Peter Cioni's blog

According to Variety, any theater in France that installed a silver screen needs to replace it with a white screen by 2017 OR they can dedicate that room to 100% 3D.  This news is definitely bad for RealD, MasterImage, and IMAX, but definitely good for the audience. The CNC has issue with the "hot spot" that naturally exists on silver screens, specifically when theaters project 2D images on the screen.

Robert Safian, managing editor of Fast Company Magazine, posted this article on "Generation Flux" in Huffington Post. At the HPA Tech Retreat, Leon Silverman introduced Michael Cioni by calling him "the spokesman for generation flux."

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.