Views from the Light House

This Deadline article doesn't contain much beyond what we already know, but the movie theater statistics are the most recent figures I have ever seen published.

This article from Cinema Editor Magazine is predominantly a profile of Duck Grossberg, who has provided DIT services on "Life of Pi" and "Real Steel" among other projects. Michael gave Duck an OUTPOST training session back in October 2010 (i.e., a long time ago). My biggest issue with the article is below:

While consolidation in the post industry is alive and well, we're seeing a lot more proof that the behemoths are simply buying companies on the cheap, vs. paying a premium for talent and/or clients. This Reuters article is a pretty straight-forward example.  

Pretty amazing that it finally happened. I think what's most chilling is the last paragraph of this article in the Wall Street Journal: it will be up to the creditors to decide whether they can raise more money (to pay themselves back) by a) simply liquidating the business entirely or b) helping Kodak get back on its feet as a leaner / meaner company.

Not sure how I feel about this article in the Chicago Tribune about the differences in sculpting light between digital and film.

Pretty interesting statistic from the Codex press release below. They estimate that 50 features used the CODEX system in 2011. Assuming that almost nobody relied on S.Two, that means only 50 features worldwide used the ARRIRAW functionality. The rest captured ProRes @ 1080p. 

Deadline posted four popular terms at this year's CES and it's exciting that "4K" is one of them.  Also awesome that the 2 "example" movies were both mastered by Light Iron.

From the Glendale News-Press:

Technicolor Inc. plans to lay off 50 employees at its relatively new Flower Street facility by Jan. 14, according to a recent state filing. Plans for the layoffs, filed with the California Employment Development Department, affect the 40,000-square-foot lab in the San Fernando Road corridor where the company moved roughly 100 film-processing jobs last summer.