Archive for July 11th, 2008

New York, NY – (July 10, 2008) — Northern Lights VFX Artist Chris Hengeveld recently handled VFX and post work on a comedic spot for VH1 Classic. Hengeveld partnered with VH1 Creative Director/Writer and long-time collaborator Micah Perta to add energy to the clay-animated spot.

“Hair Metalâ€? is a raucous homage to the glory days of the genre. The spot melds claymation with VFX to hilariously recapture the bygone era of skinny and shirtless men in spandex who can seriously shred! Against a backdrop of pyrotechnics and screaming fans, the claymation band members reach an epic crescendo — one strong enough to wake the heavy metal gods. Suddenly, their billowing hair begins to grow until the entire band becomes entangled and enveloped by a tangled mop of hair. more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — July 10, 2008 — da Vinci Systems today announced that Rumblefish, a pre- and post-production management company located in Milan, Italy, plans to upgrade its existing Resolve® DI digital imaging system to a Resolve R250 by adding two of da Vinci’s new high-performance C.O.R.E. (CUDA© Optimized Resolve Engine) processing engines. With the Resolve R250 system, Rumblefish is adding both breadth and depth to its client services, which include color grading and DI finishing of television commercials, music videos, documentaries, and feature films. more

IBC2008 Preview
Sonnet Technologies
Stand 7.J09

Company Background:

Sonnet Technologies, Inc. of Irvine, Calif., is a leader in providing local storage systems for professional users of Macintosh®, Windows®, and UNIX® systems in the film, video, and broadcast industries. Since its founding in 1986, Sonnet has pioneered and brought to market innovative solutions that enhance the performance and connectivity of Macintosh and industry-standard computers. Today, the company is a world-leading computer hardware upgrade company with a product line featuring a range of high-performance, cost-effective, and reliable storage solutions, as well as a variety of performance-extending upgrade cards. More information is available at www.sonnettech.com. more

Company Background:

Since its inception in 1987, Wohler Technologies’ video products division, PANORAMAdtv, continues to be a world leader in providing in-rack audio and video monitoring solutions for the broadcast, motion picture, and professional audio/visual markets. The San Francisco Bay Area-based company offers a comprehensive range of products that simplify analog and digital source monitoring in facilities of all sizes and complexity. More information is available at www.wohler.com. more

Utah Scientific
IBC2008 Product Preview
Stand 2.B20

Company Overview
Utah Scientific, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of analog, digital, and HDTV routing switchers, master control switchers, and related products including a full range of software for controlling and managing switching systems. The company has been serving the broadcast industry for 30 years with industry-leading products and best-in-class service and support as demonstrated by the industry’s best (10-year) warranty. Additional information about the company can be found at www.utahscientific.com. more

Echolab IBC2008 Preview
Stand 11.D79

Company Background
Echolab, Inc. is a leading provider of video production switchers and tools that offer flexibility and on-air reliability for the production and distribution of digital media in a variety of formats. The company’s products include the Overture1â„¢ and Overture2â„¢ video production systems, MultiPlayMDâ„¢ multichannel instant-replay system, MegaKeyMDâ„¢ clip player/mixer/keyer, and Conductorâ„¢ control integration system, all of which provide functionality and ease of use critical to professional-quality production. Echolab is online at www.echolab.com. more

LONDON – Cinesite has completed all visual effects for the HBO mini-series Generation Kill, which will broadcast from July 13 on HBO in the United States. The seven-episode series is based upon the highly successful book by Evan Wright, which was published in 2004, and won the Los Angeles Times book award as well as several other prestigious prizes.

Cinesite created around 450 visual effects shots for the series, which is directed by Susanna White and Simon Cellan Jones. Visual Effects Supervisor for HBO was Adam McInnes and for Cinesite Dave Sewell and Stuart Partridge. Cinesite’s CG Supervisor was Stephane Paris. more

IBC2008 Product Preview
Linear Acoustic
Stand 8.C11

Company Overview:

Linear Acoustic, a Telos company, develops innovative, customer-centric solutions for managing multichannel surround sound audio and loudness issues in digital broadcast. The company designs and manufactures the AERO range of audio processing solutions, StreamStacker-HD™, and MetaMAX™ line of products and licenses key technologies to OEM partners. Linear Acoustic has been involved worldwide in projects with all major U.S. terrestrial networks, multiple local stations, and companies including Dolby® Laboratories, Sirius Satellite Radio, Microsoft, HBO, Viacom (Showtime, MTV, etc.), Disney (ABC, ESPN), Sony Studios, and others. The company is also actively involved in the ATSC and other industry organizations, is a member of the AES and IEEE, and is a sustaining member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. More information is available at www.linearacoustic.com. more

New York-based design and animation studio Click 3X recently launched Haunt, (www.Click3x.com/haunt), a division that specializes in cutting-edge motion design for music videos, virals, and installations. Through the years, Click 3X has cultivated partnerships with both directors and artists, uniting to create visually powerful music video projects-the launch of Haunt, which will be headed by lead VFX artist Mark Szumski, is indicative of this collection of work. The group’s latest project, now showcased on the Haunt site, is the highly-acclaimed music video for I Decided by Solange Knowles-the first major release from Beyonce’s younger sister. Click recognizes that these types of stylistic works require a distinct, intensively collaborative approach and a commitment to this unique visual style led to the development, and ultimate launch of the new division. In addition to the recent work with Solange, Haunt’s rapidly expanding body of work has fused innovative directors including Timothy Saccenti, Floria Sigismondi, Georgie Greville (until recently with MTV) and Epoch’s Matt Lenski with successful artists such as Jamie Lidell, Zero7, Mark Ronson, and Fallout Boy. more

TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York-based jumP and Manic VFX aid in helping “everyman” be Kanye for premuim vodka brand, Absolut.

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