Archive for March, 2009

In collaboration with MRM and Smuggler for the U.S. Army, Click 3X and ClickFire Media designed and animated interactive elements for A World Like No Other, a CG military base complete with marching squadrons, tank battalions, and screen-shaking Apache helicopter flyovers (www.goarmy.com). The Click team provided the 3D animation to help transport visitors through and across the base in an immersive, full motion journey, combining life-like graphics with MRM’s interactive hotspots linked to live action webisodes enhancing the realism and depth of the online experience. Each hotspot identifies the on-base location of key members of the Army team, from Special Forces and field artillery to military police and astronauts, while the corresponding live action pieces provide the back story and support explaining their crucial roles in the Army. These transitions through the animated base and into the webisode locations are the key components to the site’s cutting-edge multi-sensory action and showcase the future of integrated online experiences. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (March 23, 2009) – Judi Krant’s debut feature, Made in China, has won the Grand Jury Award in the narrative feature competition at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, which ran through March 21 in Austin, TX. The movie was shot in its entirety with an AG-HVX200 P2 HD handheld camcorder on location in Texas and Shanghai. more

Luxology’s Brad Peebler Interviews id Software’s Seneca Menard on this Week’s modcast
March 23, 2009 – Luxology’s President Brad Peebler is back on the Web again with a fascinating podcast (“modcast�) interview with renowned games artist and modeler Seneca Menard of independent game development studio id Software. Peebler’s in-depth yet humorous interview with Seneca discusses how modo fits into his daily production pipeline and explores game design workflows ranging from 2D concept art, to creating assets for an entirely new level inside of modo. Seneca has also been scripting in modo since its inception and says, “There are so many ways to do that same one thing, but [in modo] you can always find a way to do it faster.� more

Demonstrations on March 31 at MTI Film, Hollywood, will feature the newly-released Control Dailies DA.
LOS ANGELES–MTI Film and Panasonic will conduct a joint demonstration of a revolutionary new dailies processing workflow leveraging the advantages of the Panasonic P2 file-based process with the award-winning efficiency and simplicity of Control Dailies. The two companies will host five demonstration sessions on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at MTI Film’s Hollywood office. Reservations are required. more

Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced a new customized COLLADA plug-in for the soon to be announced modo® 401. Introducing a host of new features for exporting from modo and a totally new COLLADA importer, modo 401 users will be able to easily preserve key attributes of their modo creations for file export and round-trip manipulation even in complex 3D pipelines. more

WIFF Announces Submission Deadlines for 2009 Grant Recipients

LOS ANGELES – March 17, 2009 – for Immediate Release – The Women In Film Foundation today announced that Netflix, the world’s largest online movie rental service, has come on board as a key partner to the Foundation’s Film Finishing Fund. The Women In Film Foundation’s Film Finishing Fund (WIFF FFF) supports films by, for and about women by providing cash grants and in-kind donations to independent filmmakers to help complete and debut their work. Netflix will support the Film Finishing Fund by offering additional funding, distribution, mentorship and guidance to grant recipients. more

HOLLYWOOD-Widget Post Production is currently providing sound services for the second season of AMC’s Breaking Bad. Services include Foley and ADR in addition to final mixing. Re-recording mixers are Jeffrey Perkins and Eric Justen. Perkins won an Academy Award for his work on Dances with Wolves. more

Brings Editor Angelo Valencia from Los Angeles, Adds Editor John Dingfield
Chicago–FilmCore, which operates editorial studios in Santa Monica, New York and San Francisco, has launched a fourth office in Chicago. FilmCore, Chicago features two Avid editing suites and is headed by editor Angelo Valencia, formerly with the company’s Los Angeles office. more

Anonymous Content is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with Germany-based production company Tempomedia forming Anonymous@Tempomedia. Via the deal, Anonymous directors will be represented exclusively in the German market space by Tempomedia.

Partner/Head of Commercials Dave Morrison comments, “Tempomedia is one of the leading production companies in Germany so the choice was an easy one for us. We’ve worked informally with them in the past with positive results and now felt it was the right time to make the deal more formal.” more

Canon HJ21ex7.5B and HJ11ex4.7B Portable HD Zoom Lenses Bring Reliable Versatility to the Demanding Production Schedule of the Innovative Rescue Me Series

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 23, 2009 – With gritty real-world locations and a fast-paced production schedule, Rescue Me, the award-winning episodic television series about New York City firefighters, demands the best of its crews and equipment. Shot film-style in digital HD, the series’ distinct cinema verité production style relies on portable HDTV lenses from Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging. more