Archive for February 15th, 2010

Los Angeles, CA – ADA Sports, the leader in animated league style competition recently crowned The Cardinals as its second-season winner of the “Super Cup Trophy� and a $15,000 prize. The Animation Dance Association (ADA) pools world wide animation talent together to further exposure of the animation craft and the world of skilled animators. more

Hollywood, CA, Feb. 16, 2010 – Veteran Make-up Effects Artist Barney Burman currently has three reasons to celebrate, big time: He has just become a 2010 Academy Award nominee, in the category of “Best Make-Up,� for his contributions to the hit, 2009 Paramount Pictures film “Star Trek.� Burman is also currently in active development on a potential new TV series (in which he would star) with a major cable television network. And, in addition, 2010 represents the 30th anniversary year of his work in the entertainment industry. more

Hollywood, CA, Jan 16, 2010 — Trailer Park’s Advanced Content Group (TPAC) will host iHollywood Forum’s presentation entitled “3D–Behind the Hype,â€? from 6-9 PM at Trailer Park’s offices in Hollywood on Feb. 18th, 2010.

The event is being promoted as follows: CES was awash with 3D announcements from consumer electronics companies, networks and studios. But how realistic are projections for the expansion of 3D into mainstream films and the home? Is “Avatar’sâ€? success a flash in the pan, or a harbinger of the future of filmmaking? A panel of top studio and technology executives separates hype from reality, in the first iHollywood Forum evening event of the year. more

Leading London post house gains benefits from Quantel shared workflow solution

Newbury, UK, 15 February 2010: LipSync Post, the leading London post house, recently installed a Quantel Genetic Engineering shared workflow solution to support its two Quantel Pablo color correction suites and iQ DI system. All three systems can now work with the same shared media without wasting valuable time transferring media between suites or having to manage multiple different versions. As a result, Colorist Lee Clappison estimates that LipSync Post is already benefiting from a 50% improvement in efficiency, and anticipates further gains “as we learn how to get even more out of the new workflow possibilities that Genetic Engineering offers”. more

On Booth N820 at NAB Crystal Vision will be showing for the first time the fiber input and output options for its latest embedded audio and up and down modules. This integrated fiber connectivity makes the Up-Down 3G up/down/cross converter, Q-Down 3G down converter, SYNNER-E 3G multi-functional synchronizer and TANDEM 3G embedder/de-embedder extremely powerful products which still only use a single slot in a frame, and allows signals to be sent and received from beyond the local equipment bay without being restricted by the cable length issues posed by 3G video – and without the need for separate fiber optic transmitters and receivers. more