- 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.
Disney has received a patent for technology that could project dynamic images onto changing surfaces like smoke, fog, mist, clouds or even fireworks residue. The system would track the shape and density of the material in real time, then resize projections to fit as it moves.
NEW: Disneyland’s Tomorrowland reimagining has been prioritized ahead of the Avatar experience planned for Disney California Adventure.
That means after Disney completes the Coco attraction and Avengers Campus expansion, the next major Disneyland Resort project will be
Disney’s Experiences chief Thomas Mazloum speaks with THR about all that D23 news, including a Tomorrowland revamp: “This particular Tomorrowland here at Disneyland was the one that was originally thought of and designed by Walt himself. So much of that was based on optimism:
FULL VIDEO: Behind-the-scenes of the Avatar destination coming to Disney California Adventure, which will feature a major boat ride.
Disney California Adventure pulled the curtain off the “Avatar”-inspired area coming to the park. We've got all the details here: https://www.latimes.com/travel/newsletter/2026-08-13/d23-avatar-model-avengers-campus?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_latimes
NEW: Here’s a new look at the Avatar destination coming to DCA.
Hollywood's open secret: It's battling AI — but already recruiting to use it. Including #Disney . https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/hollywood-s-open-secret-it-s-battling-ai-but-already-recruiting-to-use-it/ar-AA28IhCH
Our ILM community was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Don Iwerks. Although our work only briefly overlapped with Don’s — for the Disney Parks attraction Captain EO — his example has empowered our artists and engineers working across film, animation, and themed
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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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