December 14, 2004
TIME WARNER RAISING BROADBAND SPEEDS
As part of an ongoing race in the cable industry, Time Warner Cable is raising the speed of its broadband Internet offerings to 5 and 8 million bits per second without increasing prices.
The higher speeds are available in New York City starting Tuesday and will roll out to the rest of the country in January.
December 14, 2004 in DVerse | Permalink | TrackBack
November 21, 2004
SKY CAPTAIN AS AN INDIE VFX PRESCRIPTION FOR TOMORROW
The Digital Eye: Sky Captain as an Indie VFX Prescription for Tomorrow -- This is the first of what promises to be a very smart column, looking at how the highest tech might help the lowest tech/indie filmmaker make their movies. Exactly the right way to look at it...
November 21, 2004 in DVerse | Permalink | TrackBack
CREATING INDIE CINEMA
Backstage.com is running a feature story on Creating Indie Cinema. The Guide to Making Low-Budget Films.
November 21, 2004 in DVerse | Permalink | TrackBack
November 17, 2004
HP STRIKES BLU NOTE FOR DVDs
PC buyers can look forward to DVDs with up to 10 times the storage they now have when Hewlett-Packard rolls out machines supporting next-generation DVD technology next year.
November 17, 2004 in DVerse | Permalink | TrackBack
November 12, 2004
ANOTHER NEW SONY HD CAMCORDER
A new HD camera from Sony, the HVR-Z1U. This makes two HD units from Big S, the first being the FX-1 which was announced a few months back.
More at HD For Indies
November 12, 2004 in DVerse | Permalink | TrackBack
November 06, 2004
THE HDV FORMAT IN BRIEF
...DV however offers 500-line horizontal resolution, which is about a 100 lines more than its predecessors, Hi8 and S-VHS. HDV, however, has much, much more to offer – between 720 and 1,080 lines...
HLA: A quick and excellent intro to HDV.
November 6, 2004 in DVerse | Permalink | TrackBack
November 04, 2004
GUERRILLA PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Gorilla Film Production Software Gorilla is a software package built with the independent producer in mind. Budgeting, scheduling, crew, cast, profit-sharing, editing notes, and film festival submissions.
November 4, 2004 in DVerse | Permalink | TrackBack
October 19, 2004
BLOGFLIX DELIVERS NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR VIDEO AND PHOTO BLOGS
Transvector releases BlogFlix, an online service that creates and delivers videos for blog entries. BlogFlix users can convert their online photo galleries into movies, displaying them along with regular digital video clips within a small frame in a blog.
October 19, 2004 in DVerse | Permalink | TrackBack
October 18, 2004
SPIELBERGS ON A SHOESTRING
No millions? No stars? No problem! These part-time digital moguls make real movies for next to nothing. Here are their secrets.
October 18, 2004 in DVerse | Permalink | TrackBack
CREATING INDIE CINEMA
A Guide to Making Low-Budget Films
