The big V and 1080p

Video hosting service Vimeo will begin support for 1080p resolution videos at the end of the month for all their Vimeo Plus members. Vimeo Plus is the value added Vimeo service that costs sixty (well spent) dollars per year.

While 1080p has become the HD standard it suffers for effective internet application because of the additional bandwidth and the fact that most computer monitors don’t display 1080p. That said, anything you shoot should be done in HD. You never know when your work will make it from Vimeo to broadcast TV.

Brittany Murphy dies.

TMZ is reporing that actress Britany Murphy died at Cedars-Sinai. Murphy was 32. The story is developing. It seems like TMZ had the exclusive see here.

Avatar brings in 3.5 Million for Midnight show.

Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood is doing constant updates about the Avatar release. The midnight show produced 3.5 million dollars which for a non franchised release is good.

I’m looking forward to seeing the film in 3D this weekend. Much of the praise is surrounding Cameron’s subtle use of the 3D effect rather than show it off and make it a spectacle over the movie. There’s also a lot of buzz about never before seen special effects techniques.

In spite of a lot of negative buzz around the movie these past few months, I think Cameron is going to pull this off. When he made Titanic he took a lot of heat for going way over budget. Yet he stayed true to his vision and produced one of the top grossing movies in history.

The vampires are kicking Batman’s ass.

In 2008 The Dark Knight made 67 million dollars, then the largest single day gross in the history of movies. Yesterday the vampires arrived in the second incarnation of the Twilight film series and took out Batman’s record. The Friday showing pulled in 72.7 million dollars. Add to that 26.3 million for the movies for its midnight opening and it looks like a run to the bank for Summit Entertainment.

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Paranormal Activity – returns getting bigger.

The indie flick that was shot on the cheap for 15,000.00 and got an audience through social networks like Twitter and Facebook has allegedly hit the 100 million mark according to an exclusive report from Deadline Hollywood.

New Avatar trailer.