Entertainment Industry Readies for 3D Entertainment Summit Opening September 16-17 at the Hilton Los Angeles in Universal City Sep 15, 2009
This year's 3D Summit confirmed attendance has nearly doubled last year's inaugural event and include top executives networking from the entertainment, financial and corporate sectors, representing companies such as AMC, Best Buy, Deluxe, DIRECTV, Disney Home Entertainment, DreamWorks, Fox Sports, Harkins Theatres, HBO Home Entertainment, Intel Media & Display Strategic Planning, International Cinematographers Guild, Kodak, Landmark Theaters, Legend Films, Lionsgate, Marvel Studios, Mattel... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Richard Moore, 83; cofounded Panavision Sep 1, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Richard Moore, a cinematographer and cofounder of Panavision, has died ... His daughter, Marina, said her father started working on documentaries and travelogues and in 1953 teamed with Robert Gottschalk to start Panavision ... Panavision developed a projector lens for the wide-screen format called Cinemascope, then began making camera lenses. (Boston Globe)
Tyson Review Aug 21, 2009
James Toback shot the interview footage of this film using Panavision Genesis HD cameras. I've never been the biggest fan of the image this camera produces. (IGN FilmForce)
Panavision to Create State-of-the-Art Facility Jul 21, 2009
July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Panavision, the worldwide market leader in the design, manufacture and rental of camera systems, plans to create a state-of-the-art facility in Burbank, California, combining its Woodland Hills and Hollywood locations into the largest camera rental facility serving the entertainment industry. Panavision is currently looking for property to accommodate this facility, which would house camera rental and crane rental operations, manufacturing and research and development, as... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
VARIETY Review... May 22, 2009
Camera (Deluxe color, Panavision widescreen), Robert Richardson; editor, Sally Menke; music supervisor, Mary Ramos; production designer, David Wasco; supervising art director, Sebastian Krawinkel; art director, Stephan Gessler, Marco Bittner Rosser, David Scheunemann; set decorator, Sandy Reynolds Wasco; costume designer, Anna B. Sheppard; sound (Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS), Mark Ulano; supervising sound editor, Wylie Stateman; re-recording mixers, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti; sound designers,... (The Drudge Report)
New on DVD: Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia' Mar 6, 2009
The Panavision looks far more robust than expected, given the movie's dollar-store budget and all those grainy, unletterboxed prints that were cable staples for years. Programming brilliance: Sony has just released In Cold Blood (1967, unrated) and Capote (2005, R) in a set for $55. (USA Today -- Life)
UGA grad will open area plant Feb 24, 2009
The company rents its equipment to Panavision for movie crews to use, Abney said. On the Web. (Athens Banner-Herald)
