Archive for July 27th, 2009

SANTA MONICA, CA, July 27, 2009 – Award-winning editor Laura Milstein has joined the staff of bicoastal Union. Most recently, she was on staff at Blue Rock Editorial. Born and bred in NYC, Milstein is well-known for her work in fashion and beauty, for clients such as Covergirl, Clairol, Avon, and Max Factor. She also has cut the ongoing “Trusted Everywhere” campaign for Duracell via Acme Idea Company/Connecticut, and is presently at work on a spot for that client, her first assignment with Union. more

Companies Collaborate to Offer Seamless Integration of Shotgun Production Tracking System and RV Playback Software

Shotgun Software and Tweak Software today announced their intentions to integrate their VFX and animation production tools, Shotgun and RV, for seamless interoperation. The combined solutions make it easy for users to find and play back media they need to review. Tweak Software is the developer of RV, the image and sequence viewer for animation and visual effects markets; Shotgun Software develops Shotgun, a project management and collaboration system also catering to visual effects, production and game development companies. more

Bright Systems, Inc., developer of disk recording and data infrastructure technology, and DFT Digital Film Technology, provider of high-end post production solutions, announce that Waterfront Studios, one of Africa’s most influential facilities, has installed a BrightDrive Recording System and two Bones Dailies nonlinear dailies solutions for its Cape Town head office. Together, the new systems are providing a highly advanced and collaborative dailies management and transfer process. more

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that a new Boris Continuum Unit, Cartoon Look, is now available. The Boris Continuum Cartoon Look Unit includes the Cartoon Look, Pencil Sketch, Charcoal Sketch, and Watercolor filters from Boris Continuum Complete 6 more

Los Angeles, CA – (July 27, 2009) – Edge of LA Productions talent management has unveiled a series of new film and television projects. The company represents Director Joel Bender; Writer/Fashion Designer Stratton Bouloukos; Writer Erik von Wodtke; and its newest addition: Director/Actress/Icelandic Radio Personality Ragga Thordarson more

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — July 22, 2009 — ScheduALL today announced that Digipost, New Zealand’s first digital post-production facility, is extending its ScheduALL Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) software to include Web-based scheduling capabilities. The Auckland-based firm uses ScheduALL software to schedule and invoice all of its rooms, personnel, and resources and to catalog and label tape-based media. Implementation of the WebScheduler module will enable management of these resources remotely and in real time. more

SAN FRANCISCO – July 27, 2009 – Fueled by successful entrepreneurial founders, a high-profile advisory board from the game industry and $4 million in venture capital (VC) funding from Granite Ventures and Keynote Ventures, Mixamo Inc. today announced its debut as a company. Based on research from Stanford University’s BioMotion Lab and co-founded by 3D pioneers, Nazim Kareemi, CEO, and Stefano Corazza, CTO, Mixamo plans to bring to market the first online service for customizing and creating high-quality character animation in a fraction of the time required by traditional methods. more

Living large: With the US open just a month away, USTA Eastern invited Nth Degree Creative Group to develop an integrated campaign including a :30 graphic spot to run on the Nation’s largest electronic billboard: the NASDAQ screen on 42nd St. and Broadway. more

DUCK has signed Brooklyn-based art and animation studio Golden Lucky, bringing a high-end animation studio onto its ever-expanding roster. The studio, led by Creative Directors Saiman Chow and Sean Dougherty, is known for churning out creative projects for multiple applications with their unique variety of animation, which involves blending music, storytelling, character development, and the creation of sets and artwork from various materials. more

The 2009 festival season is in full swing, which means back-to-back production responsibilities for global sound reinforcement provider, Eighth Day Sound. In mid-June, they did double-duty on two major events, the Hot 97 Summer Jam at Giants Stadium in New York, and then moving south to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee. more