The company that popularized the art of shooting with a DSLR is about to release the next evolution in digital cinematography. Last week, Canon (NYSE: CAJ) unveiled the C300, a new camera designed specifically for high-end filmmakers. Due for release in January at a price of $20K, the C300 comes with a “super 35MM-equivalent 16:9
Veteran actor Robert Hardy has revealed that he was written out of the Harry Potter film series because, at 85, the cost of life insurance for him became too expensive. Mr Hardy told an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival yesterday that movie giants Warner Brothers refused to pay an insurance bill of £1million to
Israel is pushing for more authenticity in Hollywood films. Because of the country’s volatile political environment, movies which feature Jesus’ crucifixion are often filmed in Italy while Morocco takes place for the Holy Land. But now, Israeli officials are dangling better tax breaks, terror attack insurance and credits of up to $400,000 to try and
Mumbai: The stalling of Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine after it became known that lead actress Aishwarya Rai was expecting has stoked a debate on introducing a pregnancy clause in film contracts. Some feel it should be there, while others like Sushmita Sen and Ram Gopal Varma oppose it. Aishwarya’s pregnancy came as a big blow to
[Reader Ankur Kapoor is an engineer turned independent film maker from Chandigarh. He is 25 and has been making animations, documentaries and short films for the past 4 years. In this article, he narrates his first shooting experience with a DSLR camera.] The 48 Hour Project: It was a Friday afternoon in November. I had
Executives at Saturday’s Produced By Conference urge producers to be cautious when committing to making a movie in anyplace that offers incentives. Only a year ago the race among states and countries to lure film and TV productions was picking up steam, with one locale after another offering tax incentives and rebates. Then the economic
GOTHAM IN PROGRESS, a two-day market event targeted at American independents and European buyers will take place in the scope of American Film Festival in Wrocław, in the south-west Poland, in November. An initiative by New York and Paris based Black Rabbit Film is co-organized by New Horizons Association (organizer of the AFF, and the
CANNES, France— The success of independent films like “Black Swan” and “The King’s Speech” appears to have emboldened buyers here at the 2011 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. There’s been a bull market for acquisitions in the early days of the festival, even among American companies, which, battered by the financial downturn and other
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