| | | | Sony, Technicolor, Dolby and VFX Powerhouse LOOK Effects Join “Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story” All-Star Lineup
Industry titans back New York’s largest post event on June 8, 2013
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, is excited to announce growing support for its Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story event held on June 8, 2013 at the French Institute in the heart of Manhattan. Industry luminaries Sony Creative Software, Technicolor and Dolby recently signed on as sponsors, joining the likes of AbelCine, ACE, Adorama, AJA, Art of the Guillotine, Autodesk, Blackmagic Design, Boris FX, CCW, Digieffects, EditShare, DV Expo East, HP, IFP, Imagineer Systems, MoPictive, MPSE, Noise Industries, NY Editors Collective, NYWIFT, ProductionHUB and Tekserve.
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| | | | Bavaria Film GmbH Purchases ASSIMILATE SCRATCH Site License
 SCRATCH Site License Significantly Enhances Efficiency, Productivity and Creativity
ASSIMILATE®, a leading global provider of dailies and post-production tools for digital cinema and broadcast workflows, today announced that one of Europe’s largest production houses, Bavaria Film and D-Facto Motion, the creative house of Bavaria Film, have purchased a company-wide site license for ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® finishing software and SCRATCH Lab®, its advanced production dailies and VFX tool.
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| | | | Rohde & Schwarz Teams with Hollywood HEART to Teach Filmmaking Skills to At-Risk Youth
 May “Shooting Stars” workshop will provide teens an opportunity to learn from industry pros; teen-produced films to be given a red carpet screening in June.
At-risk teens from across Los Angeles will learn filmmaking skills from Hollywood professionals as part of a unique two-day workshop sponsored by Burbank-based Rohde & Schwarz DVS and the nonprofit organization Hollywood HEART. Teens will receive training from industry veterans in cinematography, screenwriting, acting, editing and sound in the “Shooting Stars” workshop scheduled for May 4th and 5th. The event will yield three to four short films that will be showcased at a red carpet theater screening on June 6th.
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| | | | Legends of Storytelling Gather in Manhattan for Filmmaker Event Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story
Registration now open for a one-day celebration of the art of filmmaking, Held at French Institute June 8
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, revealed its all-star list of guest speakers and panelists for Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story, a special one-day symposium for the creative community. “Building on the momentum of many successful events focusing on film editors, it seems a natural move to celebrate all of the talent involved in the process,” says Josh Apter, founder and president of Manhattan Edit Workshop. “From sound design and visual effects to groundbreaking transmedia projects, post-production is about using all of the elements of sight, sound and story to create a truly unique experience. Anyone interested in what happens when the cameras stop rolling in the fast-evolving craft of visual storytelling is going to find something that speaks to them here.”
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| | | | Slate Media Group’s PostWorks New York Acquires Mega Playground, New York
Slate Media Group, a leading independent provider of post-production services to the film and television industry, today announces that its PostWorks New York has acquired the assets of Mega Playground, a post production facility located at 609 Greenwich Street in New York’s West Village. Simultaneously, the Company entered into a new long-term lease at 609 Greenwich Street reflecting the commitment of Slate Media Group and PostWorks to downtown New York, the hub for television and feature finishing.
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| | | | From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: "Jurassic Park 3D"
 Own Steven Spielberg's Groundbreaking Classic For The First Time In State-Of-The Art 3D
Experience one of the most influential films in motion-picture history with director Steven Spielberg's ultimate thrill ride " Jurassic Park 3D" . To commemorate the film's 20th anniversary, the epic blockbuster has been remastered with advanced 3D formatting that presents the Academy Award®-winning visual effects in a fashion that was unimaginable during the film's first release. Jurassic Park 3D will be available on Blu-ray™ 3D, a 2D version of the film on Blu-ray™, DVD, UltraViolet™ and Digital Download with an all-new 3D bonus feature on April 23, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
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| | | | Shipments Of High-Value Christie Solaria One Projectors To Global Exhibitors Accelerate In 2013
 Shipments of the Christie® Solaria® One projector, a DCI-compliant solution based on Texas Instruments’ (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) S2K DLP Cinema® chipset, have accelerated since first units rolled off Christie’s manufacturing plant floors in November 2012. Small-screen theaters in China, Russia, India, Brazil and across Europe and North America are seizing the opportunity to purchase these complete, economical projectors.
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| | | | Versatile Distribution Services Delivers Turnkey Systems Optimized for 4K and 2K ASSIMILATE SCRATCH DI and Dailies Workflows
New Turnkeys to be Offered in North America Exclusively by CineSys-Oceana
Versatile Distribution Services (VDS), a distributor specializing in integrated solutions for the media and entertainment industry today announced the immediate availability of integrated 4K and 2K turnkey workstations featuring ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® Digital Intermediate software. SCRATCH enables digital cinema and broadcast artists to generate dailies, conform, color-correct, and finish within a real-time, integrated, user-friendly solution. The turnkey systems will be available exclusively in North America through CineSys-Oceana, one of the largest media and entertainment industry resellers.
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| | | | NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology Puts Qube! Through the Paces
 Remote Capabilities and Reliable Results Make Render Management Software the “Backbone of BFA Program”
Free is great until system crashes become more common than polished renders. New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology learned this lesson the hard way after entrusting its render queue to free render farm management solutions. These systems were unable to provide the reliability required to produce quality animations and images for its students’ thesis projects, leading the Computer Animation and Interactive Media department to a solution that would: PipelineFX’s Qube!™.
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| | | | Sony Pictures Colorworks Launches 4K Television Post-Production Facility
 Colorworks, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s digital intermediate facility, has opened a new facility focused on 4K television post-production. Located in the Capra Building on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, Colorworks 4K Television will provide post-production services for original programming shot in 4K and re-mastering services for film-originated media. It will deliver both HD masters for current distribution and 4K masters for future use.
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| | | | Doritos 'Crash the Super Bowl' Winner Ben Callner Fields Tunewelders to Make a Scream with 'Goat 4 Sale'
 Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" winner Ben Callner's "Goat 4 Sale" commercial began with an idea about a ravenous Doritos-eating goat. Culminating the narrative he envisioned relied heavily on sound to sell the authenticity, dramatic tension and humor at play in his 30-second spot. He tapped longtime collaborators Tunewelder Music Group to make it work. Led by Music & Audio Post Supervisor Ben Holst, Tunewelders worked closely with Callner to hone the spot through sound design & editing, foley, voice-over, mixing and mastering.
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| | | | Telestream Vantage Video Transcoding Streamlines Workflow for Magenta TV
Leading German post-production company achieves greater speed, flexibility, and efficiency since implementing Vantage video transcoding and workflow automation from Telestream
Telestream®, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, today announced that Magenta TV, a leading full-service post-production facility in Germany's Rhine-Maine region, has successfully deployed Telestream Vantage® video transcoding and workflow automation server-software. Magenta TV selected Vantage because it provides the centralized system the company needed to automatically process a variety of encoding tasks outside of its editing suites. The system was purchased from local dealer, Netorium, who helped with the workflow design.
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| | | | Studio City, CA Based Media City Sound Recruits Rick Larimore as VP Post Production
Media City Sound brings aboard former Jet Stream Sound Executive and Director to build independent film, scripted television and games post-production, at their Studio City stages.
Studio City‐based Media City Sound announced today that it has brought aboard Rick Larimore to support and build their independent film, scripted television and games footprint at the Studio City post-production facility and increase its capabilities in the independent film area. Larimore will employ the experience of over 25 years as a post production professional focusing on audio and four years of studio ownership supported by the company’s roster of 25 experienced and award-winning mixers, editors, composers, and an expert support staff.
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| | | | Ancient Chinese Caves Brought Back to Life Using projectiondesign®
 F10 AS3D projectors used in immersive exhibition on view during Smithsonian’s Arthur M Sackler Gallery’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Visitors to “Pure Land: Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang” during the 25th anniversary celebrations of Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC will witness a technological immersive application never seen before in the United States. The 3D 360-degree panoramic journey uses projectiondesign® F10 AS3D to reproduce stunning imagery of paintings and sculptures in the ancient rock cave’s 220-meter north wall known as Bhaisajyaguru’s Eastern Paradise in China, a UNESCO World Heritage site which is closed to ensure their preservation.
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| | | | Evolve Digital Cinema | IMG Wins 2011 Emmy Award for Outstanding Promotional Announcements
Creative Team at Evolve Digital Cinema | IMG Recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for their Work with The National Geographic Channel
Evolve Digital Cinema | IMG, a boutique creative production company, announced today it has won a coveted 2011 Emmy Award in the category of Oustanding Promotional Announcement: Institutional. Evolve Digital Cinema | IMG was recognized for their work with the National Geographic Channel and their campaign to create a new look to promote Nat Geo’s Explorers initiative and institution.
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| | | | Translating the Human Experience Through Documentary Editing
Learn the art of documentary editing from award-winning editors at Manhattan Edit Workshop; The Art of Documentary Editing runs October 29th – November 2nd; early bird pricing ends October 5th
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWshop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, is proud to announce the return of its five-day intensive workshop, The Art of Documentary Editing, from October 29th – November 2nd. Taught by Janet Dalton, MEWshop’s director of education and freelance editor, and MEWshop owner and filmmaker Josh Apter, students will explore the many techniques of documentary editing, from the creative decisions that make a great story to established workflow methods for picture and sound that every editor should know.
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| | | | Empire Investment Holdings Acquires CSS Studios
Empire Investment Holdings ("Empire") announced today that it has acquired CSS Studios, LLC (“CSS”), from Discovery Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: DISCA). CSS Studios is a holding company that owns seven distinct businesses, which together comprise the largest independent postproduction sound company in North America.
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| | | | Troika Launches EA Sports '13 Video Campaign
 Agency Delivers Branded Videos, Marketing Assets for Madden NFL 13, FIFA 13, NHL 13, and NBA Live 13
EA Sports has teamed up with brand consultancy and creative agency Troika to launch a series of branded videos for their 2013 set of signature titles, including Madden NFL 13, FIFA 13, NHL 13, and NBA Live 13. The spots aim to deliver a unified, branded EA Sports experience as titles load for each game. Footage captured for the campaign will also be featured in marketing assets for EA Sports' digital Season Ticket offering, and will anchor a set of branded videos featured on LED screens in Times Square and Las Vegas.
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| | | | 2012 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards Announce Nominees
The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced the nominees for the 2012 HPA Awards. The Awards honor excellence in post production and bring recognition to the achievements of individuals and companies who are engaged in significant and revolutionary work in post production. The nominees in the 12 craft categories were chosen from a field of talented and innovative entries in color grading, editing, sound, and compositing for motion pictures, commercials and television. This year marked the largest number of entries in the Awards' history. The winners of the 2012 HPA Awards will be announced at a gala evening at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA on November 1st, 2012.
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| | | | Universal Pictures To Release Pitch Perfect In Select Theaters On Friday, September 28, 2012
Audiences Will Get Pitch Slapped by the New Musical Comedy One Week Earlier than Expected
Universal Pictures announced today that it will release Pitch Perfect in select theaters across North America on Friday, September 28, 2012—one week earlier than expected. This early release of the new movie from Gold Circle Films and Universal Pictures will precede the musical comedy's wide release, which continues as previously scheduled on October 5.
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| | | | Manhattan Edit Workshop and theC47 Present: The Filmmaker's Intensive 2012
Learn the art and science of documentary film from top working professionals in the industry; Early bird special ends Monday, July 16th
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWshop) and theC47 are excited to announce The Filmmaker’s Intensive (TFMI), an annual two-week program that takes aspiring filmmakers out of their day-to-day environments and allows them to fully immerse themselves in the art and science of making movies. This year's program is specifically designed to provide each student an intense education in non-fiction filmmaking from some of the best documentarians in the industry.
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| | | | Professional Wireless Systems Returns To NBA Finals For 8th Consecutive Series
Expert Frequency Coordination Team Takes the Court to Ensure Solid RF Coverage
From the moment the Oklahoma City Thunder hosted the Miami Heat in game one of the NBA finals at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company, and experts in supplying and supporting wireless systems for live and broadcast events, has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to maintain all RF communications equipment and signals for the games. PWS will remain on-hand for the duration of the finals until the NBA crowns a champion.
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| | | | Ken Kobré Shoots "Deadline Every Second" Capturing the AP's Finest Photojournalists in Front-line Action with the AG-HMC150 AVCCAM HD Handheld Camcorder
 Documentary Scheduled to Air on PBS Stations WNET and KQED in July
Ken Kobré, professor of Photojournalism at San Francisco State University, chose Panasonic’s AG-HMC150 AVCCAM HD camcorder to shoot a wide-ranging documentary, Deadline Every Second, profiling 12 Associated Press photojournalists in action around the world. For two years, Kobré traveled three continents to film the news service’s outstanding photographers as they covered everything from clashes in the Middle East to the Tour de France race. Kobré photographed the AP photojournalists staking out the British Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street as well as AP staffers in the thick of wildfires in California.
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| | | | Bodega's HELLO LONESOME on DVD on May 29th
New York/San Francisco-based content creation/production company Bodega is proud to announce the DVD release, through Film Movement, of indie feature film Hello Lonesome starring James Urbaniak (American Splendor), Lynn Cohen (Sex and the City), Sabrina Lloyd (Aaron Sorkin’s Sports Night), Harry Chase, and Nate Smith. The Spirit Award-nominated film weaves together the worlds of six flawed yet endearing individuals as they explore those age-old human desires: to love and be loved. The film, which received the Best Ensemble Jury Award at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, will be available for purchase in retail locations in the U.S. and Canada and streaming online through iTunes, Amazon, Hulu and Netflix on May 29, 2012.
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| | | | Behind the Scenes: "The Avengers" in Albuquerque, NM
 Albuquerque Studios spills the beans on how "The Avengers" was shot on the studio lot.
Albuquerque, New Mexico played a big role in the making of Marvel Studios’ box office smash The Avengers. Over 75% of the film, including many of the jaw-dropping scenes that were shot in front of the green screen, took place at the state-of-the-art Albuquerque Studios; while an additional 5% of the movie was shot at nearby locations around the city. That’s pretty extraordinary for an action-packed film of this magnitude to be mostly shot in one location. So, how did they do it?
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| | | | NBC Olympics Chooses Avid for Sixth Consecutive Broadcast of Olympic Games
Avid’s workflow solutions assembled for NBC Olympics’ 2012 London coverage is most comprehensive ever
Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) announced that it will deploy the most comprehensive Avid workflow in the history of NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group to support its coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games taking place in London, England, July 27-August 12, 2012.
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| | | | Pond5 Reaches 1 Million Stock Video Clips as Growth Accelerates
Media Maker’s Marketplace Celebrates with a Day of 100% Royalties, Plus a Party at SXSW
Pond5, the pioneering online marketplace for stock media and creative components, announced today that the one-millionth clip had been added to its stock video collection, making Pond5 by far the largest and fastest-growing collection of royalty-free video on the Web. The site also offers millions of stock images, audio files, and other creative components for use as raw material in media productions of all types.
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| | | | Codex and ARRIRAW Mark a Breakthrough Year in 2011
 50 feature films shot with the ALEXA/CODEX/ARRIRAW workflow.
Codex Digital, the leading developer of digital media recorders and media management systems for film and television production, today announced that Codex Onboard Recorders have been used on approximately 50 feature films in 2011.
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| | | | Translation And Sonic Union Jolt Kids Back To School With Lebron James For State Farm
 NY-based Translation LLC and Cut + Run editor TG Herrington team up with Sonic Union mixer Michael Marinelli to impact high school kids to stay in school with Lebron James in the affecting :30 PSA “Wake Up” for State Farm Insurance. The spot, directed by Radical Media’s Dave Meyers, features a teenage boy’s nightmare of how his life might turn out if he drops out of school.
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| | | | Pond5 Holiday Giveaway: 50 Free Stock Media Gifts
Through December 31st, Media Makers Can Instantly Download Free Stock Video, Sound Effects, Production Music and After Effects Templates.
Pond5, the world’s stock media marketplace, announced today that their annual Holiday Giveaway is occurring now through the end of the year. In the spirit of the season Pond5 is offering media producers 50 free stock video, audio and AE files available for instant download directly from the website.
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| | | | Sound Devices Showcases New Products at Inter BEE 2011
Sound Devices (Tech Trust Japan Co., LTD. – Hall 4, Booth 4106), experts in production sound audio, highlights its newest product introductions at Inter BEE 2011 (International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition), including the PIX line of video recorders, MixPre-D portable audio mixer and Mix Assist™, a new feature for Sound Devices 788T digital audio recorder.
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| | | | PrimalScream Music & Sound Takes On Austin: The Live Music Capital of the World
 PrimalScream Music & Sound is excited to announce it has opened a new location in Austin, TX, otherwise known as the Live Music Capital of the World. Company Founder/Creative Director Nicole Dionne will work via both Austin and PrimalScream’s Los Angeles studio to produce music and sound for advertising, film and television promotions.
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| | | | Stuck On On's Post-Production Adds Intensity To New Film "Take Shelter"
Austin-Based Company Making City A Premier Destination For Audio & Visual Finishing
Austin-based audio and visual finishing house Stuck On On helps to create the beautiful and stirring sights and sounds for the new film "Take Shelter", which opens in New York and Los Angeles September 30th. Through an impressive client roster in both film and advertising, the company is offering a complete post-production package that strengthens the city's standing as a creative destination for filming.
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| | | | Soundelux Creates “Emotional Truth” for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Cerebral Action Film
 "Drive", the new film from FilmDistrict and Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, tells the story of a Hollywood stunt car driver (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a wheelman and discovers there is a contract out on him following a robbery gone bad. The movie is violent, yet stylish and emotionally gripping, and is being hailed by critics for its brashness and its brilliance.
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| | | | Sony Pictures Entertainment Amps Up Stock Footage Collection
 Sony Pictures Stock Footage Debuts New Movie Quality Collection with 5.1 Sound
Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced that Sony Pictures Stock Footage has introduced a first-of-its-kind stock footage collection featuring motion picture quality clips with custom-designed, studio-produced 5.1 soundtracks.
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| | | | Click 3X Teams With CBS Sports for the U.S. Open
 When CBS Sports wanted to create an exciting new graphic package for the 2011 U.S. Open, they teamed up with Manhattan-based Click 3X, a full-service creative group specializing in on-air promotion and network branding.
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| | | | I.E. Effects Delivers Stereo Conversion for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
L.A. and Michigan Facilities Work Seamlessly on Complex Postproduction Task
Harry Potter fans worldwide are flocking to theaters this summer for the eighth and final installment of the wildly popular film series. Playing to great reviews, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" is the first film in the franchise to be released in stereoscopic 3D. L.A.-based visual effects house I.E. Effects contributed to this complex postproduction task, providing 2D-to-3D stereo conversion for several key sequences, including some in the film’s opening scenes.
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| | | | Small Tree Named Initial Platinum Sponsor for Atlanta Cutters
Leading Shared Storage Provider Supports Post-Production User Group
Walter Biscardi, founder and president of Biscardi Creative Media and one of the founding members of the Atlanta Cutters, today announced that Small Tree, a leading designer and manufacturer of Ethernet network shared storage, would serve as the initial platinum sponsor for the newly formed post-production group.
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| | | | Studio 108 Opens The Doors Of A New Space Tripling Its Size In Richmond's Creative Mecca, The Manchester’s Art + Design District
 Founder Jack Hartmann Marks Studio 108's 10th Anniversary With Its Re-Launch AsThe City's First Hybrid One-Stop Creative/Production/FX/Animation/Editorial/Audio Company
Studio 108 founder, director/editor Jack Hartmann, has announced that his integrated creative/FX/animation/production/post/audio company has opened the doors of its new facility in Manchester Flats, a unique building designed specifically for artists and creative companies. The multi award-winning firm has tripled its size with the move to the largest commercial space in this stunningly renovated 19th century warehouse located in the heart of Richmond’s burgeoning hip urban Mecca, The Manchester Art + Design District. The expansion marks Studio 108’s 10th anniversary, and positions it as the city’s most comprehensive creative resource for ad agencies, corporations and filmmakers seeking a cost-effective approach to a producing innovate, high-end media content.
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| | | | Manhattan Edit Workshop Captures The Action Of EditFest NY 2011 Via Signature Padumentaries Featuring Filmmaking's Finest
Interviews with the industry's hottest editors and filmmakers –Malcolm Jamieson , David Zieff (Metallica: Some Kind of Monster), Ken Schretzmann (Toy Story 3), Andrew Weisblum (Black Swan) and more
(New York, New York--June 15, 2011) Manhattan Edit Workshop (Mewshop), the cutting-edge authorized digital-training destination for post-production and content creators, takes viewers behind the scenes of the 2011 ACE EditFest NY event held at the Director's Guild of America Theater in New York City this past weekend.
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| | | | DuArt Names Ron Harris VP Of Production And Sales
 Experienced Executive Leads Comprehensive NYC Post Facility’s Expansion Into Broadcast Video Post
DuArt, New York City’s comprehensive video and film post facility, announced that it has named Ron Harris as Vice President of Production and Sales.
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| | | | Ciné Dia upgrades its Pablo to 4K and Stereo3D
Paris-based full services facility invests in "future-proof" technology
The Ciné Dia Group, a leading French film laboratory and post house located just outside Paris, recently upgraded its Quantel Pablo, purchased in 2007, to full 4K and stereoscopic capability. The company provides the film and television industry with probably the widest range of services of any facility in Paris. It is a market leader for the production of theatrical copies of trailers, commercials and longform movies, and is also one of the foremost private restoration laboratories in France.
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| | | | James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment Chooses MBS Media Campus as New Home
Long-Term Lease Comprises 115,000 Square Feet of Sound Stages and Attached Office Space at High-Tech, Eco-Friendly MBS Media Campus
It was officially announced today that James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment has signed a long term lease agreement to take more than 115,000 square feet of sound stage and production office space at MBS Media Campus, the state-of-the-art production lot in Manhattan Beach owned by the Carlyle Group and managed by Raleigh Studios.
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| | | | ShootersNYC Adds Editor Anthony Marinelli
 Satellite of Philly-based ShootersINC, Nabs Acclaimed Talent
ShootersNYC, the new satellite of ShootersINC, the Philadelphia-based multi-dimensional post house, led by Managing Director/Executive Producer Jeff Beckerman has added creative cutter Anthony Marinelli to its talent roster.
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| | | | Motionographer’s F5 Fest Announces Final Batch of Speakers
Mark Romanek, Neil Huxley, Adam Bly , Tanya Morgan & PressPausePlay Join Two-Day Creativity Conference, along with RE:VISION Gallery & the RE:PLAY Film Festival
(New York, New York--April 4, 2011) -F5, the biennial creativity festival presented by Motionographer that returns to the historic Roseland Ballroom in New York City April 15-16, 2011, has unveiled even more speakers and announced the final event schedule! F5 encompasses two days of talks, presentations and performances exploring the intersection of art, design and entertainment. This year’s theme, “Happy F5,” celebrates F5’s birthday (the first event was held in 2009) with inspiring, optimistic messages that foster creative collisions.
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| | | | Pond5 Adds Millions Of Photos And Vectors, Becomes One-Stop Marketplace For Stock Media
Media Makers Now Have Access to Web’s Most Comprehensive Selection of Stock Images, Video Footage, Audio Tracks and Motion Graphics Templates
Pond5, the world’s premier marketplace for stock media and one of the best-kept secrets among media producers, today announced the addition of over 5 million stock photos and vector illustrations to its collection, which also includes the Web’s largest selection of royalty-free stock video footage, as well as a full range of sound effects, production music tracks, and After Effects motion graphics templates.
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| | | | “Biutiful” Supervising Sound Editor Martín Hernández Joins Soundelux
 Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer Martín Hernández, whose credits include "Biutiful", "Into the Wild" and "Babel", has joined Soundelux. One of the most accomplished sound editors in Latin America, and one of few to successfully cross over to mainstream films, Hernández will be based at Soundelux’s facility in Hollywood.
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| | | | Technicolor Uses Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve for Color Grading on “The Fighter”
 Blackmagic Design today announced that colorist Tony Dustin of Hollywood-based Technicolor used the DaVinci Resolve Linux non-linear color correction system for color grading work done on Paramount Pictures/Relativity Media’s critically acclaimed feature film “The Fighter,” directed by David O. Russell. The film stars actor/producer Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, and recent Golden Globe® winners Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, and is currently in theaters nationwide.
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| | | | hsr|ny and MOTIVE Help "House Hunters International" Take Viewers Around the World
Dynamic Duo Delivers Critical Sound and Map, Location Graphics for Top Cable Reality TV Show
hsr|ny, a leading audio/video post-production house that provides top-of-the-line sound design, mixing, original dialogue recording, automated dialogue replacement, offline/online editing, sound effects and stock music, and MOTIVE, a creative studio specializing in identity, branding, interactive, creative development and live action production for television, online, radio and print that transcends multiple media platforms, are pleased to announce the starring roles they play in creating the sound and look of the popular HGTV series "House Hunters International".
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| | | | “Phunny Business” to Make World Premiere at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Documentary about legendary Chicago comedy club features Steve Harvey, Bernie Mac, D.L. Hughley, Cedric The Entertainer, Adele Givens, JB Smoove, Craig Robinson and others.
"Phunny Business: A Black Comedy", a feature-length documentary about the spectacular rise and tragic fall of Chicago’s first Black-owned comedy club, will make its world premiere next month at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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| | | | Singular Software Accepted Into Leading European University's Faculty Of Technology
Situated in the heart of the UK's Leicester City, De Montfort University utilizes PluralEyes' dual-system synchronization to enhance its media curriculum
Singular Software™, developer of workflow automation applications for digital media, recently sold a volume license for its popular PluralEyes® product to De Montfort University's Faculty of Technology, which houses one of Europe's largest and most up-to-date media technology facilities.
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| | | | CBS Television Stations to Utilize Telestream FlipFactory to Automate Pitch Blue Syndication and Spot Delivery Workflows
System creates cost savings for CBS O&Os by providing automated searching, tracking, transcoding and transfer of syndicated content; automates ingest of spots received from digital delivery services and automatically adjusts loudness.
Telestream and the CBS Television Stations group today announced that Telestream's FlipFactory® product is being integrated into workflows at CBS's 29 owned and operated (O&O) stations. CBS chose FlipFactory for integration of Pitch Blue-delivered HD content into its syndication workflows and for integration of loudness control into its spot delivery workflows.
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| | | | Pond5 Gives Away $25,000 in Stock Footage and Audio, and a 27” iMac
The Web’s Largest Collection of Royalty-Free Footage Celebrates 4 Year Anniversary with Major Promotion Throughout April
Pond5.com, the web-based marketplace for stock footage and audio, turns 4 this month and is celebrating with a major promotion all throughout April. $25,000 in credit will be given away in daily drawings to users who log into the site or stop by one of Pond5’s booths at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas next week.
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| | | | Creative Group Teams Up With N.Y. Yankees for "Henry & Me" DVD
Post-production house oversees celebrity-packed animated film for charity
Creative Group, the industry’s premier full-service post-production facility, has teamed up with the New York Yankees to produce "Henry & Me", an animated film inspired by the literary works of Ray Negron, special advisor to George M. Steinbrenner III.
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| | | | Time Warner Turns to Dalet for Collaborative News Production
Dalet creates file-based, multi-site workflow for News 14 Carolina; fosters collaborative news production across multiple newsrooms
Dalet Digital Media Systems announced that News 14 Carolina, Time Warner Cable's 24-hour local news channel in North Carolina, has implemented Dalet Enterprise Edition to facilitate a unified news production and broadcast workflow between their Raleigh, Charlotte, and Greensboro newsrooms.
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| | | | Pond5 Turns Up the Volume with Audio Launch
Leading stock video marketplace adds music and sound effects to its royalty-free collection
Pond5.com, the fast-growing marketplace for stock video, has significantly expanded its offering by adding stock music and sound effects to it's collection of downloadable royalty-free stock media.
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| | | | FOR-A Salutes 'The Met: Live in HD'
Winner Of The 2009 IBC International Honour Of Excellence Award
FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, applauds New York City’s Metropolitan Opera, which won the IBC’s highest award, the International Honour of Excellence for its broadcasts of “The Met: Live in HD.”
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| | | | Solid State Logic C100 And C200 Consoles Featured In Two New HD Remote Trucks At NAB
 Mansion Mobile Television and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Remote Vehicles Available for View
Solid State Logic (SSL), a world-leading media technology innovator, is pleased to announce that two new HD remote broadcast trucks, one from Mansion Mobile Television with a C100 HD-S Digital Broadcast Console and one from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) featuring a C200 HD Digital Production Console, will be available for view at the Calutech Mobile Solutions Booth #OE434 during NAB.
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| | | | Digidesign Ships Pro Tools 8 Software
Provides everything needed to create, compose, score, record, mix, produce and broadcast in single application.
Digidesign®, a part of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), today announced the immediate availability of Pro Tools 8 software, the company’s highly-anticipated, next-generation music creation and audio production software.
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| | | | SoundHound & thePound Complete Post Production On History Channel's September 11th Documentary
Post house tapped to complete work on eyewitness film
With footage culled from several hundred origins and narrowed down to one-hundred final sources carefully pieced together in order, the documentary 102 Minutes That Changed America, which premiered Thursday, September 11, 2008 on The History Channel (without commercial interruption), captures the ‘real time’ experience of September 11, 2001, creating an authentic archive for future generations to come. Independent producer Nicole Rittenmeyer, in conjunction with production company Siskel/Jacobs, Chicago, IL, produced the film, with final post-production handled by award winning audio house SoundHound and their editorial arm, thePound.
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| | | | BOND Edit Cuts Two New Music Videos
Company's Young Talent Take Creative Reins For Clips From Pop Punk Band We The Kings' ''Check Yes Juliet,'' and R&B Singer Joe's ''We're Family''
BOND, the full-service creative editorial/post production house has completed editorial (both offline and online) work on two new music videos -- pop punk band We The Kings' new single ''Check Yes Juliet,'' and R&B singer Joe's ''We're Family,'' which is featured in the feature film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Universal), starring Martin Lawrence.
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| | | | Smoke & Mirrors New York and Tarsem Create Beer Heaven
Smoke and Mirrors New York and @radical.media's Tarsem create the beertastic world for BBH and brew masters at Miller Lite. The ever-elusive Beer Heaven is revealed to our hero, Mark as he spots the descending stairwell into the promised-land.
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| | | | Anonymous Content Wins Big with Nike
Malcolm Venville of Anonymous Content and Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo mastermind this inspiring look into the training 'routines' of Nike-sponsored pros. We warm up with several famed athletes training in their respective disciplines as the limits of their bodies are tested.
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| | | | jumP's Lin Polito and Director Benita Raphan Head to Tribeca
"Great Genius and Profound Stupidity", a 27-minute experimental documentary, produced and directed by Benita Raphan and edited by New York-based jumP's Lin Polito, has been selected for a worldwide premiere in competition at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
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