During a panel on innovation and the future of cinema at the Venice Film Festival, filmmakers Spike Lee and David Cronenberg debated the risk of disappearing cinemas, while praising Netflix for paving the road for creating new opportunities for directors. Source: Spike Lee, David Cronenberg on Netflix and the Future of Cinema | Hollywood Reporter … [Read more...]
VR backpacks and real-life rainfall: Here’s what the cinema of the future will look like
THERE’S A WELL-KNOWN anecdote about one of the earliest films to ever be shown. Called L’Arrivée D’Un Train En Gare De La Ciotat (Arrival Of A Train At La Ciotat), it featured, well… a train. Source: VR backpacks and real-life rainfall: Here's what the cinema of the future will look like … [Read more...]
Netflix’s ‘new world order’: a streaming giant on the brink of global domination | Media | The Guardian
The online entertainment company, which boasts 125 million subscribers, has become so powerful it can even afford to snub Cannes. Are cinephiles – and conventional broadcasters – right to fear for the future? Source: Netflix’s ‘new world order’: a streaming giant on the brink of global domination | Media | The Guardian … [Read more...]
NAB: Samsung Exec Optimistic About Cinema’s Future, But It Won’t Be “Easy or Inexpensive” | Hollywood Reporter
Christopher Buchanan cites opportunities including HDR, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. Source: NAB: Samsung Exec Optimistic About Cinema's Future, But It Won't Be "Easy or Inexpensive" | Hollywood Reporter … [Read more...]
IMAX & Odeon Team Up To Launch Europe’s First Virtual Reality Experience
IMAX has teamed with cinema chain Odeon to launch Europe’s first virtual reality entertainment center. Source: IMAX & Odeon Team Up To Launch Europe’s First Virtual Reality Experience … [Read more...]
SMPTE 2017: Developing the Cinema Experience 2.0 | TvTechnology
As dwindling theatrical attendance continues to alarm the industry, it certainly seems like a good time for a body such as SMPTE to explore issues related to enhancing the cinema experience. Wednesday’s Cinema Processing and Projection Technology track, held in the TCL Chinese Theatres’ VR Theatre, addressed these issues in a series of … [Read more...]
