AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

Variety
Conference offers animation fest, 3-D tech
As it prepares to return to Los Angeles for 2008, the Siggraph computer graphics conference and tradeshow unveiled its most Hollywood-friendly program and schedule ever, including greater access to its animation fest, 3-D technology and a tribute to the late Stan Winston.
Siggraph organizers held a media sneak peek at Sony [...]

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The Wall Street Journal
Regal Entertainment Group, the nation’s largest cinema chain, signed a deal to bring 1,500 more 3D screens from RealD Corp. to its theaters. The pact underscores the importance theater owners are attaching to 3D technology, as they fight to keep customers coming to movie theaters rather than watching DVDs at home.
The deal [...]

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Wired
Studio execs have an odd conundrum: Box-office receipts have steadily grown but the number of ticket sales have not. Thanks to the proliferation of home theaters, movies-on-demand and portable video players, moviegoers have fewer reasons to actually “go” to a movie. The studios’ solution? Hike ticket prices by a couple bucks apiece and ramp up [...]

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Variety
Sets now in stores; content on the way
The motion picture industry is making a big bet on 3-D, in part because it’s supposed to promise an experience that can’t be duplicated on television.
There’s a problem with that logic, though: 3-D-capable televisions aren’t just possible, they’re already here.
Flat-panel TVs from Samsung and some other manufacturers can [...]

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3-D filmmaking set for expansion - Variety

Next year promises to be the year when 3-D pics go through the roof, the format battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray will be decided and Sony’s PlayStation 3 will hit back against the successful Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360, according to a report by U.K.-based media research [...]

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