Archive for January 29th, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – UVPHACTORY (UVPH) has designed and directed a brand new, 3D stereoscopic music video, “Drown in the Now.� This video comes on the heels of the worldwide success of Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk’s pioneering, multi-award winning “Wanderlust�, the 3D stereoscopic music video on which the magicians at UVPHACTORY (UVPH) flexed their considerable CG muscles. The 4:30 video was created by UVPH’s new division, UVPH 3D. more

Final Cut Studio® guru Larry Jordan teams up with the UK’s leading digital media training provider; Showcases “Top 10 Plug-ins for Maximum Productivity�

WHO: Larry Jordan: Independent filmmaker, internationally-renowned consultant and Apple®-Certified instructor in digital media with over 25 years experience as a television producer, director and editor with national broadcast and corporate credits. more

Mammoth HD – RED Footage Library expands the RED/Wildlife Galleries with new wildlife footage shot on RED in 4K, 3K and 2K slomo. more

VANCOUVER, BC, JANUARY 29, 2010 – The Vancouver Winter Olympic Games may still be a few weeks away, but Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division, and a pre-eminent worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions has been busy providing fiber optic support for the XXI Winter Olympic games since last fall. more

Matrox Video Products Group today announced an eleven-city U.S. road tour where representatives from Matrox, Apple, and leading camera manufacturers will share tips and tricks to improve all aspects of attendees’ video production workflow – from shooting, through editing, to final delivery in today’s most popular formats.

“Creative professionals are being asked by their clients to produce projects in a variety of formats for the web, Blu-ray, and mobile devices which can be very time consuming,� said Francesco Scartozzi, Matrox director of sales for the Americas. “The collaboration between Matrox and Apple on this road tour offers attendees a unique chance to discover the workflow advantages of combining Final Cut Studio with Matrox MAX technology to deliver video content faster than ever before.� more

Kennedy Space Center, Florida … There’s something magical about the lift-off a Space Shuttle. Whether you’ve seen one or a dozen such events, the sheer force required to propel the rocket / shuttle combination upward is fascinating. In an effort to produce a documentary in partnership with Nashville Public Television titled Zero Days Until Launch, Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) assembled some of its top-tier graduate and undergraduate students to capture the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-129, on November 16th, 2009. Armed with some of the finest production equipment available, the team recorded the event—with the audio portion being captured using two MA-100 condenser microphones from Mojave Audio. more

MHD – January 2010 Royalty-Free Stock Footage Releases

Mammoth HD Stock Footage Library adds 33 royalty-free collections – ranging from Lifestyle and Travel to Food.

Lifestyle Collection Titles Include: Seniors at the Beach, Grandkids at the Beach, Keeping Fit, Simple Garden Pleasures, Shared Finances, Thinking Time and more…. more

Matthias Kern of kernfusion design GmbH, based in Hüntwangen, Switzerland utilised 4 Robe DigitalSpot 7000DTs in his lighting and visuals design for a show celebrating the launch of a new building at the headquarters of company Swisspor in Steinhausen near Lucerne, Switzerland.
Swisspor is a leading manufacturer of insulation and sealing technologies for the building and construction industry. The high profile event included 2 evenings of a gala dinner followed by live entertainment, each attended by up to 1000 people drawn from a selection of Swisspor’s clients, staff and management, business contacts, local politicians and others. A stage was erected in one of the factory’s new Production Halls and each evening’s show culminated in a performance by the popular Pepe Lienhard Orchestra. more

Llanelli, UK based AV integration specialists PAI recently completed the roll out of bespoke narrow bezel LCD panel technology for a series of the highest profile Reiss mens and womenswear retail stores in central London. more