queens, died Tuesday in Florida, a publicist announced. He was 89. Click here to read the full article on the Hollywood […]
‘We the Animals,’ film with local ties, wins Sundance award
Image caption: The cast of “We The Animals” includes Sheila Vand (right). The film has a number of scenes set in the Mohawk Valley. It tied with “Night Comes On” for the 2018 Sundance NEXT Innovator Award. UTICA — Awards and recognition go hand-in-hand at the annual Sundance Film Festival in Utah. This year, a film with […]
Panavision DXL2 News
On Friday, Feb 1 at BSC Expo in London, Panavision launched their new Millennium DXL2 8K Large Format camera. Sensor size: 40.96 x 21.60 mm (46.31 mm diagonal). No one at BSC Expo could have missed the significance of having most of the major cine manufacturers embracing the new, larger format, variously called Full Frame – Full Format – Large […]
Hudson Valley Film Commission Wants to Increase Production by Doubling Funding
Caption for above image: The former Kawasaki dealership building on Route 28 in the town of Ulster, N.Y., is now a film production facility. Photo credit: Tania Barricklo — Daily Freeman KINGSTON, N.Y. The Hudson Valley Film Commission, seeking to double its funding from the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency to $60,000, says local growth in entertainment […]
Nikkei Says Foxconn and RED Digital Cinema Plan Pro-Quality Consumer Camera Line
Major iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn Technology Group, said on Sunday that it plans to team up with premium camera maker RED Digital Cinema to make professional-quality and affordable film cameras for the general public, while expanding into the manufacture of semiconductors for displays and cameras. Those moves come as […]
At This Film Institute, the Course Material Is Killer
Caption for the above image: Classes of the Miskatonic Institute meet at the Film Noir Cinema in Brooklyn. Credit – Vincent Tullo for The New York Times A figment of H. P. Lovecraft’s wicked imagination, Miskatonic University is the Harvard of his horror stories. It appears to be a typical New England college, but elements of the occult […]
Crain’s Columnist Says New York’s Support Money for Production and Post Essential
New York, take it from London: Defend your film tax credit Benefits could spread across the state, as they have in the U.K. (Image caption: Emily Blunt’s new movie A Quiet Place was shot in the the Mohawk Valley. Photo credit: Youtube trailer for A Quiet Place.) For millions of foreign visitors every year, New […]
A Game Changer: Review of the HP Z38c Curved Super-Wide Display
“Game-changing” might be a dramatic term, but that’s what comes to mind when describing the new HP Z38c Curved display. You see, every so often, a new product comes along which makes us rethink the way we work and HP’s stunning new Z38c display happens to be one of them. I’ve had the opportunity to […]
New York’s Post-Production Credit Reaches $500 Million NY Spend Milestone
Film productions participating in New York State’s Post-Production Tax Credit program have spent more than $500 million—a milestone that encompasses post spending from July 2012 through to the end of 2017…
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