Archive for September 8th, 2010

Tom Salta

Original soundtrack features new dynamic themes, a Russian choir, Middle-Eastern instrumentation, and high-flying action and stealth music.

New York, September 8, 2010 – Award-winning composer and music producer Tom Salta, who scored the action-packed orchestral music score for Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X®, the first air-combat game set in the world-renowned Tom Clancy’s video game universe, returns to provide an all-new music soundtrack for the sequel, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X 2. Developed by Ubisoft’s Bucharest studio, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X 2 plunges fans into an explosive environment where they can become elite aerial soldiers in control of the world’s most technologically advanced aircraft. more

Superfad’s “New + Now� project for Nickelodeon is a design-driven promotional package for commercial advertisers looking to reach prime audiences in a crowded cable TV landscape.
Nickelodeon approached Superfad with the creative challenge of designing a flexible, creative interface within which an advertiser’s product can be presented. Part futuristic, part organic, the final framework was to be an organism that was constantly in flux. The Superfad team took this direction and crafted a “living sculpture� logo that is both functional and fantastic, with elements of wood, glass, grass and stylized type that is ever evolving and provides adaptable platforms for product integration. more

Hollywood-based prodco Smuggler recently turned to SWAY Studio to complete two VFX-driven spots unveiling the brand-new 2011 MINI Countryman. The spots entitled “Flow� and “The Last Spot� capture the versatile spirit of the newest family member, MINI’s first ever 4-door and optional 4-wheel drive vehicle, designed for urban cruisers with an appetite for style and spontaneous adventure. With the first Countryman fleet already available in Europe, the spots began airing in that market starting September 6, 2010; The MINI Countryman does not launch in the U.S. until January 2011 so media plans are not yet confirmed. more

1 Beyond Wrangler Mini3Dâ„¢ Showcased at IBC 2010

Somerville, Mass., Sept. 8 2010 —1 Beyond™, Inc., a leading provider of digital video editing and compositing systems, announced the European launch of its new Wrangler™ Mini3D™

Available immediately starting at just $14,995 complete, the new 1 Beyond Wrangler Mini3D is a Direct-to-Disk Recorder (DDR) and Viewer designed for for professionals shooting in 2D and 3D

at IBC 2010 (RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10 to 14 September 2010).

Available immediately starting at just $14,995 complete, the new 1 Beyond Wrangler Mini3D is a radically new on-camera solution for professionals shooting in 2D and 3D that offers a number of unique benefits:

– Provides flexibility in a single compact package to configure for recording direct-to-disk either uncompressed or compressed and live viewing of real-time more

New Product Offers Standalone 4 x 16 Channel Audio De-embedding from Four Auto Sensing 3G SDI Inputs with Output to MADI Fibre and AES Digital

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS – Solid State Logic, the leading manufacturer of audio consoles for the broadcast industry, announced the release of ‘SDI-MADI’, a 4 x 16 channel audio de-embedder with four auto sensing 3G SDI inputs and 64 channel MADI fibre and AES Digital audio outputs at IBC 2010 (Stand 8.D83). more

Chemical Wedding, in partnership with the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), announces the Toland ASC Digital Assistant for the iPhone or iPod Touch.

ASC President Michael Goi explains, “While researching the right tech company to partner with on this project, Chemical Wedding’s intelligent design of Helios and Artemis resonated with our members as having the kind of quality and craft people have come to associate with the ASC. With this venture and more to follow, the ASC is expanding its outreach and influence to future cinematographers and working professionals by creating tools that reflect how we work today.â€? more

September Debut For Sonnox Broadcast & Post Collections – 30% Discount thru Oct. 31

OXFORD, UK: UK-based plug-in developer Sonnox is introducing two unique Oxford plug-in collections geared towards the broadcast and post-production sectors. more

Two-hour special includes interviews with Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers

Prime Focus London has provided full post production on a major new feature length documentary for groundbreaking production company Nutopia. An arresting minute-by-minute account of the day’s unfolding events, which premieres on HISTORY in the US on Thursday, September 9th at 9pm ET and Channel 4 in the UK on Saturday September 11th at 9PM, the two-hour special weaves together the many different lives of those affected, through archive footage, reconstruction and interviews. more

LOS ANGELES, September 8, 2010 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that Graeme Parcher will be joining the company as worldwide general manager of Strategic Accounts and Distribution, and vice president of its Entertainment Imaging Division. Parcher, former group vice president for Fujifilm North America, will be responsible for key account management for the motion picture studios and major labs worldwide. He will also oversee the company’s global print film franchise. He will be located in Kodak’s Hollywood, California, headquarters. The appointment becomes effective October 4, 2010. more

Lightware 80×80

Lightware U.S.A., the US distributor for Budapest-based Lightware Visual Engineering, is offering dual-link options in its MX hybrid multi-format matrix switcher line. The dual-link options are ideal for any application requiring ultra-high (up to 4K) resolution, including medical imaging, avionics, military command and control, petroleum mapping and 3D visualizations.

“Customers tell us they have tried other products to gain dual-link capabilities but have experienced problems. When they try Lightware multi-format matrixes with dual-link options they have no problems,” says Blake Dudash, a Sales and Marketing Associate with LightwareUSA “Our MX-DVI-FR16 and FR32 matrices have always offered dual-link options. They’ve been cutting edge from the beginning, and people are starting to discover that. Now the largest frame size in the MX series, the MX-FR80R 80×80 with dual-link option, is available for the first time more