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The importance of trade shows.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
Aug 01, 2008; Altman, Randi ... With so much information available at our fingertips via the Web these days--from product updates to user forums--and travel costs through the roof, are trade shows becoming obsolete? While some might say yes, others believe it's hard to beat the advantages of a good old-fashioned trade ...
Creating a pitch bible.(POST SCRIPT)
Aug 01, 2008; Loftus, Marc ... While many post pros spend their day providing creative services to outside clients, we'll often hear about "the side project" they're working on, based on an original idea or collaboration they're involved in, all with the goal of creating original content. Josh Selig, the ...
XSI 7 features new ICE platform.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; Alman, Randi ... MONTREAL--The release of Softimagel XAI 7 is "a huge leap forward" for the software, according to the company's global PR manager Kevin G. Clark. Within the new version of this 3D animation software, available just prior to SIGGRAPH, is the ICE (Interactive Creative Environment) platform, ...
Musync goes beyond licensing.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... SAN FRANCISCO -- Music licensing company, Musync, here, recently worked with Surdell & Partners Agency, of Fresno, CA, on a project for Gottschalk's Department Store. The agency needed an indie track for a back to school TV ad, but ended up liking artist Latch Key Kid (pictured) so much ...
Gratis library seeing success in features.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... WOODLAND HILLS, CA -- Gratis Music (www.gratismusicii-brary.com) offers its production music library on hard drives and mSoft servers, as well as through the company's Website. The provider is the brainchild of filmmaker/entertainment executive Jerrold W. Lambert, and boasts a number of ...
Wonder Pets' Emmy-winning sound.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; Loftus, Marc ... NEW YORK -- Jeffrey Lesser, Little Airplane Productions' music director/producer, was recently awarded an Emmy for his work on the animated Nickelodeon series The Wonder Pets! The program is centered around three classroom pets that spend their afternoons helping baby animals in distress ....
Fireman samgets CG makeover.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... LONDON -- HIT Entertainment (www.hitenter-tainment.com), the producer and rights holder of many popular children's programs--can you say Barney?!--has contracted HRTv (www.hraonline.com), here, to create 52 episodes (10 minutes long) of Fireman Sam. The deal marks the first time the ...
Click 3X opens Haunt music video division.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... NEW YORK -- Design and animation studio Click 3X has launched Haunt (www.Click3x.com/haunt), a new division that specializes in motion design for music videos, virals, and installations. Haunt is headed by lead VFX artist Mark Szumski and has already completed work on a project ...
Distortion heard in film trailers.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008; Loftus, Marc ... LOS ANGELES -- Composer Kevin Teasley's two-year-old Distortion has made a name for itself as a studio that specializes in custom scores for film trailers. Distortion's Website (www.dis-tortionmx.com) is loaded with videos that highlight Teasley's original compositions and how they can set ...
Chris Stone, founder of New York's record plant and current CEO.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Chris Stone, founder of New York's Record Plant and current CEO of the World Studio Group, will present the keynote at the annual AES (www.aes.org) show, set to take place in San Francisco this October. His presentation will explore what it takes to succeed in today's environment in which ...
Go speeds animation process.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... NEW YORK -- Production, animation and design company FlickerLab, here, has partnered with Copenhagen, Denmark's Gonzoft to launch a real-time animation system (www.go-real-time.com). Gonzoft is the developer of Go, a digital puppet platform that brings realtime performance to animated ...
New Deal Studios expands digital division.(NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MARINA DEL REY, CA -- New Deal Studios (www.newdealstudios.com), which specializes in the design and production of miniature and practical effects for feature films, has expanded its digital effects division, making it a full service visual effects facility. According to digital ...
Orbit offering customizable edit space.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... HOLLYWOOD -- Orbit Digital (www.orbitdigital.com), a provider of mobile post equipment and services to the film and television industries, has opened a new, customizable editorial space that is located on LA's West Side next to sibling company PostWorks Los Angeles. Orbit West is ...
Artbeats offers resources via site.(NEWS)(www.artbeats.com/resource)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... MYRTLE CREEK OR -- Artbeats has created a new resource section on its Website (www.artbeats.com/resource) intended to inspire motion designers. The resource features video tutorials, clips of finished professional projects and written tutorials. "We're trying to help people ...
Blue room moves to larger space.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... NEW YORK -- Blue Room (blueroomnyc.com) has expanded, moving into a more roomy space in Manhattan's Flatiron District. The new location features a loft-like environment and its 5,000 square feet doubles their previous square footage. The studio worked closely with architect Elias Moser ...
Bright systems.(IBC NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... At IBC, Reno, NV's Bright Systems (www.4bright.com), a developer of disk recording and data infrastructure technology, is showing its BrightClip intelligent data recording technology integrated with a several digital film systems. The product, introduced last year, provides high-end disk ...
Holophone.(IBC NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Toronto's Holophone (www.holophone.com), a manufacturer of surround microphones, has developed an easy means of bringing Dolby Pro Logic II encoded recordings, created with its PortaMic 5.1 and H4 SuperMINI, from the field to post. The Holophone D-Code multichannel Pro Logic II decoder is ...
EditShare.(IBC NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Boston's EditShare (www.editshare.com), a developer of cross-platform, collaborative editing and shared.media storage systems, will be at IBC with its new Complete Collaboration product line, which includes the EditShare Flow, EditShare Storage Series, EditShare XStream Series and ...
Zaxcom.(IBC NEWS)
Aug 01, 2008 ... Pompton Plains, NJ's Zaxcom (www.zaxcom.com) is showing its new Fusion high-resolution audio mixer and recorder at IBC 2008. The unit is optimized for use in reality television, surround recording, and ENG applications, and replaces the multiple mixers and portable recorders that normally ...
Creating Clive Barker's latest horror soundtrack.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... LOS ANGELES -- Instrumentalist, composer, remixer and producer Justin Lassen was able to create the Soundtrack for director Clive Barker's upcoming horror film. The Midnight Meat Train, in just two weeks. Lassen not only produced the soundtrack, but also performed and managed numerous ...