During last year HP presented a few incredibly high quality displays that are ideal to use by film editors and added a few new one recently. To learn more about HP displays, we had a conversation with Larry Mahoney. Larry is the worldwide product manager for HP’s performance displays.CWB: Please tell us about the HP ZR24W Performance Display.Larry Mahoney: The HP ZR24w is the sweet spot of our current ZR Performance Display offerings. It is a 24-inch diagonal display with a 16:10 aspect ratio. We find that customers in content creation and a lot of other fields really like this…
Author: Luz Aguado
Luz Aguado
Luz Aguado was born in Guanajuato, Mexico and grew up in East Los Angeles. She is the oldest of four siblings. Prior to attending The Art Institute, Luz was a student at the University of California Riverside where she studied biology and aspired to become a medical doctor. Now she studies Media Arts and Animation at The Art Institute of Los Angeles and hopes of one day having the opportunity to work for Disney Animation Studios. Three dimensional animation and the innovative techniques that have given animation a more realistic appearance is something that she wishes to focus on while at The Art Institute.
Burbank, California – October 4 – Cinema Without Borders (CWB), today announced International Exile Film Festival, as the winner of CWB’s “Seal Of Excellence.” The Festival is scheduled October 6-14, 2011. “International Exile Film Festival is one of world’s most extraordinary film festivals, where you witness the present and future state of exile cinema, said Bijan Tehrani, Editor in Chief of Cinema Without Botders. “It opens a window to the world of filmmakers forced to leave their homelands and let us share their sorrows, their hopes and dreams. The excellence in running and expanding such a compelling festival is our…
At Cinema Without Borders we are planning on running a series of reviews and stories about film editing on HP Z600 Workstation. To introduce this system we had an interview with Barry Lewis, senior product manager, Workstations Worldwide Market, HP.CWB: Please tell us about the architecture of the Z600. Barry Lewis: The HP Z600 Workstation is a dual processor workstation, based on the latest generation Intel technology, which includes Xeon processors with includes integrated memory controllers. Intel’s technology also incorporates QuickPath Interconnect Architecture QPIA that replaces the older front-side bus architecture. For a dual processor system with three channels of…
Hp’s Z210 entry level Workstation is a powerful film editing system with an affordable price tag. To learn more about Z210, we interviewed Renganathan Subramanyam (Renga) who is responsible for worldwide product marketing of HP’s entry-level personal workstation product line. Renga has over 25 years of experience in diverse roles in the computing and networking industry, in service and support, pre-sales consultancy and product marketing. Prior to moving to the U.S., Renga was the regional product manager for HP Workstations for Asia Pacific, based out of HPs regional headquarters in Singapore. Cinema Without Borders: What is the difference from this…
Over the years, we’ve received countless emails from our readers asking about video game consoles, and most seem to fall along the same line: Which video game console will best suit my needs as a gamer and film fanatic? Well, we’re here to answer the masses! Just doing some quick research will provide basic answers for all three consoles and they’re multimedia capabilities. Xbox 360 (and the Kinect Motion Camera)The Xbox 360’s advanced Xbox Live network provides an excellent foundation for multimedia access. Film Fans will be delighted to find a number of VOD selections from Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace, as…
Palm Springs – June 26, 2011 – Today at the Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival, Cinema Without Borders jury members voted Bekas, directed by Karzan Kader, as winner of the Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging The Borders Award. The CWB Jury also named The Promised Land, directed by Vanessa Knutsen, as the winner of the CWB Special Jury Award. The award ceremony for the 2011 Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival was held at Camelot Theatre and Bijan Tehrani, Editor in Chief of Cinema Without Borders presented both award to the winners. Bekas’ producer, Glenn Lund, received an HP EliteBook…
Every year at the Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival and Market, Cinema Without Borders’ Bridging The Borders Award goes to a short film that helps to bring people of the world and different cultures closer together. In 2011 the winning film will receive a HP EliteBook 8760w mobile workstation (Prize and promotional support provided by HP) also CWB’s Special Jury Award winner will receive a copy of Adobe Premier Pro CS 5.5 provided by Adobe. The five nominees for the 2010 CWB Best International Short Film are Bekas (Sweden), David and Goliath (USA), The Promised Land (Israel), Salar (Bolivia), and…
Cinema Without Borders and The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles, an educational institution for career preparation in the visual and culinary arts, recently held its inaugural animation event, The Ollies Animation Festival. The event, which is named after animation great Ollie Johnson, showcases work from aspiring filmmakers, industry professionals and animation legends. The festival also honored industry pioneer and marvel Phil Mendez for his contributions as an artist and animation filmmaker to the industry with Cinema Without Borders Life Achievement Award 2011. Mendez has been writing, drawing, designing, directing and entertaining millions of people for over 40 years…
My story with the Motorola XOOM tablet was like love-at-first-sight, and I don’t care if the XOOM is not the Twiggy of tablet world. It has a lot of charm to cover that little extra weight and thickness, and even more under its sleeve. XOOM comes loaded with the new Android OS that is tailored for tablets, Honeycomb. Honeycomb brings the XOOM to life with refined multi-tasking and a 3D experience, among other features. I know all of you are asking, “Well, what about apps?” Well, the XOOM provides access to the over 100,000 apps on the Android Market, and…
Vying for new ways to unleash the artist within you? Whip out your iPad and try Flip Boom Draw. This unique iPad app allows for creating animation using just the tips of your fingers. Flip Boom Draw is a great tool for novice animators, and it also provides an avenue for professionals to develop ideas on-the-fly. iPad users young and old alike will be able to start creating animations within minutes of opening the app. When you start the Flip Boom Draw, your attention is captured by the elegant and colorful user-interface; it almost feels like you’re illustrating inside a…