Funkbuddha Productions

From Writer/Producer - Tim Purcell…

Attending Cinema Expo in Amsterdam, June 25th thru 27th, confirmed my conviction that digital cinema is the future. It dominated the seminars, that featured the heads of many major Hollywood studios who are now embracing this new technology. Dreamworks, Disney and Sony are all developing 3D projects, that no longer require those crazy specs to view the film. Christie’s have developed switchable projectors. This means that within 12 months there will be at least 2,700 digital screens in the USA alone capable of screening 3D. A route we are exploring for, ‘The Long March‘. More on this as we move into pre-production.

This trade fair is aimed primarily at cinema owners. Many of whom I was able to meet. All declared their interest in screening, ‘The Long March‘. One Indian group confirmed on the spot that they would take it! Although the studios are moving towards digital cinema, it is the smaller, independent groups that appear ahead of the bigger theatre chains. China is second to the USA, with more than 700 digital cinemas being installed this year alone. The UK leads the way in Europe with 240 and rising, followed closely by Germany and the Benelux countries. Technicolor, a name synonymous with film since its inception, is at the forefront of the digital technology. It was at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival that they launched their UK facility that will provide the encrypted DCI masters for international distribution. We have chosen Technicolor for, ‘The Long March‘.