CPS 2008

The Fifth specialized exhibition of services for TV-and-Cinema production CPS / Cinema Production Service / was held in Moscow at the World Trade Center from 18th to 21st of March, 2008.

This exhibition is held every spring and in 2008 its 5th anniversary coincided with the 60th Birthday of Alexander Golutva, the Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography and the president of Russian Producers Guild. He took part in the opening ceremony.

RWS participated in the CPS exhibition for the fourth time. RWS and Panther Company had a joined exhibition stand since they have been partners for a long time. Panther Buddy Dolly and Super Jib dollies could be seen at the stand as well as licensed Panther tracks and other various accessories. Robin Thwaites, representing the partner Tiffen Europe Company, showed to those who visited the RWS stand the latest version of Steadicam CineUltra 2 camera stabilizing systems. At the stand you could also learn about the 16 mm cameras produced by a French company AATON combined with Carl Zeiss Ultra Prime lenses as well as Sony HDCAN CineAlta cameras with Carl Zeiss Didge digital lenses. Presentation of the lighting technology was done by artistic lighting of the stand with the help of this equipment rather than by simply demonstrating all the equipment on the list.

RWS and DNK Corporation held a joint workshop on “Up-to-date cinema technologies” on 19th March.
Panther Company presented the 2008 equipment innovations. Ianiro Aldo, an Italian company, presented the latest Ianiro LED technology in the field of lighting equipment that enables almost perfect color which in its turn allows reducing time spent on color grading. Arnold & Richter Cine Technic Company told about ARRI 235 and ARRI 316 compact cameras showing trailers of film and video works which were done using those cameras. A lot of attention was attracted to the presentation delivered by Sergey Astakhov. It was devoted to his invention – the new 35 mm ultralight camera. Apart from the fact that there is no traditional visor in this camera it also has as automatic sleep mode which saves power. Magnesium alloy enclosure reduces camera’s weight by 5 kilos. Fijinon Europe, Thompson Systems, JVC International told about their products as well. New technology solutions in film production were introduced at the workshop. The presentations have been chosen not only on the basis of the solutions’ novelty but also on their cost efficiency in the context of working conditions in Russia. Those interested in the equipment presented at the workshop were able to see it at the companies’ stands.