Stories from A Screen Near You
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Can technology level the field?
A Screen Near You &bull Aug 23, 2010
This BBC article asks: Can technology replace human actors?. It's concerned with performance capture (motion capture with feelings). The short answer is no. Hollywood rules the film roost for blockbusters because it has the money, but as the price of… Full Story »
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Tom Cruise's Declining Popularity
A Screen Near You &bull Aug 5, 2010
The reason his box office is failing is because he's made some decision to star in crap movies. Where Inception got great review, Knight Day got bad ones. Nobody gives a crap what he does outside the cinema once we're… Full Story »
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The Internet is Reinvigorating Film
A Screen Near You &bull Jul 21, 2010
Having only read the other day about a short film that cost $5k is to be made into a Hollywood feature film after being an internet success this story by the Beeb that says the internet creates a window for… Full Story »
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix a Flop?
A Screen Near You &bull Jul 10, 2010
A hint of the true extent of Hollywood's current financial travails has emerged after it was claimed that a film which racked up almost $1bn at the worldwide box office in 2007 still lost money for the studio that made… Full Story »
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The Film Council says Film is Saving the Economy
A Screen Near You &bull Jun 7, 2010
Apparently, anyway. So the summation by the BBC suggests. I tend to agree with them. Let's face it, what they're actually saying is that making subsidised cheap labour brings in revenue and maintains jobs. At the moment I don't see… Full Story »
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Hollywood battles piracy with free movie streams
A Screen Near You &bull Jun 6, 2010
As part of the "Full Stream Ahead" campaign, which is backed by the UK Film Council and BFI, and launches tomorrow, anyone accessing the Blinkbox website from fullstreamahead.co.uk will be offered A20 credit to spend on films from studios including… Full Story »
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Are the credits ready to roll on cinemas?
A Screen Near You &bull May 28, 2010
There's an interesting article on The Guardian about the future for cinemas. One question is if they will survive if the time from cinema release and DVD launch are cut. First off, let's say that as far as Hollywood is… Full Story »
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The Story Behind Mockbusters
A Screen Near You &bull May 18, 2010
I was getting a Be Kind Rewind vibe reading this article about two guys who spend their time (and make money) making mock versions of blockbuster films. I get the impression these guys don't so much copy the film as… Full Story »
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The Future for Movies: Disc or download?
A Screen Near You &bull May 10, 2010
This post was written by admin and published on 10th May 2010 in the following categories: General. To follow the comments on this post subscribe to the RSS feed. Full Story »
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They're making a Dark Crystal sequel
A Screen Near You &bull May 9, 2010
This post was written by admin and published on 9th May 2010 in the following categories: General. To follow the comments on this post subscribe to the RSS feed. Full Story »
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