DCM’s Head of Film, Tom Linay travelled north of the border last week to attend the tenth annual Glasgow Film Festival and sample all the top quality independent film content on offer. During his time at the festival he was lucky enough to see Wes Anderson's visually stunning The Grand Budapest Hotel and indie thriller, Blue Ruin.
Now in its tenth year, the Glasgow Film Festival is fast becoming an essential fixture in the UK film calendar. Like the city itself, it's friendly, welcoming and its enthusiasm is utterly infectious. Running for eleven days and predominantly based at the Glasgow Film Theatre and the huge Cineworld on Renfrew Street, the festival programme is divided into sixteen contrasting strands. This results in a rich and varied selection of films and with competitive pricing, it's one of the most accessible festivals I've attended. Read more
A year ago, Advertising Week Europe launched a mind-bogglingly brilliant experiment to extend the success of Advertising Week in New York City, to the streets of London.
It was a bold and brave move that proved to be a huge success as we are now one year on, celebrating the second edition of Advertising Week Europe, set to take place between 31 March – 3 April 2014. Read more
The media industry is famed for housing some of the world's more creative working spaces - and following an office move of our own, our CEO, Simon Rees, shares his tips on injecting inspiration into the workplace.
Media companies and ad agencies are setting new standards in creating stunning workplace environments. Google recently released plans for its new King's Cross headquarters which included a climbing wall between floors, a swimming pool and a roof-top running track. These plans were swiftly withdrawn however, as they wanted to be even more ambitious. Read more
A list of all changes to the UK cinema release schedule, as of the week commencing 03/03, follows below:
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On Sunday (2 March), the 86th Academy Awards took place in Hollywood - an annual gathering of the brightest stars and biggest brands. From fashion labels vying to get their name on the red carpet, to TV spots, to experiential activity – the advertising frenzy around this global event is getting crazier every year…
The Oscars dominated social media with host Ellen DeGeneres posting the ultimate celebrity selfie during the live telecast. The picture, taken by nominee Bradley Cooper, of DeGeneres surrounded by Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey smashed the Twitter retweet record set by Barack and Michelle Obama, after it was retweeted more than 2m times. Read more
Digital Cinema Media, Dolby Laboratories, WCRS and Grand Central Recording Studios (GCRS) have collaborated with BMW and Vizeum to produce the first Dolby Atmos ad to be aired in UK cinemas at The Olympic Studios in Barnes; the only independent cinema in the UK capable of hosting the ad.
The ad, created by WCRS and sound mixed by Ben Leeves at GCRS, promotes the launch of the new BMW 2 Series Coupe, using an innovative Dolby Atmos mix, featuring a menagerie of fierce animal sounds, ending with the tagline “bites as bad as it barks.” The activity is part of a wider campaign by BMW to promote the new model, which also includes The Ultimate Driver cinime campaign in UK cinemas. Read more
Last night, (2 March 2014), The 86th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The brightest stars and sharpest talent in the film industry were in attendance, to celebrate an amazing year in filmic entertainment. In January, DCM launched its inaugural Fantasy Film League, asking media land to vote on who they thought would win on the night. From the 10 categories the FFL was asked to vote on, the following categories were correctly predicted, Best Supporting Actor, Best Animation, Best Foreign Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Picture, giving the DCM FFL an impressive 80% accuracy rate.
Gravity was the big winner on the night, scooping seven awards in total, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki and Best Sound Editing. Dallas Buyers Club took three awards, including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto respectively. 12 Years a Slave also garnered three awards, with Lupita Nyong'o winning the Best Supporting Actress award, John Ridley winning Best Adapted Screenplay and also winning the Best Picture gong. Read more
Animated movies dominated the top three spots this week and for the second week running, everything was awesome for The LEGO Movie. The Warner Bros. powerhouse actually increased 1% from last weekend (once previews are removed) securing a further £5.9m, bringing its cume to a massive £21.8m. Mr.Peabody and Sherman took second spot, with a fantastic £1.6m, taking the animated time travel romp’s cume to a very respectable £10.4m. Tinker Bell and The Pirate Fairy rounded out the animated top three, bringing in £1.2m and taking its cume to £3.7m.
Twentieth Century Fox’s The Monuments Men was in fourth with £1.1m taking it to £4.1m and Studiocanal’s RoboCop completed the top five with £891k for an impressive cume of £7m. Read more
The Arctic Monkeys celebrated winning Best British Band and Album of The Year at the BRIT Awards last week, with a cinema, TV and social campaign. The band already had a creative running in cinemas, featuring the copy “BRIT Award Nominated,” which was changed to “BRIT Award Winning” less than 24 hours after the awards took place, demonstrating the flexibility of cinema advertising, showing how brands can plan tactical campaigns with great effect.
Created by the7stars, the real-time ad campaign features cinema ads highlighting the win running on Digital Cinema Media screens from 20 February, as well as TV ads. Read more
Here is a selection of cinema stories making the news this week.
War Horse leading the charge for Event Cinema Read more
A list of all changes to the UK cinema release schedule, as of the week ending 21/02, follows below:
NEW TITLES ADDED TO SCHEDULE: Read more
The final countdown to the biggest event in the film calendar is on this week. In less than five days, The 86th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles and talent from across the film world will be waiting with bated breath to see if they will walk away from the event with a coveted Oscar statuette, including Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity and Cate Blanchett for her turn in Blue Jasmine. Read more
