Filmotechnic, a major provider of remote camera systems, has launched a sales division to meet demand for the new carbon fiber telescoping camera cranes named TechnoScope along with the new gyrostabilized Flight Head Colibri. Previously, all Filmotechnic USA equipment was only available for rental to filmmakers. The TechnoScopes, which were recently awarded a Cine Gear Expo 2021 Technical Award in the Support Technology category, are ultra-lightweight, extremely compact and user friendly. The cranes have a very small footprint in contrast to their telescoping range of 8m/ 27ft and 5.3m /17ft. Both units can be powered from batteries and are smooth and quiet in operation. They can carry a nose load up to 25kg / 55lbs, which pairs them perfectly with a Filmotechnic gyrostabilized Flight Head Mini IV or Flight Head Colibri but also with the popular DJI Ronin, Freefly Systems MoVI, Shotover G1 and ARRI SRH-3 remote heads…..
Flowics, creator of the platform for powering remote and in-studio production of live graphics and interactive content, has hired two sales directors–Sachin Agnihotri, who serves India and South Asia, and Sergey Pribyl whose territories are Eastern Europe and the Baltic region. Both positions are new. With Agnihotri based in New Delhi and Pribyl in Barcelona, Spain, each leads Flowics’ sales and business development efforts in his respective market, introducing the company’s Flowics Cloud Graphics and Audience Participation solutions to linear and digital broadcasters, sports organizations (leagues, teams, federations), and esports organizations, among other verticals in the live production industry. Agnihotri and Pribyl are also in charge of establishing partnerships with resellers and systems integrators in the regions to accelerate the adoption of the Flowics platform. Agnihotri has extensive experience of more than 20 years in the broadcast industry, working with clients in India and the Southeast Asia region. He has held sales roles at multiple companies in the industry, including KIT Digital, the systems integrator Benchmark Broadcast Systems, and most recently at TVU Networks. With nearly 20 years in the broadcast industry, Pribyl is a sales veteran with an engineering background, an entrepreneurial spirit, and cross-functional work experience across wide territories for EMEA markets. His most recent role was EMEA sales manager for VSN. He has also held sales roles at companies including Panasonic, Avid, and Snell Advanced Media (acquired by Grass Valley). Both Agnihotri and Pribyl report to Flowics CEO Gabriel Baños….
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More