Archive for December, 2008

Renowned for a rich culture dating back thousands of years, India is building a new cultural legacy—the movie business. Popularly known as Bollywood, the Indian film industry annually releases 1,000 films, approximately 10 times what Hollywood produces each year.

Despite this prolific output, the film business in this movie-obsessed society of more than a billion people is just getting geared up. For years, moviegoers have flocked to Bollywood’s traditional song-and-dance fare, which was once described by NPR reporter Holly Kernan as “three to four hours long, chock full of songs, and never sticking to just one genre.� more

Alan Gordon Enterprises, Inc, recently introduced the newest addition to their product line, the new family of Battery Blocks designed for film CINE and HD video cameras: The Triton Cine HD Battery Block 15 AHR which uses Nickel metal hydride cells, The TritonBelt Battery Belt and The Cadblock Battery which uses NICAD cells. The battery packs are manufactured by Alan Gordon Enterprises at their location in Hollywood, California. The batteries incorporate unique, smart technology in their design; including built-in microprocessors, which manage battery efficiency, providing charge termination, voltage cut off and an easy to read fuel gauge. When it’s a long days night on set you want a battery with staying power! more

One of Alan Gordon Enterprise’s essential new products this year, the Blue Ring Gaffer’s Glass TM has received increasing praise from lighting professionals. It is designed to allow you to locate the center of a key light or hot spot to accurately determine where to position the light to achieve optimum coverage, providing an idea of drop off and voids. more

Alan Gordon Enterprises, Inc, recently introduced a range of new products to accompany their wide variety of proprietary and patented motion picture equipment.

Engraved Scene Slates have been added to Alan Gordon’s series of scene slates. The Combo slate measures 11″ x 9.25″ x 1/8″ and is manufactured by Alan Gordon and made of heavy duty acrylic. Engraved letters and dividing lines provide a superior alternative to silk-screened lettering ensuring durability. The clap sticks are machined from Alder wood specially selected for its distinctive pitched clap. The slates come with a write-on/wipe off marker. more

Hollywood, CA, Dec. 10, 2008 – Trailer Park, the industry’s leading entertainment marketing agency, continues to expand its offerings in next generation marketing solutions by merging two former units (the Digital Marketing Group and the Blu Ray Design and Programming Group) thus forming a new “Digital Design� Group, to meet multi-channel client needs. Concurrently, the company has also added a new Vice President of Business Development to this group, which has also announced its latest Blu Ray and Web projects. Rick Eiserman, CEO, Trailer Park, made the announcements. more

Vancouver, BC, December 10, 2008 – “Twilight,â€? Summit Entertainment’s action packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire, released November 21, 2008 and earned $69.6 million in its opening weekend. “Twilightâ€? is based on Stephenie Meyer’s #1 New York Times Best-Selling series with over 25 million books in print. CIS Vancouver took on the visual effects work in bringing this wildly popular series to the screen. Richard Kidd was the visual effects supervisor for the film and Geoffrey Hancock served as CIS’s visual effects supervisor. more

San Mateo, Calif. – Dec. 10, 2008 – Luxology® LLC today announced that two new sets of videos focused on architectural subjects have been added to the company’s growing training library. Using modo® 302, Luxology’s artist-friendly 3D content creation software, the “Architectural Modeling� video training album demonstrates how to create an architectural model from a given set of dimensions, and the “Architectural Interior: Lighting and Rendering� video album provides techniques for creating compelling day and night shots of a contemporary interior living space. To expedite the learning experience, Luxology provides pre-built models and images with each tutorial. Both albums are produced in high-definition resolution and are available for immediate purchase at http://www.luxology.com/store/training_materials.aspx. more

IRVINE, Calif. — Dec. 9, 2008 — Offhollywood, a digital cinema company based in New York City, used the Sonnet Technologies Fusionâ„¢ F2 portable two-drive RAID SATA storage system to support the rapid production of the original scripted series “Puppy Love.” The program was created by writer-producer Amy B. Harris and other “Sex and the City” writers for L Studio, an Internet-only channel created by automaker Lexus®. more

WAYNE, New Jersey, December 9, 2008 – WETA, the public broadcasting station in the nation’s capital, serving Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, has installed six Fujinon HA27X6.5 ESM premium HD studio lenses. The lenses are mounted on Sony HDC-1000L cameras and are being used to produce the PBS signature nightly news program “NEWSHOUR with Jim Lehrer.� “NEWSHOUR� originates in HD from WETA studios in Washington DC. more

Electrosonic, Inc. has been a key player in the multi-million-dollar renovation of the Museum of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. Among the improvements made by Electrosonic was the installation of a 308-channel Iosono sound system in the Peltz Theater — the first theatre installation of its type in the US –, extensive AV support for a new exhibit depicting Simon Wiesenthal’s Vienna office and the upgrading of many other exhibits and interactive displays. more