The great DP Philip Bloom of London, considered the world’s foremost Video DSLR shooter and evangelist of DSLR low-budget filmmaking, arrives in Chicago Sunday to participate in the first-ever shootout
Director and futurist David Rosen returned from the recent L.A. Collision Conference with great excitement over the merging of still and motion HD technologies. He reports on what
Cinematographer and Local 600 member, Lawrence Daufenbach, is possibly the youngest owner of an affordable camera rental company which has the hot Red camera as its main focus.
ABEL CINE TECH opened a Midwest sales office and small showroom in Oakbrook Terrace, headed by Kari Hess, and joined by production salesman Gregger Jones,
Anna Kipervaser’s On Look Films embarked on the first of multiple trips to Egypt on Aug. 16, attempting to preserve a thousand-year-old Islamic ritual through film, sound recording and an
EILEEN WILLENBORG WAS BOWLED OVER at the National AFTRA Convention Aug. 8 when she received a super prestigious Gold Card, the union’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize,
TOM FLETCHER WAS OVERWHELMED by the helpful and sympathetic responses to the alert he Emailed immediately following the theft of $100,000 worth of Fletcher camera equipment from a
One of the uses to which Hector Perez of Rocket Productions will put his new high-end HD camera will be minority-designated production services for Energy BBDO’s new Illinois Lottery account.
Chicago studio Popcorn Island ‘s disturbing trailer will front the online buzz campaign for Stephen King’s new short story collection, “Just After Sunset”.
The accolade is all the more
Because helping filmmakers has always been his credo, Man-Sung Son will give his clientele a worthwhile gift in celebration of SMS Productions’ 25th anniversary.
The gift: A
Zacuto USA has opened a full service showroom to display and demonstrate Panasonic and Sony cameras outfitted with Zacuto accessories as part of its expanded River North space.
Writer/producer Paul Traynor’s “Witches Night,” in HD, is a throwback to the ?70s horror classics, premieres July 18 at the Wilmette theatre, coinciding with its DVD release by Rivercoast
A year ago producer/director/DP Jerry Donahue and producer/editor Genevieve Wolff relinquished their lengthy freelance careers and merged their respective expertise into a boutique specializing in HD production, post and
In a clever bit of satirical casting, the role of a George Romero-like horrormeister in “The Art of Pain” is portrayed by Lloyd Kaufman, president of New York-based Troma
KARTEMQUIN FILMS, the granddaddy of social commentary docs (including “Hoop Dreams”) is the 2008 Hugo Awards honoree for Commitment to Excellence in TV Productions, and L.A.-based Smuggler
With the post for two network TV shows underway, corporate work, their own shows ready for market and an aggressive new stance, Pixel Brothers is aiming for top market position.
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MIGHTY JOE PYTKA, the brilliant, irascible, multi-honored spot director returns to Chicago this week after a long absence to direct Hallmark spots for Leo Burnett.
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“Ran$um Games” director Parris Reaves is producing his first film for another director with the coming-of-age drama “Leaders,” now in production.
Reaves met first-time writer-director Carry Brown
WHO THEY ARE: Founders of two-year-old, Evanston-based Stone Face Productions, director John Champion and writer Jeff Kehe produce the webTV “BIF! BAM! POW! WOW!” at www.bifbampowwow.tv.
Zacuto USA’s Illinois-made modular camera rigging accessories have gone national with an exclusive dealership arrangement with bi-coastal Abel Cine Tech.
One of the largest sales, rental and
