You don't have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player. This web site makes use of Adobe® FlashTM software. You have an old version of Adobe Flash Player that cannot play the content we've created. Why not download and install the latest version now? It will only take a moment. NEWS CANNES_2010 Le Grand Journal de Canal + The flagship program of Canal +, "Le Grand Journal" by Michel Denisot, from Monday to Friday, from 7:10 p.m. to 8:50 p.m. Leading politicians, opinion leaders, intellectuals, international stars, French artists and the phenomena of tomorrow will be on the set of the only daily live and in public talk show every day. A 22 'Superechno crane ( 6.5m telescopic) is used daily. Canal + official website: Le Grand Journal Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival On May 12 and 23, 2010, the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival took place, live from the Palais des Festivals. KM provides executive production on behalf of the Festival de Cannes and Canal +. A Louma is used on both ceremonies. Festival official website: Festival-Cannes TV Festival, the official television station of the Cannes Film Festival TV Festival exclusively broadcasts the official images of the most important film festival of our time; press conferences, photo-calls, interviews, climbs of the Marches, reports and magazines, TV Festival is the "news-cinema" channel which allows you to experience, 24 hours a day, live from the Croisette, the entire Festival de Cannes. Official website: TV Festival To be continued ... EDITORIAL LOUMASYSTEMS is based to the 61 rue du Landy (lot B10), Aubervilliers, 93300 - France At "B10, 61 rue du Landy" we have created a special place of meeting and exchange where everybody could find solutions to his problems, exchange ideas, or share with other technicians the follow-up on his project. This special place has been made possible by the gathering on the same spot, of several skills in the field of the film and television industry, such as the following companies: Ciné Soft , specialist in video playback for special effects shootings. HD-Systems , a company of custom design, consultant and rental accessories, specialists of high definition video shootings. HD-Systems started in partnership with the company Preston Cinema Systems a new division "Preston Cinema Services" in order to offer a complete service on the whole range of Preston's equipment. HD-Systems is also renting some Preston FIZ's kit based on the latest items (MDR2 & HU3). The Steadimakers , specialists of steadicam and related camera accesories. AN OSCAR® FOR THE LOUMA CRANE The LOUMA CRANE inventors & LOUMASYSTEMS thanks the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its decision to award an OSCAR® statuette, "Academy Award of Merit", to the LOUMA CRANE at the Sci-Tech Awards Ceremony of feb. 2005. "To Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron and David Samuelson for the engineering and development of the Louma Camera Crane & remote system for motion picture production. The Louma pioneered a remotely-operated camera head combined with a lightweight and portable modular crane. Its design has proved to be the inspiration for numerous subsequent remote camera systems . " web link: www.oscars.org FICAM PAYS A TRIBUTE TO LOUMA During the first "Nuit des Industries Techniques de la Création", the FICAM (Federation of Cinema, Audiovisual and Multimedia Industries) paid tribute to Louma . During this evening chaired by the Minister of Culture and Communication, Mr Donnedieu de Vabres, and presented by Isabelle Giordano, the "Ficam of the invention" was given to the inventors of the Louma by Roman Polanski . Roman Polanski was the first director to give Louma its credentials by using it for his memorable credits shot of "Tenant" (1975), a feature film in which Polanski stars. The credits sequence that was shown on the big screen during the ceremony ends with a close-up of the actor-director as he knocks on a concierge's lodge. The director of the evening, Massimo Manganaro had the genius idea of constructing the decor fitting the concierge's lodge inside the room and it is in a striking "field, counter-field" connection. spatio-temporal that Roman Polanski made his appearance for the award ceremony. The famous director then autographed the poster of his film and it now sits in the entrance to the Loumasystems premises. Link FICAM Picture FICAM FURIO DOLLY The FURIO system is a motorized dolly and column with on top a 2 or 3 axis remote head for television camera. Furio Dolly product link LAST REFERENCES Louma 2 on X Men days of the Future Past. The Louma 2 has been used extensively on X-Men days of the Future Past, the new blockbuster from Bryan Singer. The movie has been lit by Newton Tom Sigel (Drive, Usual suspects). The shoot has been shot mostly on stage in Montreal. The choice of the Louma 2 has been dictated by several considerations : the great stiffness and stability of the arm and remote head which were an asset for this movie shot in native 3D. As a matter of fact, the 3D rigs on this production were quite heavy and one knows the importance of a good stability of the 2 cameras for a successful 3D reproduction. The « Simulcam friendly » capacities of the Louma 2 have been also a key factor of the decision in reason of the numerous VFX of this movie. The Simulcam technique is this ability of displaying composite real-virtual images during the take. This has been made possible thanks to the Louma 2 network which can send to the VFX engineers the real time encoders data flux of all the axis of the crane. This was especially helpful each time that there was interaction between the real actors and the computer generated sentinels robots who interfer with them. Also, the DoP Tom Sigel, who does his own operating, has been able to use the shot assist capacities of the Louma 2 remote head, for example, the programmable soft end stops of the Pan or Tilt head, a very appreciated feature when you have to do whip pans without any vibration of the heavy and bulky 3D rig. More news ... Home | about us | rent | dirty | news | references | download | contact | © LOUMASYSTEMS - 61 RUE DU LANDY - 93300 AUBERVILLIERS FRANCE phone: +33 (0) 1 48 13 25 60 fax: +33 (0) 1 48 13 25 61