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BITS & PIECES www.postmagazine.com 7 POST JULY/AUG 2019 Simply The Best! ROYALTY FREE MUSIC • Unlimited Uses in Unlimited Productions • 1 Low Buy-Out Price • Used by Major Hollywood Film & TV Studios • FREE Music for personal YOUTUBE Videos CSSMusic.com 800•468•6874 Post-CSS-3-2019.qrk_Layout 1 3/1/19 12:26 PM Page 1 ZEISS OPENS CINEMA LENS DEMO CENTER IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES — Zeiss (www.zeiss.com), which has been providing cinematographers and filmmakers of all levels quality lenses for more than 100 years, opened The Cinema Lens Demo Center in Sherman Oaks, CA, earlier this year. According to the company, the new demo center is intended to personify the junction between history, technology and artistry. Visitors are immediately immersed into what can be likened to a museum once they enter the building, with vintage Zeiss lenses, microscopes and binoculars on display as a nod to the rich company history. A few steps further, and visitors enter a sleek, bright white haven tailor-made for filmmakers. The space boasts a nine-seat 4K HDR theater, full editorial suite with DaVinci Resolve and Nuke software, and lens projection bay equipped with Gecko-Pro technology. The prep floor is replete with third-party cameras ready to be outfitted with Zeiss optics. Private demonstrations are appointment-based, primarily targeting cinematographers eager to learn about large-format capabilities, or other unique optical opportunities Zeiss can support. Although the showroom is intended for these consul- tations, the facility can also be used for educational workshops and events regularly. According to Snehal Patel, cine sales manager, Zeiss, the company "is committed to serving the artistic community. Our goal is to create a home for cinematographers in Los Angeles, where they can experience all of our offerings." MPC FLIES HIGH WITH VFX FOR MARVEL'S DARK PHOENIX MONTREAL, CANADA — Marvel's latest film, Dark Phoenix, tells the story of X-Men character Jean Grey, whose powers evolve after exposure to a cosmic force, while making her increasingly unstable. Dark Phoenix was released in theaters on June 7th and features Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) in the title role, with support from James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters and Jessica Chastain. The film was directed by Simon Kinberg, with MPC serving as the lead visual effects house. According to MPC visual effects supervisor Greg Butler, the studio's Montreal facility worked on 660 shots for the film, with Butler moving to the Montreal facility from Vancouver back in the summer of 2017 in order to provide on-set supervision. — By Marc Loftus Visit postmagazine.com for the complete report, and see Post's continued Summer Movie coverage, beginning on page 14.