Archive for December 17th, 2010

Atlanta, GA – For the second year in a row, New York- and Atlanta-based production company Sunseeker Media chose RIOT Atlanta to provide multiple post production services for the Soul Train Awards show. RIOT created five minutes of original content and provided all the post production services including editing, finishing and sound to package the presentation for the premiere broadcast that took place November 28th on BET and Centric Networks. The event, hosted by Hustle & Flow co-stars Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, will be rebroadcast on Centric on Sunday, December 19th.

“The Soul Train Awards is an incredibly challenging production and we were extremely pleased Sunseeker selected RIOT for the project again this year,” says Chuck Brock producer and VP of creative services at RIOT. “This year the window for posting the show was more collapsed. We were under an even more aggressive schedule to more

Prime Focus completed the full 3D conversion of the third film in the The Chronicles of Narnia series

Prime Focus transforms fantasy adventure The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader into stunning 3D
Deploys Global Digital Pipeline to convert over 1,500 shots into 3D

London, UK, December 17, 2010 – Prime Focus, the global visual entertainment services company, has completed the full 3D conversion of the eagerly-awaited Christmas blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which was released in theaters on Friday December 10. The film, directed by Michael Apted and starring Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley and Will Poulter is the third film in The Chronicles of Narnia series, and is the industry’s biggest full 3D conversion film to date.
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C100 Offers Ease of Use, Innovative Feature Set and Powerful Processor Core

PORTLAND, OR – The Portland Trail Blazers basketball organization has upgraded its primary broadcast control room with a 32-fader, 96-channel Solid State Logic C100 Digital Broadcast console with Alpha-Link Live I/O and Alpha-Link 8-RMP units. The High Post Studio complex is used to produce pre- and post-game programs as well as handle both location and remote audio for the games. The C100 provides a platform that is easy to use, offers innovative features to streamline the production process and the powerful Black Rock processor core for expansion and longevity.

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An unexpected audio console crash led the Tri-City Baptist Church in Conover, NC to a new DiGiCo SD8, and an audio overhaul, to boot. Mike Wilson of Wilson Team Media, a professional audio and video services outfit in Charlotte, NC, not only handled the installation, but also overhauled the sound system from rewiring to retuning of the room, and, were able to do it with only a few weeks downtime for the church.

“Knowing I had the personnel to do a console upgrade, I quickly began looking into what was on the market,” he added, “keeping in mind that we not only held weekly services, but were also coming up on our annual large-scale Christmas production. I knew what I needed was going to be one of just a few consoles out there—within TCBC’s price more

Oslo, Norway – December 17, 2010… The last notes of A-Ha’s 25-year career have been recorded for a special DVD release by long-time Lawo customer Cinevideogroup, using the mc²66 console in its flagship mobile production vehicle, OB14. Ironically, although it is A-Ha’s farewell concert, it is their first-ever live DVD.

The final four shows of the “Ending on a High Note� tour were played in the band’s home town of Oslo at the famous Spektrum venue. Leading broadcast facilities company Cinevideogroup was called in by film-makers Serpent Productions and director Matt Askem to provide a 10-camera HD recording of the event, complete with digital audio, for future release. more

Los Angeles—Cinema Audio Society President, Edward L. Moskowitz, CAS today announced the next Cinema Audio Society Seminar. “This year our Digital Gameplan Seminar is continuing to demonstrate our goal of dedication to the advancement of sound by discussing digital workflow rules and procedures for navigating the digital highway. This seminar stands in the tradition of previous standing room only cutting edge seminars the CAS has conducted in previous years and CAS board member John Coffey has created what will be an educational and cutting edge event,â€? said Moskowitz in making this announcement.

The seminar is offered at no cost and the audience is: Members of the CAS, MPSE, AES, SMPTE, IA Locals 600 (Camera), 695 (Sound), 700 (Editors), DGA, PGA, facilities, manufacturers, film students and anyone involved in the motion picture film and television industry is invited and welcome to more

CAS Filmmaker Honoree Taylor Hackford

LOS ANGELES— Academy Award® winning feature film and documentary director Taylor Hackford will receive the CAS Filmmaker Award at the 47th CAS Awards on February 19, 2011 at the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium-Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.

“The Cinema Audio Society is thrilled to be honoring the talented producer-director- writer, Taylor Hackford as this year’s Filmmaker Recipient. Taylor has demonstrated time and time again his ability to go from dialogue to action to music with a respect for sound always uppermost in his process. Once again we are delighted to have synergy between our Career Achievement Recipient, Jeffrey S. Wexler, CAS and our Filmmaker Honoree through their collaborations on the Oscar® winning AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, EVERYONE’S ALL-AMERICAN and AGAINST ALL ODDS. We look forward to another year of honoring the best in the Sound Mixing field at this year’s Award,� said CAS President Edward L. Moskowitz.

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CYPRESS, CA – Along with a surge in enrollment at community colleges around the country, comes increased demand for more sophisticated classroom equipment. Case in point is the recent purchase of FOR-A’s VTW-330HS HD/SD character generator by California’s Santa Ana College just after the product’s introduction during NAB 2010 in April of this year. The new CG is used in conjunction with an existing FOR-A digital switcher.

Randy Schultz oversees the management of operations in the television production department and teaches the “Studio Production� class at Santa Ana College. “We’re a vocational program,� said Schultz. “We’re preparing students for entering the work force, and we try to create a real-world environment similar to what they’ll experience when they graduate.�

Similar to a commercial television station, the Santa Ana College facility has two stages, each equipped with three cameras and a more

Now available in beta for Mac OS X and later, the award-winning standalone application offers quick and easy dual-system audio replacement

Vancouver, British Columbia — Singular Softwareâ„¢, a developer of workflow automation applications for digital media, has announced that it has launched the highly anticipated DualEyesâ„¢ for OS X public beta program. Winner of TV Technology’s 2010 Mario Award for its breakthrough technology, DualEyes is a standalone application for the automatic synchronization of video and audio clips in dual-system audio production. Designed to work alongside any video editing application, DualEyes is streamlined to accomplish the task of replacing in-camera scratch audio with separately recorded high-quality audio.

The DualEyes for OS X public beta program is available for Mac OS X 10.5 and later. To download the DualEyes for OS X public beta, please visit: http://www.singularsoftware.com/downloads.html.

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Editorial facility provides post production services for Oxfam’s gift-giving campaign

Chicago, IL – Beast, one of the country’s top editorial facilities, recently completed work on a holiday gift-giving campaign from Oxfam America via agency Proximity Chicago. A satirical look at fashion, the campaign features a fictitious designer called “The Hidalgo,” played by comedian Chris Wylde, who introduces gift-givers to the Oxfam Collection, a special set of gifts offered on OxfamGifts.com.

“This is a light-hearted take on gifts that make a difference that will actually turn heads and get people laughing,” said Stephanie Kurzina, Vice President for Development and Communications at Oxfam America.

Oxfam and Proximity Chicago worked with Beast Chicago to produce a series of videos for an integrated marketing campaign that also includes online and TV ads as well as a presence more