Archive for October 8th, 2008

The Brief:

Anonymous Content director Justin Reardon slows his roll for prestigious English automaker Land Rover in the latest spot via Y&R Irvine.

In this :30 spot shot in comical slow motion, Reardon focuses his lens on the people who go wild in the face of extraordinary sales events. We’ve all seen the: bullish stock broker in an uproar over a hot stock buy or two brides-to-be fighting it out over that discounted one of a kind wedding dress or the couple playing tug of war with another shopper for that stylish must have kitchen appliance. Only one thing can eclipse these displays of bad behavior, a Land Rover 60th anniversary sale. Huge discounts on the world’s most sought after SUVs may just incite riots and unleash mass pandemonium. So, please, behave yourselves. more

Burbank, CA, October 9, 2008 –Archion Technologies, the Media and Entertainment industry’s leading provider of intelligent storage for content creation, today announced that New York based post house Full Circle Post NYC has acquired the company’s award winning “NODE 800™� Storage Area Network system for their growing post demands. more

San Mateo, Calif. — Oct. 8, 2008 — Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, today announced the immediate availability of a new 3DM file translator that allows modo® users to exchange files with Rhinoceros® (Rhino), the popular 3D design tool from Robert McNeel and Associates. Developed using modo 302’s File I/O Software Developer Kit (SDK), this new translator allows modo users to both read and write meshed 3DM files, greatly enhancing workflow for modo and Rhino users working in industrial design, design visualization, package design and marketing content development. Available from www.luxology.com, the new 3DM translator is based on Robert McNeel and Associates’ OpenNURBS™ library and is available in both Mac and PC versions. more

Christie has designed and installed a custom, fully immersive Christie TotalVIEW(tm) CAVE at the renowned Discovery World in Milwaukee at Pier Wisconsin. Dubbed by Discovery World as Human Interactive Virtual Education (HIVE), the immersive 3D environment allows visitors a “near-real� experience of life around them by placing them in the middle of virtual, three-dimensional worlds that are breathtakingly lifelike, and provide for an interactive and educational “3D walk-through� of the museum’s latest and most innovative concepts. more

Online Animation Community Invites All Artists to Submit Funny Political Artwork & Animations for Election Day Diversion

OCTOBER 7, 2008 – SAN ANTONIO – MyToons.com, the world’s first and only online animation community to deliver HD animation, today announced the launch of its latest artwork and animation contest, Red, White, and Who? Focusing on the funny aspects of the political arena, Red, White, and Who? invites artists and animators worldwide to upload their political creations and share in a little positive reprieve from this year’s election battlefield between Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin and Democrats Joe Biden and Barack Obama. more

Collection offers 250,000 Professionally Shot High Definition Clips and 92% Online File Delivery

October 8, 2008 – Denver, CO Thought Equity Motion, the world leader in providing access to high quality film, video and music content, today announced it surpassed two milestones in September; building its high definition (HD) library to over 250,000 clips and reaching 92% online delivery of digital footage files. more

CYPRESS, CA, October 7, 2008 – FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast industry, will demonstrate a range of products at the upcoming HD World Conference and Exposition (Jacob Javits Center, October 15-16, Booth #930.) Among the products being showcased at HD World are the MV-1610 HS 16-input multi-viewer, the MV-410HS quad multi-viewer, the HVS-1500HS HANABI 1.5 M/E switcher, and the FRC-7000 frame rate converter. more

WAYNE, New Jersey, October 7, 2008 – Fujinon, a major manufacturer and distributor of optics and lens assemblies for the broadcast, digital cinema, and industrial markets will showcase several new HD lenses at this year’s HD World Expo (Jacob Javits Center, October 15-16, Booth #1146). more

Electrosonic has named Leonardo Freitas to the new position of associate vice president of product distribution. He will be based in Burbank and report directly to Electrosonic president Jim Bowie.

Freitas was formerly regional director for Latin America at Tandberg. This move is part of Electrosonic’s new effort to fully commercialize its technology and market it to as wide an audience as possible. more