DVD International and Digital Circus to Produce First-Ever 'Made For' DVD Feature Film; 'The Watcher' To Be Filmed As Both Linear and Interactive Production.Entertainment Editors MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000 DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. International, a leading independent DVD supplier, and Aftermath Media, producers of the best-selling DVD &uot;Tender Loving Care,&uot; are teaming up for the industry's premier &uot;made for&uot; DVD film. &uot;The Watcher,&uot; which will begin production in March, 2000 (under Aftermath Media's new Digital Circus banner), will be produced both as a linear theatrical release, and as an interactive DVD. The announcement was made today by David Goodman David Goodman may refer to:
&uot;While 'Tender Loving Care' has been heralded for its creative innovation and use of technology, we've barely scratched the surface,&uot; said Wheeler. &uot;DVD technology has allowed my partner, Rob Landeros, and me to apply our computer based interactivity to mainstream movie making in a form the public is quite willing to embrace.&uot; &uot;With 'The Watcher,' Digital Circus is taking digital filmmaking to a new level,&uot; said Goodman. &uot;The Watcher&uot; will take advantage of the high-tech digital equipment that has made Aftermath Media innovators in the industry. The film will be recorded on Digital BetaCam Sony's digital version of its Betacam videotape format. Introduced in 1994 using 10-bit DCT compression and 4:2:2 sampling, Digital Betacam has been widely used for standard-definition video recording. L (Long) cassettes hold 124 minutes of video and four channels of 16-bit audio. , allowing the producers to shoot the production entirely with natural lighting. Following the completion of the film, Wheeler and partner Rob Landeros will spend the next nine months incorporating interactive properties for the film's DVD release. The entire production will then be transferred to film for theatrical release. DVD International will have exclusive worldwide rights to the interactive program, releasing &uot;The Watcher&uot; worldwide on DVD. &uot;The Watcher&uot; is a contemporary, edgy urban story about obsession, art, eroticism Eroticism Aphrodite novel of Alexandrian manners by Pierre Louys. [Fr. Lit.: Benét, 783] Ars Amatoria Ovid’s treatise on lovemaking. [Rom. Lit. and murder. It follows the story of a beautiful and mysterious artist named Jane, a recluse who expresses herself only through her art. DVD International (DVDI DVDI Digital Versatile Disc International ), based in Mountain Lakes, NJ, focuses on DVD distribution opportunities and distributes programming from Aftermath Media, Alpha DVD, A-PIX Entertainment, Bennu Multimedia, Infinite Ventures, Joe Kane Productions, Michael Nesmith's Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. Pictures, Mill Reef Mill Reef (1968-1986) was a Champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United Kingdom. Mill Reef was owned and bred in America at the Rokeby Stables in Virginia of his owner/breeder, the philanthropist Paul Mellon. He was a son of Never Bend, out of the mare Milan Mill. Entertainment, NAXOS of America and Planet Theory. Digital Circus, based in Vancouver, Canada, is teaming up with Supersonic Media Productions, which will handle all post production including DVD authoring DVD authoring describes the process of creating a DVD video that can be played on a DVD player. DVD authoring software must conform to the specifications set by the DVD Forum group in 1995. . Digital Circus is a division of Aftermath Media, a company dedicated to creating interactive entertainment with compelling content and extraordinary executions. |
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