Archive for August 23rd, 2010

OLD LYME, Conn. – August 23, 2010 – Located in a suburb of Huntsville, AL, Asbury United Methodist Church is situated amongst a rapidly growing community comprised predominantly of aerospace and defense contractors. The church, which ranks as one of the 25 largest United Methodist Churches in the nation, not only faces the challenges of accommodating a growing congregation, but is also faced with a relatively crowded wireless frequency spectrum, given the high-tech environment in which it is situated. Audio specialist Sennheiser helped facilitate expansion of Asbury’s wireless infrastructure, while ensuring crisp and reliable communications throughout its entire campus. more

The Gold Mount and ElipZ Solutions Meet Growing Demands of DSLR Cinematography

ORLANDO, FLORIDA - Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, will introduce new Gold Mount and ElipZ power solutions for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 7D Digital SLR cameras at Wedding & Event Video Expo (WEVA) 2010 (Booth 400). Anton/Bauer will also feature the DIONIC HCX high current battery. more

Zoic Studios visual effects creativity has been tapped for numerous episodic shows in the Summer/Fall 2010 line-up. A combination of returning clients and new projects offer a diverse range of stylistic approaches for both expansive and subtle effects.

The line up is: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Defenders, True Blood, No Ordinary Family, Falling Skies, Californication, Mad Men, The Whole Truth, Fringe and V. more

Rapid Digitization of 55,000 Hours of the Australian Parliament Archive is Underway

CANBERRA, AU – August 23, 2010 – DAMsmart (www.damsmart.com.au), the recognized source of automated content digitization and migration in Australia and New Zealand, has recently broken ground on the extensive job of digitizing and preserving 55,000 hours of the Australian Parliament’s original video recordings in 12 months. more

– 72andSunny ad campaign features HBO’s Kenny Powers as K-Swiss spokesman –

Company 3 recently completed work on a new campaign from K-Swiss via ad agency 72andSunny featuring Kenny Powers, the fictional character played by Danny McBride in the HBO series “Eastbound & Down.â€? The campaign, which includes national TV spots, in-theatre ads, print media, digital/interactive campaigns and outdoor, introduces the company’s new “Tubes” lightweight training footwear. The campaign broke August 2 and will lead into the return of the TV series, which debuts September 26. more

Fireflies West will hold its third annual fundraising bike ride for cancer research and treatment from September 24-29th, 2010

Starting with a kick-off event at advertising agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners on September 24th, a group of film directors, production, post production and advertising executives will set off on their bicycles for a six-day, 550 mile ride down the spectacular coastline from San Francisco to Los Angeles. A sister-ride to the annual 650 mile event in the French Alps, Fireflies West 2010 will include riders from Ridley Scott and Associates (the original founders and supporter of the ride), Believe Media, the Mill, Zoic Studios, Humble, Union Editorial, Deutsch and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners to name a few. more

Bonfire, a motion design and integrated media company, has announced that Mark Coleran has come on board as design director. Coleran is one of the most high profile designers of Fantasy User Interfaces (FUIs) for feature film and will leverage that experience to bring FUIs into real-world production for Bonfire’s roster of technology clients.

In his new role, Coleran will work closely with Bonfire Executive Producer Julia Sonder-Patchin, Executive Creative Director/Partner Matt Silverman and Creative Directors Barry Musterteiger and Phil Spitler to oversee the development of interactive design and graphic user interfaces for Bonfire’s consumer electronics clients. more

“The Pacific� and “Entourage� honored in sound categories.

HOLLYWOOD–Artists from CSS Studios’ Todd-AO, Soundelux and Modern Music won three awards in the 2009-2010 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards at the 62nd Emmy Awards presentation August 21st at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles. more

Blackmagic Design today announced that Underground Logic, one of the Philippines’ leading post-production houses, has installed version 7 of the DaVinci Resolve non-linear color correction system. Underground Logic has already begun work on several projects landed due to the Resolve’s color correction capabilities, including work for some of the largest multi-national brands in the region. more

Blackmagic Design today announced that Mercury Post, one of Korea’s fastest growing post-production houses, has purchased and installed version 7 of the DaVinci Resolve non-linear color correction system. Since the installation of the 8 GPU Resolve system in July, Mercury has already completed three high-profile television advertising spots for Hyundai Motors “K7�, McDonalds and Samsung’s “Galaxy Phone�, using the Resolve’s power and scalability to create and finish high profile spots quickly. more