Louisiana’s fiber optic network to rally for Hollywood’s dollars

posted by Michael Zoldessy on December 14, 2006 at 4:30 am

In an effort to attract more film shoots to the state, Louisiana is leading the charge to have its new high-speed network available to filmmakers.

With Louisiana bent on luring all of the movie-making business it can, LONI could be the state’s star behind the big screen.

Louisiana might make its ultrahigh-speed computer network available to production companies to promote growth in the movie industry. The move could speed the movie-making process in this state.

Digital footage, like dailies or extremely large digital animation files, could be transferred from Louisiana to Los Angeles in a matter of seconds or minutes rather than hours or overnight.

For more, go to The Shreveport Times.

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ArchStanton007
ArchStanton007 on December 14, 2006 at 10:04 am

How common is it now for filmmakers to rent movie theaters for screenings of dailies when filming on location outside of larger populated areas?

I had read about them doing this recently during a film shoot in Stamford, Connecticut and wondered how common a practice it is.

Thank You.

ArchStanton007
ArchStanton007 on December 14, 2006 at 10:46 am

P.S.—35mm movie cameras all currently have a videoplayback system attached. Does any of that currently get downloaded elsewhere to film producers, executives, etc???

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