Archive for September 18th, 2007

Redondo Beach CA – 18- September 2007 – Digital Ordnance, known for the manufacture and supply of reliable data centric solutions for post production has announced that LAIKA Entertainment of Portland OR has become the latest company to adopt the Frame Thrower™ to streamline its clients‘ viewing, review and approval process. more

Studio City, CA (September 14, 2007) – Studio City, California based Alan Ett Music Group is completing the music for a series of new Friday Night Lights promotional spots for NBC. The music created by AEMG for the Texas High Panther‘s football team saga is tied to the dramatic aspects of the series.

AEMG is currently in the final mixing and creative stages, recording and producing music for the critically-acclaimed NBC series‘ spots. more

It‘s time to “Celebrate” the start of a new college football season, and New York City-based Vidiots and Tampa‘s Habana Avenue are back, collaborating once again on the high-impact, music-driven primetime open for ABC/ESPN College Football.

Shot on HD on the Pontiac Garage Stage high above Times Square, the dynamic open features 50 Cent, Perry Farrell‘s Satellite Party, and Kelly Rowland covering Rare Earth‘s “Celebrate” rewritten with custom lyrics. Vidiots and Habana Avenue created last year‘s pair of musical opens for ABC/ESPN College Football which showcased ok go and Robert Randolph & The Family Band. more

Tarzana, CA, Sept. 18, 2007- AvatarLabs “gets revenge” with an innovative online marketing campaign for client Warner Bros. promoting the # 1 Film in America–the new Jodie Foster dramatic feature film “The Brave One.”

AvatarLabs‘ clients for this project were Warner Bros. Interactive Marketing executives Don Buckley, Senior Vice President, Michael Tritter, Vice President, and Andrew Stachler and Cindy Gonzalez, Directors. more

Leading visual effects software developer The Foundry offered visitors to IBC 2007 a sneak preview of the next major release of its powerful compositing application, Nuke. Visitors to the company’s booth were able to catch a good glimpse of the eagerly awaited Nuke 5, which includes improvements to the user interface, the addition of Python for scripting, and support for 3D stereoscopic workflow. more

LaCie Ships Portable DVD±RW Drive with LightScribe, Design by Sam Hecht

• Slim, lightweight and compact design
• Easily create and record music, movies, and photo CD/DVDs
• Full-featured burning software for Mac or Windows
• LightScribe enabled to create and etch professional quality, custom labels

PORTLAND, OR (September 2007) – LaCie announced today the shipping of its new Portable DVD±RW Drive with LightScribe. The stylish, slim drive was designed exclusively for LaCie by award-winning designer, Sam Hecht, and was created with a focus on pure design. With no feet, switches, or breaks in its clean simple shell, the design-inspired drive is as powerful as anything you would find in today‘s marketplace. Measuring in at less than one inch tall, and one pound in weight the FireWire or USB 2.0 bus-powered LaCie Portable DVD±RW Drive offers true mobility for Mac, Windows or Linux operating systems. more

LaCie Announces the New Little Disk Family of Mobile Drives, Design by Sam Hecht

• Choose either 1.8- or 2.5-inch drive for your mobility and storage needs
• Smart design with integrated and extractable USB
• Easily store, backup and carry data, music, photos and video
• Synchronization keeps files and emails up to date at all times

PORTLAND, OR (September 2007) – LaCie announced today its new Little Disk family of storage devices for the mobile market. The new family, designed exclusively for LaCie by award-winning designer, Sam Hecht, incorporates a thin, lightweight form factor with features ideal for on the go mobility. With a clean high-gloss shine, and a removable interface cover for added protection and aesthetic symmetry, the powerful LaCie Little Disk family has storage potential from 30 to 250 gigabytes (see chart below). more

Mark and Aron Jaszberenyi, the Hungarian brothers responsible for the invention of industry-leading DI colour manipulation systems as deployed on Hollywood blockbusters such as Peter Jackson‘s The Lord of The Rings trilogy, the Harry Potter films and King Kong, today announced the launch of Colorfront (www.colorfront.com), a brand new, multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art DI and VFX post production shop in Budapest, Hungary. more

Hollywood, CA, Sept. 18, 2007 – SonicPool, one of Hollywood‘s leading post facilities, specializing in audio and video finishing, edit suite rentals, and full post-production services, has been hired to provide Mixing and Sweetening services, and/or online or offline services, for a diverse number of new TV projects. The announcement was made by John Frost and Patrick Bird, co-founders/Supervising Sound Mixers, SonicPool. more

The 32nd Toronto International Film Festival came to a close with a highly-anticipated Awards Reception at the Fairmont Royal York.

AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
The award for Best Canadian Short Film goes to Chris Chong Chan Fui’s POOL. The jury states, “in an unforgettable film about overcoming devastation, the main and title character is a water reservoir.” The award goes to POOL “for telling us this story with restraint, subtlety and compassion.” The 2007 short film jury members are filmmaker Brad Peyton; Director of Original Production for Showcase, Rachel Fulford, and Berlin-based curator Stefanie Schulte Strathaus. The award offers a $10,000 cash prize. more