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Some production news to look out for next week:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state would issue guidelines next Monday that would allow film and TV production to start up in some counties in the state. Newsom hosted a virtual roundtable …
Spending this Memorial Day thinking about those we have lost in this crisis. DuArt is proud to be a New York City local business. We will get through this together, just as we have gotten through the challenges of the past. Stay safe. Stay healthy.
Need something to watch this holiday weekend ?
For more than 40 years, Memorial Day weekend has…
Congrats to all of the winners of Sundance's Global Documentary Fund including longtime DuArt client Frederick Wiseman for 'City Hall'
Great news!
The 22 projects, including Frederick Wiseman's 'City Hall,' come from 19 countries and are set to receive over $520,000 in grants.
Editors - what are your tips for editing interviews faster?
Whether you’re a documentary filmmaker, video journalist, or a company producing video testimonials. you’re telling a story with other people’s own words. Making a captivating narrative requires creativity and focus on the interview footage at your disposal.
“the government is going to have to come in and backstop this, because there are millions of dollars at stake in production hubs all over the country in red and blue states that need the issue to be addressed before the business can come back to life.”
Editors’ Note: Deadline’s latest series, Reopening Hollywood, focuses on the incredibly complicated effort to get the industry back on its feet while ensuring the safety of everyone involved. Our g…
As we adjust to the new normal after the Covid-19 outbreak, digital libraries will play a larger role in the success of many businesses and institutions.
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So sad to hear this shocking news.
Lynn Shelton, an indie filmmaker who helped popularize the mumblecore genre with works such as “Humpday” and “Your Sister’s Sister,” died Friday of a blood disorder. …
Did you know that DuArt offers over 90 suites that can be catered to the unique production needs of each client?
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Our portfolio includes world-class audiobook production in English, Spanish, and other languages for trade, educational, governmental, and corporate publishers.
Check out these old photos of DuArt back in the day. The first is of a delivery driver, the second is of the DuArt building in 1922. We have been working with filmmakers for nearly 100 years and hope to for 100 more! #ThrowbackThursday
"The Academy's first priority remains to help those in our film community most impacted by the current global crisis"
Grants ranging from $5,000 to $200,000 were awarded based on "current need," with priority given to those "most impacted by the current global crisis."
RIGHT NOW! Join Olivier Assayas (“Personal Shopper,” “Irma Vep”) and Eva Hussan (“Bang Bang Club, “Girls of the Sun”), as well as UniFrance managing director Daniela Elstner for a virtual panel discussion moderated by Eric Kohn.
Today was meant to be the first night of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, and while that hasn’t happened, France remains an epicenter of film culture even in the midst of a global crisis. Join Olivier Assayas (“Personal Shopper,” “Irma Vep”) and Eva Husson (“Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story," “Girls of the Sun”), as well as UniFrance managing director Daniela Elstner for a virtual panel discussion moderated by Eric Kohn.
"The world has changed, and so must we. If we want to shoot, we must find alternative ways by cutting personnel, diminishing risk. If we want to stay on, we have to INNOVATE. ACCEPT. ADAPT, then ADVANCE. The world will not be the same world as it was before March 2020. We must swallow that fact."
Last full show ... Standing room only ... Box-office hit ... See you at the movies ... Will we ever hear those words again when the ECQ (enhanced community quarantine) is finally lifted and we face
Check out this great opportunity!
🗣🗣May 14th is the FINAL day to apply for our #WilliamGreavesFund, offering mid-career nonficition filmmakers of color up to $25k in grant allocation for their next feature. Apply via link below!!!
Happy Mother's Day! Here are some fun films to watch: #MothersDay
In strange times, the unorthodox matriarchs of these movies may be may be just what we need (well, maybe not the killer mom).
"Now it’s a matter of being patient with yourself, understand that you cannot always be making the best of the moment. Sometimes you have to grieve. Just rest, help your system recuperate." DP Natasha Braier On Productivity Culture During #COVID https://filmmakermagazine.com/109628-there-is-a-lot-of-necessary-nurturing-to-be-found-in-the-not-doing-dp-natasha-brauer-on-productivity-culture-during-lockdown/#.XqmQzC-z3WY
Natasha Braier has worked on a wide variety of films, from Claudia Llosa's intense 2009 drama The Milk of Sorrow / La Teta Asustada to Nicolas Winding Refn's ice-cold 2016 feature The Neon Demon. In 2018 she shot Gloria Bell, Sebastián Lelio's English-language remake of his earlier movie Gloria. La...
Can't believe it has been a year since we announced adding the state of the art Scanity HDR Scanner to our list of services!
DuArt Installs Scanity HDR Scanner May 06, 2019 ASC Staff The New York post house has also hired a second senior colorist, Scot Oliver. DuArt Media Services has added a Scanity 4K HDR film scanner to its facility, making the New York company one of the few on the east coast offering real-time 4K and...
Filmmaker Magazine rounds up some excellent reads from cinematographers around the globe to discuss their reflections during #COVID
Over the last several weeks, since the middle of March, Daniel Eagan reached out to a number of cinematographers all over the world to check in on their personal responses to the novel coronavirus pandemic and the resulting quarantine. From Los Angeles to Hong Kong, Copenhagen to a Poland lakeside,....
This is the final week to apply to Field of Vision's #Documentary filmmaker relief fund. For more info:
From Field of Vision and Topic Studios
"Guests will be carefully screened for entry at select movie theaters reopening in Texas, and eventually Oklahoma and elsewhere."
Guests will be carefully screened for entry at select movie theaters reopening in Texas, and eventually Oklahoma and elsewhere.
How is your team coping during COVID?
As this pandemic has swept the world, many productions have halted. Others have moved to an entirely new way of working.
" 'Quarantine', created over the last several weeks by filmmakers all over the world shooting at home alone, or amongst families, via Skype or FaceTime, shares formal elements with, well, just about every piece of news media out there right now, as cable news pundits too beam in via their webcams from dens, sundecks and living rooms."
Do any of us remember a time when the film industry was not in crisis? At the time of Wim Wenders’s 1982 documentary, Room 666, the on-screen directors who considered his prompt (“Is cinema becoming a dead language, an art which is already in the process of decline?”) grappled with the kinds o...
Congrats !
We are so excited to be participating in the Greenwich International Film Festival May 1-3. See the program here! https://j.mp/3d37yfv #GIFF2020 #documentary #womeninfilm #medicatingnormal
“It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you. ” - American Splendor (2003)
Right now we are all feeling this.
(DuArt did the end crawl on this film back in the day!)
Do you have a doc in progress right now? How are you doing it?
From a look at Barack Obama's White House photographer to a personal production on the streets of Germany, many documentaries are still in production during quarantine thanks to technology, smaller crews and archival footage.
The Academy has ruled that films whose planned theatrical releases were scrapped amid the coronavirus pandemic and went on to debut on streaming or VOD platforms will be eligible for Oscar consideration “for the 93rd Awards year only”.
Oscar show keeps February 2021 date as top brass "recognise the importance of work being seen and also celebrated when audiences appreciate movies more than ever."
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Congrats to Lou Brutus who recorded his audio book at DuArt!
SONIC WARRIOR: It is wonderfully weird for me to see “Sonic Warrior” out in the world. Here’s a shot someone posted of the audiobook onscreen. Yes, I voiced it myself! It was recorded in NYC early this year at DuArt Media Services in NYC. The audiobook is available in all formats including Audible. Best place to find links to book, eBook, or audiobook is LouBrutus.com. Be sure to tag me when you post pics and please leave a review where you can. Thanks!
“Hope is a good thing, may be best of things and no good thing ever dies. “ - The Shawshank Redemption, 1994. We all need a little hope especially in these times. (We were the film lab for this incredible film!)
Making a film? Here are some strong words of encouragement!
In January and February of next year we will be presenting an 8-film retrospective of Wim Wenders films. In anticipation of that we would like to share these important and valuable tips for filmmakers as related by the master himself. You can read the original article here or watch Wenders on video....
Like if you have attended an online film festival because of Covid:
The quarantine edition of the classic film festival could be a sign of things to come.
At DuArt we believe that now is more important than ever to preserve your films for generations to come.
We are living incredibly hard times but we are confident that if we all step forward and do our part we'll come of of this stronger.
What have your post-workflows been like during COVID? Explain below in the comments.
During the social distancing, poxy files (proxies) are the most logical pathway of a remote workflow. In this RED Solitary Series chapter, this workflow will be demonstrated, by creating proxies, edit them…
April 23rd is the last day to apply for the first cycle of Sundance's relief fund for filmmakers! Here is the link with more info:
Applications are now open for Cycle I,which closes at 11:59pm ET on April 23rd. ApplyBefore applying, we ask that applicants self-evaluate whether they are experiencing dire financial emergencies during this time and make space for those most urgently in need. Due to the unprecedented nature of t...
"Anything that gave you a sense of feeling normal for just an hour or so meant a lot. In a situation like this where people are out of work…[it helps] if they can get away for a few hours and come to the movies. They're in their car, they're safe. At least you're seeing something besides the four walls of the house."
The owner of the Ocala Drive-In told VICE why people still need a place to see 'Trolls World Tour.'
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Check it out! We recently scanned this S16mm film into stunning 4K with our Scanity scanner! Learn more about our film scanning and restoration services, here: http://www.duart.com/digitization-center
In 2001 DuArt's Irwin Young received an Academy Award, with a special introduction by Renee Zellweger. Take a step back into the past and watch this clip from the ceremony in 2001. Wishing all nominees luck this week!
Did you know that we worked with Michael Moore on one of his earliest films, Roger & Me? Here's a video from the vault of Micheal at the DuArt offices from back in the day! #tbt
DuArt started in 1922 as a film lab in New York City, and has continued to evolve as a post production facility that specializes in broadcast post-production, editing, finishing, equipment rentals, and other services.
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