Monday 30 August 2010

And has spent this afternoon beekeeping and cutting down branches of trees
Just spent a very good morning with the Scottish Screening Machine - in Hayle - very interesting.

Saturday 28 August 2010

Has made it safely to Cornwall after a great day at the IWA Waterways Festival.
Is pondering whether to buy an inflatable canoe for �300. Thoughts please?

Friday 27 August 2010

To all my Cornish contacts/friends etc - I shall be back in Cornwall from this Saturday for a week, if you are around and want to catchup.

Thursday 26 August 2010

In case anyone cares, I've made it safely back from Basildon.
Dam, there are just TOO many things, skills, jobs, experiences, adventures I want to achieve and just not enough time or money to do them ALL.
Very much enjoyed the show, it was great to see Jenny and Trudi afterwards too. Good luck with the rest of the run.
Is off to Basildon to watch Beauty and the Beast.

Wednesday 25 August 2010

Has had a pleasant unplanned evening with Dave.

Tuesday 24 August 2010

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The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 24-08-2010

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I hope you are all well. Please find this weeks news for this week, available as ever at http://ping.fm/vL3co

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CONCERT FOR CARE GALA FILM SCREENING: A rare opportunity to see Hitchcock's seminal classic on one of the biggest and best screens in the UK, the Empire Leicester Square. Released in 1960, Psycho changed cinema forever, pushing the boundaries of screen horror and providing some of the best-known scenes in all movies.

This screening forms part of David Arnold's Concert for CARE, a major event at the Royal Albert Hall on October 18th featuring some of the biggest names in film music. Many of the composers, including David Arnold, John Ottman, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, George Fenton, Rachel Portman and Dario Marianelli will also attend the Psycho screening and will take part in an exclusive Q&A on film scoring following the Psycho screening.

TICKETS PRICED AT £20. All proceeds from the sale of tickets will go direct to CARE International.

Part of David Arnold's Concert for CARE events, in aid of CARE International
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The Latest Cinema and Exhibition Industry News for 24-08-2010

2010-08-24
Interpret LLC to Present Updated Survey Results on 3D Consumer Habits and Attitudes as Part of Third Annual 3D Entertainment Summit? - Interpret LLC, a leading entertainment, media and technology measurement and market research firm, will present its latest survey report on consumer attitudes towards 3D at the third annual 3D Entertainment Summit? presented in association with Variety. The announcement was made today by conference co-producers Bob Dowling, President of The Bob Dowling Group
Source: USA - Editor:

2010-08-24
Drive-Ins Enter the Digital Age - For more than half a century, the Spud Drive-In has been a local landmark in Diggs, Idaho. Last month, with screenings of Despicable Me and Robin Hood, it became America?s first true digital drive-in. While other outdoor theatres have used digital projectors to show DVDs to large outdoor audiences, Spud is the only drive-in to date to actually employ digital cinema projection and surround sound audio. They plan to install 3D technology this month.
Source: Digital Cinema Report - Editor:

2010-08-24
UGC staff stage partial strike over digital cinema plans - Some staff at French cinema circuit UGC went on strike in July over plans by the circuit's management to cut 95 projectionist jobs out of a total of 215 (44.2 per cent) as it converts to digital technology.
Source: Screen Digest - Editor:

2010-08-24
UltraStar Cinema Theaters Installs CornDigital Digital Menu Boards - UltraStar Cinemas, the first and largest theater chain in the nation to be 100 percent equipped with digital cinema capabilities, recently marked another industry milestone by setting up digital menu boards on concession counters and box offices, provided by the embedded digital signage solution provider Corn Digital.
Source: Digital Signage Expo - Editor:

2010-08-24
PROFITS COME ALIVE WITH BOOST IN 3D FILM - TODAY?S interim results from Cineworld will be essential viewing with the cinema chain set to post a decent performance helped by good revenues from popular 3D films, including Avatar and Toy Story 3. In spite of the negative impact of the World Cup, which kept people away from the big screen, along with the spell of good weather in May and June, analysts expect revenues to increase by 4 per cent in the first half of this year.
Source: City AM - Editor:

2010-08-24
Cineworld sees slump as World Cup rains on Sex and the City - Cineworld, which operates 10pc of the cinemas in the UK and Ireland, said cinema admissions slumped in June and July because people stayed at home to watch the World Cup on TV.
Source: Telegraph - Editor:

2010-08-24
Wolff Cinema Groep Now with Sony Digital Cinema 4K - The group equipped three sites with Sony Digital Cinema 4K systems and, thus, sends out a clear signal to the Dutch market
Source: D Cinema Today - Editor:

2010-08-24
Its Cineworld for Movie-Man - Gary Stevens, former Director of the Central Cinema in Fakenham is to become the new General Manager of Cineworld in Didcot Oxfordshire (UK). Stevens will take over from the current GM in September.

“I am excited by this new challenge which will give me the opportunity to build on the good reputation the cinema already has in the town” said Gary “Cineworld is a leading company brand and I look foreword to working with the team at Didcot”.

Gary has worked with various independent cinema operators throughout the UK including launching Apollo Cinemas first shopping Centre development based in Redditch
Source: Press Release - Editor:

2010-08-24
Pro Screens invites applications for free Christmas film screenings for charities/schools - For full details and how to apply visit the Proscreens Website
Source: Press Release - Editor:
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Sunday 22 August 2010

The whole house is busy rigging for filming Heidi's showreel!

Saturday 21 August 2010

Just had a fantastic day at #bpark with the #ppttrust. We had a really useful and constructive committee meeting, followed by a busy afternoon open to the public.

Thursday 19 August 2010

Is after a batch conversion application for converting wma to mp3 files - I have 4000 to do. If anyone knows of one please let me know.

Tuesday 17 August 2010

....may have worked out what 3D films maybe good for. All I'll say is one scene in Piranha 3D!
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Hello All,

Please find this weeks news for this week, available as ever at http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php

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CONCERT FOR CARE GALA FILM SCREENING: A rare opportunity to see Hitchcock's seminal classic on one of the biggest and best screens in the UK, the Empire Leicester Square. Released in 1960, Psycho changed cinema forever, pushing the boundaries of screen horror and providing some of the best-known scenes in all movies.

This screening forms part of David Arnold's Concert for CARE, a major event at the Royal Albert Hall on October 18th featuring some of the biggest names in film music. Many of the composers, including David Arnold, John Ottman, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, George Fenton, Rachel Portman and Dario Marianelli will also attend the Psycho screening and will take part in an exclusive Q&A on film scoring following the Psycho screening.

TICKETS PRICED AT £20. All proceeds from the sale of tickets will go direct to CARE International.

Part of David Arnold's Concert for CARE events, in aid of CARE International
http://www.concertforcare.com
NEW NEWS OPTIONS (BETA TESTING): I have new news options in beta testing which you can now try. Both of the options are designed to help retrieve news from the archives in an easier fashion. You can now access information either via a calendar (http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/news_archive.php) or search on a range of dates (http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/news_calendar.php). Please let me know what you think and if there are any other features that you would like.
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2010-08-17
The Big Picture - In the past the goal of exhibitors was efficient turnover. They wanted to get patrons in the front door, sell them concessions in the lobby, move them into the theatre and when the movie ended funnel them out as quickly as possible to expedite more screenings per day. Today, in part thanks to digital cinema technology, movie theatres are evolving into community centers.
Source: Digital Cinema Report

2010-08-17
Round-the-world Jog: French service provider offers smart digital delivery - If you think juggling some 110 different release versions of Avatar alone would set your distribution partners at Twentieth Century Fox reeling, think again (and check out the sidebar below). While moving cans, cartons and hard drives is still very much part of the theatrical distribution equation, much of the heavy lifting can now be done without actually lifting anything. Except an eyebrow, perhaps, at the wonder, speed and efficiency of it all.
Source: Film Journal

2010-08-17
New media safeguards: Content providers seek protection with digital watermarks & fingerprints - Technology and the Internet are constantly changing the way media content is consumed, a fact of life that is pushing players in the media world to test new ways of doing business and change their business models to fit new kinds of consumer demand.
Source: Film Journal

2010-08-17
DTS Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results - DTS, Inc. (DTSI 33.97, -0.66, -1.91%) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.
Source: Market Watch

2010-08-17
The bigger, the better: Exhibitors super-size the movie experience - Our industry is all about the screen. And the sound, of course, and the movies, and the popcorn. And let
Source: Film Journal

2010-08-17
Technicolor 3D Surpasses 250 Screens in North America - Further supporting the successful launch of Technicolor 3D, the 35mm 3D solution, Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453) (TCH 4.92, -0.08, -1.70%) today announced it has installed its Technicolor 3D system on more than 250 screens in North America just four months after its initial debut in theatres. This milestone demonstrates the continued industry demand for 3D and exhibitor confidence in the Technicolor 3D format as a high-quality, affordable 3D solution.
Source: Market Watch

2010-08-17
Arts Alliance agrees deal with Yelmo - European digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media has inked a deal with Yelmo, Spain's largest exhib, to digitize 370 of its screens.
Source: Variety

2010-08-17
Digital Projection wins 400 projector digital cinema contract in India - Digital Projection has won the contract to supply and install 400 projectors to K Sera Sera for a digital cinema rollout in India.
Source: AV Interactive

2010-08-17
Arts Alliance Media & Yelmo Cines ink deal for Spain's D-Cinema deployment - In what is the largest digital cinema deal to date in Spain, Arts Alliance Media (AAM) and Yelmo Cines have reached an agreement to digitize Yelmo
Source: Business Of Cinema
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Friday 13 August 2010

Really enjoyed watching Wicked last night - lots of greating lighting effects. Made me want to change jobs.

Thursday 12 August 2010

Gala Screening for Care International - 17th October

A rare opportunity to see Hitchcock's seminal classic on one of the biggest and best screens in the UK, Empire Leicester Square. Released in 1960, Psycho changed cinema forever, pushing the boundaries of screen horror and providing some of the best-known scenes in all movies. Bernard Herrmann's visceral score is simply one of the greatest film scores ever created.

A larcenous Phoenix real–estate secretary Marion Crane (Leigh) picks the wrong place to spend a night: The bates Motel (12 cabins, 12 vacancies, 12 showers), run by a peculiar young man (Perkins) and his crotchety old ‘mother‘. Based on Robert Bloch‘s novel, the film‘s numerous set pieces remain unsurpassed (the superbly edited shower sequence, storyboarded by Saul Bass is one of the most influential in film history), with the film having accrued the reputation as the master of all suspense movies.

This screening forms part of David Arnold's Concert for CARE, a major event at the Royal Albert Hall on October 18th featuring some of the biggest names in film music. Many of the composers, including David Arnold, John Ottman, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, George Fenton, Rachel Portman and Dario Marianelli will also attend the Psycho screening and will take part in an exclusive Q&A on film scoring following the Psycho screening.

TICKETS PRICED AT £20. All proceeds from the sale of tickets will go direct to CARE International.

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Tuesday 10 August 2010

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Tuesday 3 August 2010

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Hello All,

I didn't think that there was likely to be any news headlines this week as I am away on holiday, but due to a problem with the locks at Bath I am stuck in a queue waiting to go down them, so have the opportunity to sort them out!

Please find below the latest news headlines, available as ever at: http://www.madcornishprojectionist.co.uk/todays_news.php.

2010-08-03
New Pilot Scheme To Open Up Digital Cinema In North Yorkshire - A newly-formed consortium has been awarded Lottery funding by the UK Film Council to bring the latest in digital cinema to venues across rural North Yorkshire.
Source: 4RFV

2010-08-03
Industry reacts to abolition of UK Film Council - Figures from the British film industry have given their reaction to the government's decision to scrap the UK Film Council.
Source: BBC News

2010-08-03
Film Council axemen could murder an industry - It was nothing short of a hammer blow. This morning, word came through of John Woodward's email to UK Film Council staff informing them that the government was planning to shut them down. Then the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed it in a written statement at lunchtime. I was genuinely shocked. It felt like I'd nipped out for 10 minutes to get a pie and while I was out they closed the British film industry.
Source: The Guardian

2010-08-03
Axing the Film Council: a move that impoverishes us all - I was on my way home from a meeting with David Thompson at Origin Films about a project called Granny Made Me an Anarchist when I got news of the government's intention to abolish the Film Council.
Source: The Guardian

2010-08-03
U.K. Film Council axed - The U.K. government's decision July 26 to put out the lights at the U.K. Film Council, the government-backed agency set up 10 years ago to support the movie industry here, played out like a horror story for some and a revenge thriller for others.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

2010-08-03
Technicolor Receives a Binding Offer From Francisco Partners for Grass Valley Broadcast Business - Further to discussions started in May, Technicolor (Euronext Paris: 18453) /quotes/comstock/13*!tch/quotes/nls/tch (TCH 5.44, +0.01, +0.18%) has received a fully documented binding offer from Francisco Partners for the acquisition of the Grass Valley Broadcast business. This disposal process contributes to the strategic refocus around its content creators and network service providers customer base, initiated by the Group in 2009.
Source: Wall Street Journal

2010-08-03
Kodak posts bigger-than-expected loss, shares drop - Decaying demand from traditional film businesses proved a second-quarter speed bump for Eastman Kodak Co's (EK.N) prolonged plan for profitability through digital businesses.
Source: Reuters

2010-08-03
Zoom out for a wider view of cinema-goers - Cinema has managed to buck the trend of consumer cutbacks during this recession, but challenges still lie ahead which the industry could overcome by broadening its appeal beyond the core youth audience.
Source: Marketing Week

2010-08-03
Schulich alum at the forefront of digital cinema revolution - Schulich alum Gerry Remers (MBA ?83) toiled in near-obscurity for 10 years as an advocate for digital movie projection. Now his moment has arrived ? and he?s at the forefront of a cinematic revolution, wrote the Financial Post on Tuesday, July 27th.
Source: Schulich School Of Business

2010-08-03
First Digital Cinema Drive-In Movie Theatre in the Country Selects Barco - Barco, the global leader in digital cinema technology, announced today that it has deployed its digital cinema projectors at Spud Drive In, making the venue the first "true" digital drive-in in America. While other outdoor theatres have utilized digital projectors to show DVDs to large outdoor audiences, Spud is the only drive-in to date to actually employ digital cinema projection and surround sound audio, with 3D technology planned for August showings.
Source: Box Office Magazine

2010-08-03
Tangibal Group plc extends its UK Cinema network - Tangibal Group plc ('Tangibal') is pleased to announce that it has extended its network of interactive floor network with Empire Cinemas and Showcase Cinemas. The new sites in the UK are:
Source: Poten

2010-08-03
Barco Dazzles Theaters Around the Globe with DP2K Digital Cinema Projectors - Barco, a global leader in digital cinema projection technology, announces that the first half of 2010 has brought impressive results for its digital cinema business thanks to the worldwide deployment of the DP2K series.
Source: D Cinema Today

2010-08-03
Dolby Laboratories Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results - For the third quarter, Dolby reported total revenue of $230.3 million, compared to $171.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 34 percent.
Source: Market Watch
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