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Welcome to a site where you can find out about new experiences in using HD digital imaging for filmed entertainment.
Since its inception in 1998, HD Cinema™ has been dedicated to providing its clients with premium High Definition gear, oustanding service, and unparalleled industry knowledge for camera rentals and post services. HD Cinema works with individuals and companies within the independent film community who produce a variety of quality digital feature films, documentaries, music videos, and television programs. Our role is to simplify the 4K and HD24p Digital Imaging processes for the creative people we work with, at affordable prices and with attentive service.
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 RED Mysterium-X upgrades have arrived at HD Cinema! Our RED cameras #245 and #246 have the highly anticipated and long awaited MX sensor installed now. This new sensor is commonly rated at IS0 800-1200 compared to the exising RED sensor which is often rated IS0 160-320.
There is a new and better DeBayer process with new software
REDCINE-X, along with special RED Rocket board.
with Quad DVI and Dual Link HD-SDI: Decode and debayer 4K R3D files realtime. Hyper-accelerated transcode to any system codec.
Plays full quality realtime 4K to 4K monitor or projector from DVI output (requires RED BREAKOUT BOX or Maxx Digital Mobile Rocket Chassis for MacBook Pro). Plays full quality 2K/1080P scaled from 4K footage out the Dual Link HD-SDI from RED Rocket card. RED Rocket rentals are avialable with or without RED MX camera rental. Plays full quality 2K scaled from 4K footage realtime through system graphics card and monitor.
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HD Cinema provided a RED camera package with RED Pro Primes for the feature film "Fake", a drama/thriller about an artist lured into becoming an art forger. Written and directed by Greg Friedle, the DP was Matt Boyd who was very pleased with the performance of the lenses. Cast includes Gabriel Mann, Robert Loggia, Fisher Stevens, James Noble and Jill Flint.
see Production Rentals for RED Pro Primes rental pricing
25mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 100mm T 1.8 PL Mount
these lenses outperform many older Zeiss PL Mount primes
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Multi-camera production wtih Sony EX3 cameras. Now with up to five cameras available at HD Cinema, along with Fuji ACM21 adapters for full broadcast quality 2/3" B4 mount HD lenses.
The Sony PMW-EX3 and our Sony EX1 cameras have become very popular with the HQ quality of XDCAM HQ recording 1920x1080 pixels onto both SxS Express 34 cards but also very affordable SDHC media. |
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HD Cinema now is providing 3D Stereo production and post services.
In April 2009 HD Cinema provided equipment and consulting for a feature length teen stoner comedy "Sexpot 3D" available at Blockbuster. Produced by The Asylum, a 3D Stereo beamsplitter/mirror rig with two Sony XDCAM EX3 cameras recorded full 10 bit 422 1080/24p to a dual input HDCAM SR vtr. This rig will accomodate RED, SI 2K and other HD digital video cameras.
On set 3D stereo monitoring is real time with a special processor which flips the image from the mirrored camera, then times the other camera for 3D display on 24" 3D LCD monitors both live and with playback from the SR deck.
A dual follow focus system synchronizes the standard Fuji 14x lenses, but the Sony EX3 has an interchangeable lens mount that allows 1/2" and 2/3" B4 lenses to be used as well.
Post production is available using Final Cut Pro with the new Cineform Neo3D editorial workflow. This software allows Display support for 3D monitors, Real Time Convergence adjustment, and individual channel or dual stereo color adjustment.
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The new series on PBS "Landscapes Through Time" has won a 2009 Emmy award for writing in the Creative Arts and Entertainment category. Directed and produced by Connie Simmons, the shows use two of HD Cinema's Sony F900 CineAlta camera packages in locations in France and the USA.
The artists and locations of some of the programs include: Van Gogh at St. Remy, Monet's Waterlilies in Giverny, Cezanne in Provence - Mont St. Victoire, Renoir's Olive Groves - Cagnes Sur Mer, American Impressionists in Giverny, Turner at the Harbor of Honfleur. production photos
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Sony F900R Sony F900/3 CineAlta Panasonic HDX900 RED ONE Sony EX1 and EX3
HD camera rentals Tripod, Mattebox, Filters, Monitors, HD lens rentals 35mm PL Mount lens rentals
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 HD Cinema provided a Sony F900R package with Fujinon HA25x16.5 super telephoto and HA 13x4.5 wide angle zoom lenses for the documentary production "Morning Light". Co-directed by Paul Crowder and Mark Monroe, the Pacific High production team followed the rigorous tryouts to select a young crew to sail a 52 ft yacht from Long Beach CA to Honolulu Hawaii for the 2007 Transpac Race.
Director of Photography Joseph Nalevansky, onboard cameraman Rick Deppe. Executive producers are Roy Disney and Leslie DeMeuse, Producer MarkMonroe. Download a HD trailer at the Morning Light website
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 Imagine a cinema-verité recreation that illuminates the action leading up to and immediately following the eternal moment in the Spanish court painter's masterwork. Titled "89 Seconds at Alcazar" this piece was conceived and directed by film/video artist Eve Sussman bringing Velásquez' 1658 painting "Las Meninas" to life in High Definition digital video.
click image to see a 794x446 reduced image from the 1920x1080 captured from 24p HDCAM
The installation (a 12 minute HD loop) premiered in the United States at the Whitney Biennial in March 2004, and was acquired for the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.
The video was shot with a Sony F900 CineAlta over four days in May in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The Director of Photography was Jeff Blauvelt, Steadicam was by Sergei Franklin.
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Jeff Blauvelt has received Emmy awards for Cinematography, Lighting and Editing during his years working in film and broadcast television. Now as a principal of HD Cinema, he is consulting and collaborating with independent feature filmmakers and television documentary program producers.
Jeff Blauvelt, Sergei Frankln, Claudia Serpa, Eve Sussman on the set of 89 Seconds at Alcazar
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Recent feature production using HD Cinema's RED ONE cameras include:
"The Forlorn" 2009 After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a number of trapped settlers join together in a final effort to reach California and organize a rescue party.
Written and Directed by TJ Martin, Cinematography by Seamus Tierney, Producers Mark Costa, John Moore, Exec Producer Dawson Warner. Cast includes Crispin Glover, Clayne Crawford, Christian Kane, Mark Boone Junior.
"The Gold Retrievers: Legend of the Lost Treasure" 2009 A boy and his dog must go in search of a fabled local treasure in an effort to save the family house from foreclosure.
Directed by James D.R. Hickok, Cinematography by Andrew Starhorn, UPM Molly Bennett, Producers Mark Moran and Scott Vandiver. Cast includes Steve Guttenberg, Billy Zane, Robert R. Shafer, Michelle LaBret, Courtney Biggs.
see other Features and Documentary productions
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contact: Jeff Blauvelt jeff@hd-cinema.com 310-434-9500 ph
HD Cinema 12233 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 120 Los Angeles, CA 90064 |
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