- Lenny Lipton, 3D Filmmaking Pioneer, Dies.
In the Hollywood 3D community, Lipton is known for developing the ZScreen electro-optical modulator — a tool used in digital 3D projection — through his company, StereoGraphics. - George Lucas, Gene Youngblood and Expanded Cinema
I ran across this video a few years ago and found it very prescient of the landscape of today’s media technology . I forgot about it until I heard Gene Youngblood died. He and George talk about how hard it is to get into “Hollywood” and that technology will allow everybody to make films, with… Read more: George Lucas, Gene Youngblood and Expanded Cinema - Revisiting Gordon Parks
Recently TCM played two of the Gordon Parks films, Shaft (1971) and The Super Cops (1974). Both held up very well and you could see many creative influences they had on other early 70’s movies like Dog Day Afternoon and French Connection. Among his other talents he also wrote songs and poetry. Like Stanley Kubrick… Read more: Revisiting Gordon Parks - The 30th anniversary of Jim Henson and Muppet*Vision 3D
Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Jim Henson. I was working on Muppetvision 3D at Imagineering when he died. I was so excited that Disney was buying the Muppets. I think that Jim Henson was another Walt Disney - Here We Go Again: The Digital Cinema Revolution Begins
Happy Birthday to George Lucas! As we know George was a big proponent of the use of digital technology in cinema. When I worked at Sony in the 1990’s, we were on the cutting edge of using digital cameras for cinematography.
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Muppet Vision 3D isn’t just a great attraction, it was also the final Muppet project Jim Henson was involved with before he passed away
It’s an important piece of Muppet history and to lose it would be losing a significant part of Jim’s legacy and the joy he brought to our world
Sherman Brothers Carousel of Progress at #disney #imagineering #ShermanBrothers
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Inside Disney Imagineering and the Tech That Could Power the Company's $60B Parks Bet
I spoke with Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Experiences, about Disney’s plan to invest $60 billion in parks and more, what projects could come from that and why Disney is betting on this segment.
These little guys are amazing and adorable! We need/want more of this kind of “magic” in Galaxy’s Edge!
The full Bob Chapek and Jimmy Pitaro interviews are embedded here — Chapek at the bottom — for the Disney fans in the crowd.
Industry pros sweat the possibility that many digital files will eventually become unusable — an archival tragedy reminiscent of the celluloid era
Nikon to Acquire Red Cinematography Camera Maker via @variety
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After an accidental erasure in 1979, the song "The Second Arrangement" took on mythic status for fans of Steely Dan. Now a near-complete version has turned up on a worktape belonging to engineer Roger Nichols and we speak to Cimcie Nichols, Roger's daughter, about this incredible rediscovehttps://cscottrollins.blogspot.com/2023/01/…
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