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 | |  | | | | | | 05/08/2008 | | BATMAN CLASSIFICATION DEFENDED BY FILM BODY | | the british board of film classification (bbfc) has defended the classification given to the latest batman movie the dark knight.
more than 80 complaints were received about the film's disturbing content despite a 12a certificate being given.
sue clark, the film regulator's spokeswoman said the film was a "fantasy movie with only implied violence".
the joker played by the late heath ledger uses a knife as his main weapon and he is subjected to blows dealt by batman in the interrogation scene.
the bbfc say that the sequel adheres to the rule of the 12a certificate, as the sequences do not "dwell on violence" or "emphasise injury and blood".
keith vaz mp, chair of the home affairs select committee, is unhappy with the certificate and say... | | | 16/01/2007 | | CNC-IT MAKE THE SCENE IN HOLLYWOOD | | byfleet based, cnc and laser cutting specialists, cnc-it have moved to rudgwick near horsham in west sussex/surrey borders only 30 mins from their previous location.
cnc-it arrived in hollywood tearing up the streets and rooftops of gotham city as the latest batman movie, 'batman begins', which hit town last july. as prop suppliers to the movie industry, cnc-it has made bespoke scenery for the latest warner bros blockbuster, much of which was filmed locally at shepperton studio’s.
the task was to create realistic tailor-made items at a fraction of the weight and cost of the real thing. the order included essential parts for the dashboard of the awesome new batmobile the ‘tumbler’, plus intricate railings, doors and window frames, plus par... | | | 26/01/2009 | | DARK KNIGHT VISUALS IN OSCAR SPOTLIGHT | | the nominees for the 81st annual academy awards - announced in january - included box office hit, the dark knight and its specialist visual effects, which have reached the three-film shortlist.
this means that, for the second consecutive year, framestore finds itself in the running for an extraordinary vfx awards double.
framestore vfx supervisor tim webber, who led the company's team on the dark knight, is one of the four oscar nominees, joining nick davis (vfx supervisor), paul franklin (double negative), and chris corbould (special effects supervisor).
this same quartet also forms one of the nominee groups for the recently announced bafta awards, with the dark knight one of five films in contention for their special visual effects a... | | | 29/07/2008 | | SALON PROVIDES AVID SYSTEMS TO 'THE DARK KNIGHT' | | editing equipment hire company salon has provided avid media composer systems to the new batman movie, 'the dark knight', which was released in the uk last week.
editor lee smith and assistant john lee, having used salon on 'batman begins' got in touch with company again when they knew parts of the new film were being shot in the uk.
salon engineers installed a number of systems in covent garden london prior to their arrival, based on the precise specification they had provided so that the editorial team could quite literally step off the plane and head to the cutting room where they were greeted by salon engineers to check everything was as they required.
after several weeks the whole unit and equipment moved up to cardington bedfordsh... | | | 18/10/2007 | | LIPSYNC POST APPOINTS ANDREW MORLEY | | lipsync post has announced the appointment of andrew morley as its new head of 3d/vfx supervisor. morley brings over ten years of experience from some of the leading visual effects facilities, including lucasfilm, the moving picture company and industrial light and magic, and has worked on many high profile film projects including harry potter and the order of the phoenix, batman begins and troy. morley’s appointment to this position further strengthens lipsync’s film post-production services, following its recent £500,000 investment in new state-of-the-art vfx facilities in wardour street.
“andrew’s experience working with the best vfx companies in the world on the most challenging projects will be an enormous asset to lipsync, particular... | | | 28/02/2008 | | RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED FOR NEW TERMINATOR MOVIE | | the latest terminator movie, 'terminator salvation: the future begins', will be released on may 22, 2009, it has been confirmed.
the movie, the fourth in the series, will see 'batman' star christian bale take the lead as rebel leader john connor and will be directed by 'charlie's angels' helmer mcg.
it is understood that the new movie is set to be the first in a new terminator trilogy.
california governor arnold schwarzenegger who starred in the first three movies has ruled out appearing in the new movies.
production is due to begin in new mexico in may.
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... | | | 21/11/2002 | | OSCAR-WINNING SOUNDS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE | | the music and sound effects company audio network have made their soundstorm sound effects catalogue available online at www.audiolicense.net.
nineteen years of recording authentic sound for films have resulted in a large sound resource, used in many of hollywood’s most sucessful films including 'tomb raider', 'batman' and 'the fast and the furious'.
the oscar winning team at soundstorm were founding partners of audio network assigning to audio network the exclusive global exploitation rights to the vast in-house sound catalogue.
commercial director robert hurst said: “our partnership with soundstorm allows even the smallest production company access to the quality sound resour... | | | 18/12/2008 | | MCALEESE GETS HOLLYWOOD BUZZ | | it was all glitz and glamour at the movies this week as irish president mary mcaleese paid a visit to hollywood.
she met up with representatives of both the irish and american entertainment and film community.
she even brought some irish weather too, as, arriving in a downpour at the warner brothers' studios in hollywood, the president joked about bringing the weather to sunny california.
greeted at the door by the irish film star from castleknock, colin farrell, she was then sandwiched between a row of 'oscars' and movie props for the films batman, superman and casablanca, in the warner brothers' museum as farrell, dressed in ripped jeans and a pinstripe jacket and waistcoat, posed politely before bidding the group farewell.
elsewhere,... | | | 23/01/2009 | | BRITISH TALENT TIPPED FOR OSCAR SUCCESS | | the contenders for the 81st annual academy awards have today been announced, with slumdog millionaire and kate winslet leading the way for british talent.
lancashire-born filmmaker danny boyle's mumbai-set epic has been nominated for 10 oscar's, including best film.
meanwhile kate winslet has been nominated for best actress for her role as a former concentration guard in stephen daltry's the reader.
this follows the actress' success at both the golden globes and critics' choice awards, were she was recognised for best actress in a drama for revolutionary road.
the 33-year-old also has two bafta nominations for the parts.
the curious case of benjamin button has emerged as the forerunner for this year's awards ceremony, with a total of 1... | | | 25/09/2006 | | RAY MERRIN TO RECEIVE ACCOLADE FOR SERVICES TO THE AUDIO INDUSTRY | | at the conch awards which will take place september 25 the uk post & services association will present ray merrin with the fellowship award.
the premier award is devised to recognise those who have made an outstanding contribution to the uk audio industry and was chosen by the uk post & services audio committee.
ray merrin’s career as a re-recording mixer spans over thirty years and includes some of the entertainment industry’s most memorable films including; 'midnight express', 'alien', 'chariots of fire', 'the killing fields', 'birdy', 'the mission', 'batman', 'hilary and jackie', 'little voice', the first two harry potter films and more than fifty other movies. ray has received four bafta nominations for best sound and also worked on ... | | | 02/10/2006 | | PINEWOOD STUDIOS CELEBRATES 70TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A WEEK OF FREE FILMS | | in celebration of pinewood studios prestigious 70th anniversary the studio has partnered with the times and vue west end to hold a week of free screenings october 1-7.
each day, one film from each of the seven decades that the studios have been in operation will be shown. pinewood entered the film business in 1936 with its first film london melody. since then the studios have hosted over 700 films and hundreds of famous tv productions and commercials.
pinewood is now part of the pinewood studios group which consists of not only pinewood, but shepperton and teddington studios too. the breadth of services this collective now offers is unrivalled - with a total of 35 film sound stages, nine television studios and 16 audio post production the... | | | 12/12/2006 | | LONDON STARS IN VISITOR'S MOVIE MAP | | film fans can follow in the footsteps of their favourites with a new london movie map, launched by film london and visit london.
from 'brief encounter' to 'batman begins', the map highlights locations both on and off the beaten track from over 50 london-shot films from the 1940s to the present day.
building on the rising trend in film tourism, visitors can explore a range of attractions all with a movie connection, both in central london and beyond, including shops and markets, museums and galleries, and parks and open spaces.
adrian wootton, ceo of film london said: "the sheer range of london films demonstrates how cinema has become part of the fabric of the city with many places now instantly associated with moments from the silver scr... | | | 27/04/2004 | | ‘LONDON VOODOO’ TO PREMIERE AT COMMONWEALTH FILM FESTIVAL
| | the independent british psychological horror film - 'london voodoo' – is to have its uk & european premiere in manchester as part of the commonwealth film festival.
the film will be shown on thursday 6th may at amc great northern cinemas, deansgate, near g-mex, manchester city centre at 8:45pm.
the film's award-winning writer/director is robert pratten and the film's executive producer is helen pratten - who was born and brought up in manchester. the two met when they were both studying at salford
university.
financed and produced entirely through private equity, ‘london voodoo’ is about an ambitious new york analyst lincoln mathers(doug cockle, ‘spy game’, ‘tailor of panama’, ‘band of brothers’) who relocates his family to england. his... | | | 07/07/2004 | | SOUNDSTATION HIRING RANGE BOOSTED BY NEW FOSTEX DIGITAL RECORDERS | | soundstation, the company that specialises in post-production sound equipment dry hire for film and tv productions, has invested in another five fostex dv40 digital recorders.
twickenham-based soundstation, which now has 15 fostex dv40s in their hire stock, will send a number of the new recorders to new zealand, where 'the lion, the witch and the wardrobe' is being shot.
the film, which stars james macavoy, dawn french and tilda swinton, is due for release next year. the dv40’s will be used for the magless dailies system in conjunction with both film and hd projection.
sound production mixer and soundstation director, oscar-winner chris munro, has notched up a first with fostex pd6 in his recent project, the blockbuster 'van helsing'. ... | | | 29/10/2004 | | CINESITE EUROPE INVEST IN SECOND NORTHLIGHT FILM SCANNER | | filmlight, a world-leading pioneer of digital film technology, have installed a second northlight film scanner to cinesite.
the new machine represents a significant expansion in cinesite’s scanning capabilities, which the company is finding are becoming increasingly in demand as the market accelerates.
“we’re seeing exceptional demand,” explained head of imaging, mitch mitchell. “up until january 2004 we had scanned six million frames in our 11 year history of scanning. last month alone we put through 240,000 frames and we will scan over one million frames for one of the productions we’ve currently got underway.”
the majority of work is scanned at 4k, with vfx work usually being down-rezzed to 2k by the cinesite proprietary super 2k proc... | | | 24/03/2005 | | DOUBLE NEGATIVE ADOPTS UNIFIED GRADING WITH BASELIGHT SYSTEM | | one of the latest companies to invest in filmlight's baselight grading and finishing system is premier london visual effects facility, double negative.
installed to centralise the grading of vfx shots within the facility, double negative's baselight has so far been used on an impressive number of upcoming high-profile releases, including 'batman begins', 'doom', 'harry potter and the goblet of fire', 'kingdom of heaven', 'pride & prejudice' and 'sahara'.
double negative's ceo, matt holben said: "we have been looking for the right tool for a while to centralise the process so that everything after scanning uses one person in one place giving us greater consistency and saving time and money.
"previously, we'd been doing the vfx grading on ... | | | 04/04/2005 | | NATURALMOTION ANNOUNCES ENDORPHIN RUSH PROGRAMME | | naturalmotion ltd., the innovative british developer of dynamic motion synthesis technology, has announced endorphin rush, a new monthly licensing programme for its popular endorphin software.
designed specifically for smaller facilities, freelancers or specific projects, the rush programme lets users rent endorphin 2.0 for only $1,595 per month, including full support.
torsten reil, ceo of naturalmotion, said: “over the past few months, we have received a growing number of requests from individuals and small studios to introduce an official rental scheme for endorphin. the rush programme now answers these requests and gives users the chance to use the unique power of endorphin on a flexible basis.”
endorphin uses naturalmotion’s dynami... | | | 21/04/2005 | | DIGIDESIGN ICON USED ON 'STAR WARS' PROJECT | | digidesign has announced that more projects than ever are relying on digidesign icon integrated console systems.
from 'star wars: episode iii revenge of the sith' to janet jackson’s new album, icon has set a new standard for quality in tracking and mixing post and music projects. while d-control based systems have surpassed industry sales trends for digital consoles, digidesign anticipates even more widespread adoption with the addition of the compact d-command worksurface to the icon family.
skywalker sound reports using a three-operator icon|d-control to mix revenge of the sith, while hans zimmer and james newton howard are scoring the anticipated summer blockbuster 'batman begins' from warner brothers using a two-operator d-control b... | | | 12/05/2006 | | IRISH FILM INDUSTRY AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
| | with irish civil war story 'the wind that shakes the barley' directed by ken loach in official competition and thirteen irish films selling in the cannes market, the irish film industry is very well represented at the 2006 cannes film festival, may 17 - 28.
irish actors cillian murphy, 'batman begins' and 'red eye' and liam cunningham, 'breakfast on pluto', 'a love divided', 'showbands', and rising stars padraic delaney, 'pure mule', 'the clinic', and orla fitzgerald, 'love is the drug', 'the last furlong' will walk down the red carpet with director ken loach at the world premiere of 'the wind that shakes the barley' in cannes.
ireland’s leading film producers will also be travelling to the cannes film market, which is one of the largest... | | | 14/07/2006 | | SPECIALIST FILM & TV SUPPLIER MOVES TO CENTRAL SLOUGH LOCATION | | the arrival of one stop film ltd, a specialist supplier to the movie industry, has boosted slough trading estate’s reputation as the location of choice for businesses operating in the film and tv sector.
the company, who supply everything from special effects equipment such as snow, smoke fluid and pyrotechnics, to broadcast and recording microphones, headphones and other gadgets, has 11 years experience in the film industry – supplying film companies involved in a number of major projects including the latest james bond film, and the recent 'batman begins' movie, which featured the all-new batmobile ‘the tumbler’
located just five miles from pinewood studios, 10 miles from heathrow and 14 minutes from london by train, one stop film ltd w... | | | 13/07/2006 | | FINAL DRAFT UPDATED TO SUPPORT INTEL CORE MACS | | final draft have announced the immediate availability of the final draft av 2.5.2 update to its dedicated multi-column script processor specifically designed for writing commercials, corporate videos, documentaries, presentations, dv shorts.
this release includes universal binary support for powerpc and intel-based macs. current final draft av 2.5 users can download the 2.5.2 update for free. registered users of previous versions of final draft av may upgrade to the current version for $49.00 (usd). final draft av 2.5 is available worldwide for $199.00 (usd). the software includes versions for both macintosh and windows.
final draft was founded in 1991 to develop a scriptwriting program that allows the writer to concentrate on the creativ... | | | 13/08/2002 | | ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS APPOINT NEW DIRECTOR | | entertainment rights, the global children’s entertainment group based in london, has appointed len dunne as director of marketing and global brands.
len joins entertainment rights (er) following a six-year period at hasbro, the global toy and games company, where he managed entertainment and non-entertainment toy brands both in europe and the us.
len has a wealth of experience in managing a variety of brands, which will prove invaluable at er where he will be responsible for the development of over ten key properties into global brands, including postman pat, merlin the magical puppy, basil brush, and love hearts.
len has managed the action man brand in europe, he has also spent a number of years in the us where he managed the global toy... | | | 09/02/2009 | | SEVEN BAFTAS FOR 'SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE' | | british movie 'slumdog millionaire' swept to success at last night's baftas, picking up seven awards, including best picture.
the movie, which tells the story of a young boy from the slums of mumbai who appears on the indian version of 'who wants to be a millionaire', also picked up awards for editing, cinematography, music and sound, while simon beaufoy, who wrote the screenplay, won the award for best adapted screenplay and danny boyle was named best director.
the film, which has also received ten oscar nominations, is now widely expected to win best pictures at the ceremony.
kate winslet also continued her successful run, picking up the best actress award for her role as a former concentration camp guard in 'the reader'. she had also ... | | | 30/03/2009 | | SLUMDOG DIRECTOR WINS FURTHER ACCOLADE | | a major awards ceremony last night saw several stars of the british film world dominating the prestigious event.
the jameson empire awards brought together hollywood actors and small screen personalities as well as household names from showbusiness at the glittering event in london last night.
the readers of empire magazine voted in their droves, and the big winner of the night was the dark knight, which took home best film, best director for christopher nolan and best actor for christian bale.
danny boyle was there for his accolade, while billy bragg, michael sheen and sean bean were among the many other famous faces who attended.
slumdog millionaire and trainspotting director boyle won the outstanding contribution to british film awar... | | | 29/08/2008 | | F.D.I. ADDS AUTOCAD LT TO ART DEPARTMENT TRAINING | | film design international has trained over 250 art department professionals since opening its doors at pinewood studios in 2001 and from september 1 adds an auto cad unit to the short courses available.
developed by kee aloha (former lecturer at east berkshire college) who joins fdi as consultant tutor, the 49-hour programme will augment the existing certificate in draughting and will be available as an optional or independent unit of study.
autocad lt 2009 is the latest edition of the streamlined autocad professional drawing software for designers, draughtsmen, art directors and architects. tutor terry ackland-snow (whose credits include 'batman', 'aliens' and 'inspector morse') observed the increased popularity of computer aided design ... | | | | Back To News Archive Grid |
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