Autodesk stepped up to the big digital trend across all businesses with this announcement of its planned purchase of a cloud-based tracking and management company…
Autodesk Goes to the Cloud with Planned Purchase of Shotgun Software
Autodesk stepped up to the big digital trend across all businesses with this announcement of its planned purchase of a cloud-based tracking and management company…
Gov Cuomo Praises Tax Credit While Tossing Emmy Accolades
In this press release from the Governor’s Office, Joe Iberti, Producer of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, is quoted as stating that the New York State Production Credit program is the “main reason we locate our production in New York.” Gov Cuomo can take credit for supporting that initiative as well as the postproduction tax credit, both helping to take production in the city and state to new levels…
Film Incentives Work. New Yorkers Support Them.
We’ve reported versions of this information before, but Variety’s Peter Caranicas noted the other day that latest data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics seems to show that the benefit of tax incentives to boost film and television production in New York works well. The Variety article doesn’t really add much, and essentially repeats […]
Kodak Denies the End is Near
For anyone involved in production who still appreciates the qualities of the chemical/mechanical manipulation of light, this is a troubling time…
Is That Kodak Moment Fading?
This week we learn of a faltering founder of film, more ways to edit video, and an easier way to pick music from a favorite provider.
Prime Time Proliferation
This week we share the good news about local production, learn about a filter that can save you from DSLR headaches, and find out that an older, established filmmaker is more experimental than ever…
Company 3 Settles In
You’d be forgiven for missing Company 3 at first. You might have not realized that this Santa Monica-based facility has been sitting in fine style on top of a classic but now totally refurbished building for over a year…
Snakes & Funerals
This week we hear about how the economy affects Hollywood, why we get more of the same from TV, and a technology ideal for shooting snakes and funerals.
NAB without the Pain
Tomorrow, May 12th, will see the debut of the “first official online extension” of the April NAB convention using something called “Virtual View”.