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| | | | Method Studios Appoints Chris Webb as Executive Producer in Chicago
 Webb To Focus On Supporting Both Commercial And Feature Markets
Visual effects house, Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Webb as Executive Producer of Method Chicago. Webb will work closely with Creative Director Gil Baron in the continued expansion of the Chicago office, which opened its doors in July 2012.
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| | | | Method Studios Announces Top Flight Animation Hires
 Global VFX House Welcomes Erik-Jan de Boer, James Jacobs and Keith Roberts
Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, announced today the addition of three world-class animation artists to the Method Studios’ creative team.
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| | | | Method Studios Appoints Christian Kubsch as President
 Darin Grant joins Method as Chief Technology Officer
Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, announced today that Christian Kubsch has joined the company as President. Kubsch will oversee Method’s global operations including the company’s main base in Los Angeles along with locations in London, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta. Kubsch will report to Stefan Sonnenfeld, President of Creative Services, Deluxe. Darin Grant has been named Chief Technology Officer of Method Studios, and will report to Kubsch.
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| | | | Method Studios Provides VFX Expertise To KIA Super Bowl Spots
 Artists create fully CG animals, environments and augmented female robots
Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, has collaborated with agency David&Goliath on two commercials for KIA which premiered during Super Bowl XLVII. "Space Babies," directed by Jake Scott (RSA), and "Hotbots," directed by Carl Erik Rinsch (MJZ) provided a wealth of inspiring VFX challenges to Method's creative team in Los Angeles. Stephanie Gilgar, Method Studios' Executive Producer comments, "It's an honor to have been entrusted to deliver two of the most VFX-heavy ads seen during this year's big game - a yearly highlight in the US television commercials industry".
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| | | | Company 3 Launches New Sound Division
To Provide Commercial, Feature and Television Clients Sound Design, Original Music Composition and Mixing
Award-winning post house Company 3 (CO3), is pleased to announce the launch of its brand new audio division. Located within Company 3's Atlanta and New York facilities, CO3 Sound boasts three 5.1 audio suites designed to handle surround sound for commercial, feature film and television clients providing the highest level of sound design, original music composition and mixing. The new division is a complement to Deluxe's strong sound offerings in facilities around the world. CO3 Sound's radio and television mixing roster includes clients such as USA Network, Turner Broadcasting, Red Bull, Georgia Lottery, espnW, Ford, Kia and Toyota, to name a few.
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| | | | Company 3 and EFILM Collaborate on Comprehensive Post Pipeline for James Bond Feature "Skyfall"
Award-winning post houses Company 3 (CO3) and EFILM joined forces to provide Eon Productions' newest James Bond feature "Skyfall"--the first digitally-shot film in the franchise--with a complete, integrated workflow, ensuring consistency from dailies through to digital intermediate (DI). Based on this model, the companies have branded their collaborative location service as EC3, which leverages the technology and personnel of both post houses.
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| | | | Company 3 Opens Games Unit, Provides Extensive Services to Activision's "Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
 Unit Contributing Post FX to Upcoming Blockbuster "Call of Duty®: Black Ops II;" Gaming Veteran Malte Wagener Named VP, Games
Award-winning post house Company 3, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., announced today it recently provided a variety of post production services to its first game project, "Call of Duty®: Black Ops II" and concurrently, announced the opening of a new division dedicated specifically to offering color grading and other high-end post production services that will assist in taking game production to the next level of artistic heights.
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| | | | Encore: Baselight Helps Hollywood Facility Reinvent Television Post-Production for the Digital Age
 Encore is one of the busiest full-service post-production facilities in Hollywood. Part of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, the company, which also has facilities in New York, Vancouver and London, has built its reputation primarily through its work in episodic television. It services such shows as Body of Proof, Castle, CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: NY, Enlightened, Glee, Hawaii 5-O, Justified, Magic City, Mob Doctor, Nashville, NCIS, The Newsroom, Raising Hope, Last Resort and Revenge, providing near-set dailies, colour grading, editorial finishing and visual effects. It also boasts one of the industry’s most efficient file-based workflows and was the first to implement an ACES workflow for television.
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| | | | Deluxe Launches Managed Workflow for UltraViolet CFF File Creation
Announces the successful creation of full-featured CFF files
Deluxe Media, a division of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., the leading provider of a broad range of entertainment industry services and technologies to the worldwide entertainment industry, today announced the launch of their UltraViolet Common File Format (CFF) production services. These services are designed to provide studios, broadcasters and portals with full-featured UltraViolet CFF files for consumer distribution.
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| | | | Company 3® and Method Studios Join Beast Editorial in Chicago
Melissa Thornley Appointed Managing Director
The award-winning post production houses of Company 3, Beast and Method Studios, subsidiaries of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., have for the first time ever co-located within one facility in Chicago's historic Tribune Tower.
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| | | | Company 3® Launches New On-Air Promotions and Trailers Division
Robert Mape Joins as Creative Director/Senior Editor; Steve Beal as Senior Editor/VP Promotions and Trailers
Award-winning post house Company 3, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., announced today the opening of a new division that provides promotions, trailers, titles, animation and effects design work for television networks. The division will house some of the finest creative and technical talent in the industry within interconnected New York and Los Angeles facilities, and will utilize Deluxe's extensive networked infrastructure.
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| | | | Company 3® Completes Grading for Multiple Versions of "Prometheus" with DaVinci Resolve
 Blackmagic Design today announced that Company 3 used DaVinci Resolve for color grading four different versions of 20th Century Fox's, "Prometheus." One of the most anticipated features of the summer, the science fiction thriller was directed by Ridley Scott, the visionary filmmaker behind "Alien" and "Blade Runner," who chose Company 3 to help enhance the stunning visual style for "Prometheus," shot by renowned cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, ASC.
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| | | | Company 3 Returns for Third Year as Tribeca Film Festival Sponsor
Award-winning post house Company 3, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc., is proud to announce its return for the third straight year to its role of Industry Sponsor of the Tribeca Film Festival. The Festival, which runs from April 18th through the 29th, 2012, has grown to become one of the most respected film festivals in the world.
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| | | | New Antics to Develop Innovative Content, Social Marketing and E-Commerce Solutions
Hollywood-Based Company to Drive Transactional Video Solutions
New Antics, a company that joins entertainment industry content creation veterans with social media experts, has officially opened its doors in Hollywood, Calif. The new operation combines a distinguished leadership team; an array of innovative video technologies; targeted boutique video marketing expertise; and video content development and production for "over the top" distribution.
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| | | | Method Studios Creates an Epic Underworld Monster and Environments for “Wrath of the Titans”
 Los Angeles and London facilities combine efforts, along with Company 3, to collaborate on this stereo feature from concept art through to DI
Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, was excited to join forces on the larger-than-life 3D visual effects in Warner Bros.’ “Wrath of the Titans” - the second installment in the franchise. The main sequence for Method Studios in LA involved creating the awakening of the monstrous Kronos, father of Zeus. This fully CG rock giant is brought to life with glowing lava and causes the cataclysmic destruction of the Underworld. During pre-production, Method Studios in London created concept images for the production’s art department, as well as the visual effects in the establishment of the Underworld sequence. Olivier Dumont rose to the occasion as Method’s VFX Supervisor along with Aurelia Abate, Method’s VFX Producer.
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| | | | Company 3 Scores at Super Bowl XLVI
Post house contributes color grading on 24 spots for 20 brands
Award-winning post house Company 3, a subsidiary of Deluxe® Entertainment Services Group, worked on 24 ads that aired during last Sunday's Super Bowl XLVI, which amassed a record-breaking 111.3 million viewers. Company 3 co-founder/colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld and fellow colorists Dave Hussey, Siggy Ferstl, Tim Masick, Mike Pethel and Tom Poole performed color grading on commercials for 20 brands: Acura, AT&T, belVita, Best Buy, BMW, Bridgestone, Bud Light Platinum, Chevy, Chrysler, Downy, Hulu, Hyundai, Kia, M&M, NBC, Pepsi, Samsung, Time Warner, Toyota and Volkswagen.
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| | | | Method Studios Provides VFX Expertise To Noam Murro-Directed Super Bowl Spots
Method Studios Provides VFX Expertise To Noam Murro-Directed Super Bowl Spots
Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, was thrilled to collaborate on a record seven Super Bowl commercials this year. Among the projects keeping the Method Studios teams in Los Angeles, New York and Australia busy, were three especially VFX-heavy ads directed by the 2012 DGA award-winning director, Noam Murro. Dan Glass, Method's EVP and Senior VFX Supervisor notes, "This is our strongest Super Bowl yet and has resulted in successful collaboration throughout our multiple Method sites."
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| | | | Beast Edits and Directs a Six-Week Viral Campaign for Western Union
 Beast, one of the nation’s top editorial houses and a subsidiary of Deluxe® Entertainment Services Group Inc., has completed directing and editorial work for Western Union, via agency 180 Amsterdam, to promote World of Betters, a six-week viral campaign that asks the question “what would you do with $1,000 to make someone’s day better?” Western Union partnered with global mega stars and music icons such as Alicia Keys, John Legend, K’naan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Pitbull to host live ‘better’ events around the world to spread a little happiness across the world and show how Western Union moves money for better.
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| | | | 2011 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards Winners Unveiled
 The Post Production Community and Industry Innovators Receive Honors in Gala Evening
Tonight, during a gala evening of celebration at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, The Hollywood Post Alliance® – the professional organization for the post production community - presented the Sixth Annual HPA Awards to a sold out audience of industry insiders and luminaries. Individuals were honored in 12 creative categories as well as a number of special awards for Engineering Excellence, Lifetime Achievement and Creativity and Innovation, which had been announced earlier. The HPA Awards honor the best of the best talent working behind the scenes in motion pictures, television and commercials as well as the most innovative technologies in post.
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| | | | Cyril Drabinsky to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hollywood Post Alliance
HPA Award Honors an Influential Career
The HPA Awards Committee has announced that Cyril Drabinsky, President and CEO of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, is the recipient of the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award will be given to Mr. Drabinsky at the HPA Awards gala on November 10, 2011, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California. The Lifetime Achievement Award pays tribute to those respected individuals who have made a significant contribution to the post production industry.
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| | | | A New Method Emerges In Australia
Sydney and Melbourne add to Method Studio’s Global Footprint
Method Studios, the visual effects group within the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, announced today the addition of three facilities in Australia, further expanding Method’s already established network of studios in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York and London.
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| | | | Method Brings More Soul to Kia Motors America Spot
 Method artists create a world of dancing robot armies and hamsters for Kia Soul
Renowned visual effects company Method Studios completed work on a new commercial, “Share Some Soul,” developed by Kia Motors America (KMA)’s advertising agency of record, David&Goliath, introducing the significantly refreshed 2012 Kia Soul. The VFX-heavy spot debuted during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.
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| | | | Company 3, Method Studios Collaborate to Offer Enhanced Stereoscopic DI Services
Company 3 and sister facility Method Studios now offer clients a seamless workflow for stereoscopic 3D feature film digital intermediates. Filmmakers now have the option to have any portion of left/right "eye" alignment fixes--associated with all stereoscopic cinematography--addressed within Method's dedicated stereography division.
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| | | | Visual Effects Companies CIS and Method Form Global Powerhouse
Rebranded to Method Studios
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group today announced the rebranding of its award-winning visual effects companies, Method, which Deluxe acquired from Ascent Media in December 2010, and CIS Visual Effects. The expanded company has been renamed to Method Studios, a world class entity specializing in the creation of visual effects for the feature film and commercial markets.
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| | | | Company 3 Congratulates Nicolas Winding Refn on Cannes Best Director Award for "Drive"
The entire Company 3 team would like to congratulate Nicolas Winding Refn on receiving the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his exciting new feature "Drive." Our own Tom Poole performed final grading for Drive here in our new full-service DI theater in Chelsea. We are delighted to have been a part of this project, and look forward to the film's theatrical release in the U.S. in September.
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| | | | Company 3 Sponsors the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
Company 3 is proud to announce its return to the role of Industry Sponsor of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. The festival, which runs from April 20 to May 1, 2011, has grown to become one of the most respected film festivals in the world.
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| | | | Company 3 proves RED Epic 5K 3D stereo workflow with SCRATCH On "Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"
SCRATCH reinforces its cutting-edge leadership for RED camera workflows
SCRATCH®, the end-to-end digital cinema and broadcast imaging tool for post production workflows from ASSIMILATE, is at the forefront of the latest innovations from RED Digital Cinema, with the news that leading post house Company 3 successfully deployed SCRATCH to process 3D stereo RED Epic 5K footage for "Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides". The breakthrough news reinforces SCRATCH’s reputation for continual cutting-edge leadership in supporting set-to-post workflows for RED Digital Cinema camera systems.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Strengthens North American Operations with Appointment of Suzette Ferguson
 ASSIMILATE, a leading provider of powerful post-production tools for RED and other digital workflows, today announced the appointment of Suzette Ferguson as director of North American sales. As the company further leverages recent sales successes of the SCRATCH data workflow and product line in the Los Angeles region and across North America, Ferguson will be responsible for building and overseeing all customer relationships in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
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| | | | Deluxe Digital Studios And Sony Pictures Entertainment Adopt Sony's Dualstream 3D™ Mvc Encoder For Blu-Ray 3D™ Titles
World's Leading Blu-ray Authoring Studios Integrate Sony's Powerful MVC Blu-ray Encoder for Advanced Blu-ray 3D Title Production
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing applications, today announced that Deluxe Digital Studios, the world's largest DVD and Blu-ray Disc authoring and service company, has adopted Sony's Dualstream 3D™ MVC encoder for compliant production of Blu-ray 3D™ titles. Using this powerful Sony software tool, Deluxe will incorporate 3D features into Blu-ray discs for its clients, which include Hollywood's largest film studios.
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| | | | Deluxe Chooses DaVinci Resolve
Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced that Deluxe Digital Media, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, has purchased and installed the company’s high-end Linux GPU-based DaVinci Resolve system at its Sherman Oaks facility.
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| | | | News: Deluxe to Open EFILM
Company to Locate at New Lucasfilm Campus in San Francisco's Presidio
Deluxe Laboratories today announced an agreement with Industrial Light & Magic, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company, to open an EFILM Digital Laboratory at the new Letterman Digital Arts Center (LDAC) located in San Francisco's historic Presidio.
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| | | | News: Sonic Forges High Definition Authoring Alliance
World's Leading Media Creation Companies Join Forces With Sonic to Jump Start HD Title Development for HD DVD and Blu-Ray Disc Formats
Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today announced that it has founded the High Definition Authoring Alliance™ (HDAA), the first and only worldwide association of top DVD authoring houses dedicated to facilitating the rollout of titles for release in the new high definition HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) optical disc formats.
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