Archive for July 23rd, 2008

Encino, CA, July 24, 2008 – AvatarLabs, one of Hollywood’s most successful online marketing agencies specializing in the creation of online rich media and enriched websites (designed to offer Internet users additional information and interactive features while promoting major motion pictures,) has, for the first time, extended the company’s success beyond the entertainment industry and into the corporate sector. The company has just completed a number of new online marketing campaigns for such Corporate Clients as Playstation, Lexus, Yahoo!, the NFL, Major League Baseball, and DirecTV. Rex Cook, Executive Creative Director/Founder, AvatarLabs, made the announcement. more

1st Twenty In-Depth Interviews With Audio Industry Pioneers Now Available

NEW YORK: AES Executive Director Roger Furness has announced the culmination of the first phase of the Audio Engineering Society Oral History Project. Initiated in 1997 by long-time AES member Irv Joel, the project was envisioned as an opportunity to provide insights into the creative and technical mindsets of the founding fathers of professional audio for future generations. more

LOS ANGELES—Following a months-long design and animation process, Special Blend has delivered new branding for City Explorer TV, the largest in-hotel visitor information television network in the United States. The branding, which includes a complete package of show opens, bumpers, interstitials and production elements, was designed with a new concept to contemporize the look of the channel and re-position it as a fun, hip and accessible source for information about travel and various lifestyle topics. more

LOS ANGELES—Director Richard D’Alessio has signed with The Joneses for exclusive representation in commercials. D’Alessio is a commercial, documentary and film director, who has won three Lions at Cannes for his work in advertising, most recently last year for a spot for Volkswagen. He is also the founder and executive creative director of Unplugged Studio, a producer of branded content and web-based entertainment whose clients include American Express, BMW and Schick. more

Demonstrating the rising global popularity of JBL VERTEC® line arrays for the world’s most challenging live-performance events, Brazil-based Gabisom Audio Equipment provided a massive VERTEC line array system at Rock in Rio, the world’s largest music festival. The first in two series of shows, Rock in Rio Lisbon featured performances by Lenny Kravitz, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Rod Stewart, and Linkin Park. The second series of shows in Madrid featured Bob Dylan, Franz Ferdinand, Chris Cornell, Neil Young, Shakira, The Police, and Amy Winehouse. more

LOS ANGELES—A new summer campaign for Hilton Hotels offers further proof of the symbiotic relationship between advertising and popular music. The four national television spots, out of San Francisco agency Draft FCB, promote summer specials on hotel stays—and they might also provide just the sort of career boost that singer/songwriter Donavon Frankenreiter has been waiting for. more

At IBC 2008, Cine-tal Systems plans to display its entire line of display, image processing and color management solutions. Featured products will include DAVIOâ„¢, the company’s new, portable HD video and DI image processing system, which will be seen in Europe for the first time. Cine-tal Systems will also show the latest versions of its acclaimed Cinemage precision monitors and eL1000 image processors. more

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Ascent Media Group (AMG) has promoted Jackie Lee to the newly-created post of Vice President of Feature Sales/Creative Services Group. Lee will lead the sales effort for post production facilities in the group that provide Digital Intermediate and other services for feature films. Those facilities include Company 3, Riot and Encore Hollywood. She will also assist motion picture studios, independent producers and other AMG clients in packaging post production services to best meet their projects’ creative, technical, budgetary and delivery requirements. more

Santa Monica, CA, July 23, 2008 – Elias Arts, the world’s most honored, original music, sound design and audio identity production company, has promoted Christopher (Kimo) Kemp to the position of Associate Creative Director. He had been Senior Composer. The announcement was made today by Ann Haugen, Executive Producer/GM, Elias Arts. more

Established and Boutique Animation Studios Adopt Massive for Pipeline Efficiencies

Massive Software, the leading developer of artificial life-based 3D animation systems, today announced multiple customer wins among visual effects, animation and post-production houses from London to Los Angeles, including facilities in Germany, India, Japan, South Africa and Thailand. More and more companies are discovering that epic levels of CG animation can be created with limited resources, and many of them are achieving this with the out-of-the-box functionality of Massive. more