Archive for May 26th, 2010

Los Angeles & Detroit, USA; London, UK – (May 26, 2010) – Award-winning digital production studio Speedshape is pleased to announce its newly developed sales & marketing acquisition, securing exclusive sales representation with the signing of Elexis Stearn (East Coast); Paula Arnett (West Coast); and Denise Potts Mueller & Angela Sheridon of Potts Mueller (Midwest). Speedshape Europe Account Director Danny Morris rounds out the sales & marketing team. more

Duality Used for Recording Live Orchestral Performances

BEIJING, CHINA – Solid State Logic is pleased to announce that Chinese National Radio (CNR) has installed a 24-fader Duality console in its main production facility that features advanced digital multimedia studios, recording studios and a world-class concert hall. CNR operates nine different channels covering everything from national news broadcast in Mandarin and Nationality Radio broadcast to minority and ethnic groups, to the Story Channel and a popular music channel that includes concert performances. Duality covers live to air and capture of concerts servicing performances in the facility’s concert hall. While CNR transmits all programming in digital, both terrestrial and via the Internet, Duality’s flexibility and signature sound provides the necessary high-level quality for orchestral performances. more

City of Heroes Going Rogueâ„¢

Thematic Orchestral Score Immerses Heroes and Villains in Expanded Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game

Raleigh, NC – May 26th, 2010 – Award-winning composer Jason Graves has created a thematic orchestral score for City of Heroes Going Rogueâ„¢, the new expansion to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) City of Heroes® based on the superheroic comic book genre. Classically trained and renowned for his sophisticated orchestral music, Graves composed memorable superheroic themes to immerse players in the alternative world known as Praetoria. The score reflects the game’s new alignment system allowing players’ characters to shift allegiances between Heroes and Villains. Developed by Paragon Studios and published by NCsoft, City of Heroes Going Rogueâ„¢ will be released exclusively for the PC in July 2010. more

The “It’s Better in Hollywood� series will promote the cost and creative advantages available to film and TV producers in Hollywood.

HOLLYWOOD—Hollywood Center Studios is hosting a series of informative presentations, dubbed It’s Better in Hollywood, designed to showcase the advantages of producing film and television projects in Hollywood. The It’s Better in Hollywood series will present production solutions and services, available exclusively or primarily in Hollywood, that save time, reduce the cost of production and boost creative value. more

In a television spot produced by Nola Pictures, multi-hyphenate Juan Delcan, in collaboration with creative agency Kelley Habib John, helmed an amusing :30 featuring stop frame animation for Webster Five Cents Savings Bank headquartered in Webster, MA. Using one-dollar bills, which were formed into various custom origami designs created by renowned origami artist Joseph Wu, the spot captures the essence of Webster Five’s ongoing and long-standing commitment to community. more

SALT LAKE CITY — May 26, 2010 — Utah Scientific today announced that PMI Digital, a high-end post-production and media distribution company, has deployed a UTAH-400 digital routing switcher interfaced with a Barco high-resolution multiviewer in its new, 20,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility in Pittsburgh. more

In the latest step of a major revamping to their operations, New York-based Nice Shoes has developed proprietary software and an enhanced data pipeline that enables them to handle RED files much more efficiently and faster than any of their competitors in every department across all platforms, including Baselight, Flame / Smoke, Maya, Nuke, FCP, and RAM RV Player. As Nice Shoes sees a huge spike in the HD projects – and RED jobs in particular – that make up a large percentage of their business, these streamlined workflow capabilities will save clients considerable time and money while improving the end product. more

Wraps 350 Shots on the Final Episode

HOLLYWOOD, CA, May 26, 2010 – LOOK Effects’ Hollywood facility has wrapped its last shot for the ground-breaking, pop-culture hit television series “Lost.� LOOK, which worked on all of season six of “Lost,� completed over 350 shots for the two-and-a-half-hour final episode that aired Sunday, May 23rd.

The Emmy-nominated LOOK produced all of the effects for this final season of “Lost.� Over the course of eight months, the artists at LOOK completed over 1000 shots for 18 episodes, including everything from green-screen composite shots to all CG, 3D sequences. LOOK provided the “Lost� producers full-service visual effects that included an on-set visual effects supervisor, creative and cost effective solutions for effects challenges, and an efficient and time-saving review process. This service continued through to more

Broadcast Asia 2010 Previews

Advanced playout and redundancy management capabilities optimize backup infrastructure and resources for multichannel operations

Barcelona, Spain – May 26, 2010 – Vector 3â„¢, a pioneer in graphics and playout solutions, announced today plans to showcase the company’s innovative flagship multichannel playout solution, Vector MultiPlay, alongside its channel-in-a-box version, VectorBox, at the Broadcast Asia exhibition, held in Singapore from June 15 – 18, 2010 on the Southeast Asia System Integrator booth – Benchmark Systems – Stand 7E4-01. more

Dye knew that Japanese-style anime art would provide the texture and depth needed to take the campaign to the next level, so he explored the medium, studying the works of Takashi Murakami, the acclaimed artist credited with elevating anime to the level of fine art. more