Archive for January 13th, 2009

Burbank, CA, January 13, 2009 – Chace Audio, a full service audio post production facility well- known for sound preservation, restoration, as well as 5.1 and 7.1 mixing, has launched an innovative online audio post production glossary at www.TriggerTone.com. The company, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, has restored, re-mastered and/or up-mixed the soundtracks to thousands of iconic and award-winning films including Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition, Gone With The Wind, and Bridge on the River Kwai for DVD and/or Blu-ray disc release. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (January 13, 2008) – Paper Heart, a playfully imagined journey of one young woman’s quest for love, is one of the 16 narrative features selected to screen in the Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Shot with Panasonic AJ-HDC27H VariCam® HD Cinema cameras, Paper Heart stars Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad), Charlyne Yi (Semi-Pro, Knocked Up) and Jake Johnson (Curb Your Enthusiasm). The movie was directed by Nicholas Jasenovec, who shares the screenwriting credit with Yi; Jay Hunter was the Director of Photography. more

Tewksbury, Mass. – January 13, 2009 – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that Twentieth Century Fox has invested in several new Avid® HD editing solutions for its production transition to HD. Twentieth Century Fox purchased 22 Media Composer® Nitris® DX systems and immediately put them to use on the films Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian, They Came from Upstairs and X-Men Origins:Wolverine.

The studio cited the Avid system’s speed, reliability and cost competitiveness as the key factors behind the investment. “Avid has set the bar for HD post production with the Media Composer Nitris DX solutions. Our editors are thrilled with the performance of the systems and love being able to cut on a reliable HD system,” said Kory Voxen, director, digital editing operations at Twentieth Century Fox. “With Avid DNxHD® as a major part of our workflow, we have been able to completely streamline the post more

Westfield, NJ РAnimation studio SpeakeasyFX, dedicated to creating high-end computer generated character animation and visual effects for the broadcast, feature film, and commercial industries, continues its expansion with the addition of three industry veterans, Executive Producer Sally Anne Syberg, Animation Director Jan Carl̩e, and Art Director/Designer David Michael Friend, it was announced today by SpeakeasyFX Owner/Executive Director Scott Stewart. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (January 8, 2009) – The historic First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, NC, whose ministry dates back to 1821, recently became one of the first congregations in the country to broadcast its weekly services in high-definition. For more than 47 years, First Presbyterian has broadcast its Sunday morning worship service over Charlotte ABC affiliate WSOC-TV at 11 a.m.; services are now telecast live in HD using Panasonic AK-HC1500G 1080i/720p switchable point-of-view cameras. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (January 7, 2009) — Los Angeles-based filmmaker Sam Wasserman chose Panasonic’s AJ-HPX3000 native 1080p one-piece P2 HD camcorder to shoot his first feature, The Journal, a semi-autobiographical short that recounts the story of a young man seeking the courage to read the diary of his long-deceased mother. Director of Photography Graham Futerfas shot the project, which has been widely submitted on the festival circuit.

The Journal premiered at the BendFilm Festival in Bend, Oregon and screened at the Hollywood Film Festival last fall. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (December 22, 2008) – Panasonic announced that Apple’s new Final Cut Pro version 6.0.5 software now incorporates support for the professional PH recording mode offered in its AG-HMC150 handheld AVCCAM camcorder. The enhanced PH recording mode is exclusive to the AVCCAM HMC150 and provides exceptional quality 1080 and 720 recording in an AVCHD format at bit rates up to 24Mbps. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (January 13, 2009) — More than 20 years after it went off the air, The Electric Company, the popular seventies show for kids eager to polish their reading skills, is coming back. The 2009 version of the literacy series, which recently initiated production in New York City, is being shot with Panasonic P2 HD cameras. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (December 17, 2008) — San Francisco-based director/writer Jason Zada, whose prominence among digital content marketing producers dates back to the early days of the Internet, shot a five-episode web series and three 30-second broadcast spots for adidas with AJ-HPX3000 native 1080p P2 HD and AJ-HPX500 2/3� shoulder-mount P2 HD camcorders. The campaign features five adidas-sponsored Major League Soccer teams and depicts “a day in the life of soccer in America� as seen through the eyes of several professionals who spend time with young players on and off the playing fields of their home city. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (January 13, 2009) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems used in the broadcasting, audiovisual and videoconferencing industries, announced it will exhibit the latest in camera control technology at ISE 2009, RAI Centre Amsterdam, February 3-5, 2009, booth 1F.102. The 2008 show drew more than 22,000 attendees and 484 exhibiting companies, showcasing the very latest technologies for commercial and residential systems integration. more