Archive for March 7th, 2011

When Publicis London and Stink Director DarkFibre created a spot that combined Renault cars, famous burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, Rihanna, French footballer Thierry Henry, Audrey Hepburn’s role in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Marlon Brando’s lines from On the Waterfront and David Bowie, they knew there was one edit house that could bring the disparate elements together better than anyone: jumP LA.

Editor Nick Lofting eagerly took on the task of creating Va Va Voom, cutting the famous movie and video clips into a modern-art montage featuring prostrate spectators watching a giant film mounted on the ceiling, a tattoo artist diligently etching a new masterpiece, and Henry peering through a hole sliced into the side of an enormous cube, inside of which Von Teese is slowly peeling away her clothes. A Renault appears at the end of the spot, hanging nose down from the ceiling.

“Nick has more

Prince

grandMA mingled with music royalty when lighting designer Demfis Fyssicopulos selected a grandMA console to control, lighting and video components in Prince’s Welcome 2 America engagement in the New York metropolitan area. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of grandMA in North America.

Prince played two shows at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey then moved to Madison Square Garden for three performances before and after Christmas. The in-the-round stage was shaped like his famous, unpronounceable name symbol – essentially three catwalks joined by a circle. His band played in the center of the loop.

The entire stage was outlined by Nocturne V-9 LED screens, driven through a Control Freak Systems media server with audio and MIDI control, which were treated as lighting elements. Fyssicopulos used the grandMA to control the CFS more

Rio Rancho, NM – March 2011… Airing Friday nights at 2 AM, The After After Party with Steven Michael Quezeda & The James Douglas Show is the CW network’s late night TV offering throughout the southwestern U.S. Adopting a talk show format similar to the late-night programs the country has grown familiar with, host Steven Michael Quezada is a 5-time NMHEA Comedian of the Year who also plays “Gomez” on the Emmy Award winning AMC series Breaking Bad. The house band for The After After Party is 6-time Grammy nominated funk band and Universal recording artist, The James Douglas Show. Keeping the music vibrant is no small task and, to ensure everything goes as expected, The James Douglas Show’s lead vocalist and bassist employ the new Quadra wireless IEM (in-ear monitor) system from Lectrosonics. more

HOLLYWOOD — Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer Martín Hernández, whose credits include Biutiful, Into the Wild and Babel, has joined Soundelux. One of the most accomplished sound editors in Latin America, and one of few to successfully cross over to mainstream films, Hernández will be based at Soundelux’s facility in Hollywood. more

NewTek TriCaster will be used to power high-profile live webcasts from the annual interactive festival.

NewTek, a worldwide leader in video and 3D animation products, will showcase its latest TriCaster portable live production products at booth #314 from March 14-17 at SXSW 2011. In addition, NewTek TriCaster will be used to power high-profile live webcasts from the annual interactive festival:

–March 11, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. CT: Ignite SXSW – Live from the Austin Music Hall, this kickoff to SXSW 2011 will bring together a blend of thinkers from business, art, technology, government and academia.
–March 12-13, 1 p.m. CT: “The Tech Guy,” Leo Laporte will webcast live, via TWiT Live.
–March 12, 8 p.m. CT: Revision3′s Diggnation – The popular tech culture show will produce its weekly show from SXSW, and post video on their website for on-demand viewing.
–March 13, 6 p.m. CT: “Buzz Out Loud” live from SXSW – A special Sunday episode with hosts Molly Wood and Brian Tong.
–March 16, more

Christie® has released two high-performing solutions developed to meet the ROI-driven demands of the commercial video wall systems marketplace. The TVC-500 video wall controller introduces a broad spectrum of capabilities for small to medium control room and digital signage video wall displays, while the new RPMSP-D180U is a dual-lamp SXGA+ projection light engine designed for high brightness, large-screen video wall applications where performance and low operating costs are critical.

The Christie TVC-500 controller offers professional performance and capabilities unmatched by similarly priced systems. Built for 24/7 applications, the TVC-500 is capable of simultaneously managing and displaying a variety of source inputs across as many as 12 display screens.

The TVC-500’s foundation takes full advantage of the latest display processing advances from partners such as HP and NVIDIA. Running off Windows 7, the PC-based integrated platform is managed through more

NewBlue, Inc., the fastest growing integrated video and audio effects provider, today released NewBlue Light Blends, the highly-anticipated set of 10 dynamic video transitions that delivers stylized, professional lighting looks with ease. NewBlue Light Blends video plugins integrates seamlessly into existing and familiar non-linear editing (NLE) workflows, on both Windows and Mac platforms. With just a few clicks, users can create an electrifying mood or a specialized atmosphere to add drama to any footage.

Like the company’s entire line of NewBlueFX video effects plugins, NewBlue Light Blends works with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Premiere Elements, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Final Cut Express, Avid Media Composer, Avid NewsCutter, Avid Symphony, Avid Xpress, Corel VideoStudio, Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas, Sony Vegas Movie Studio, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro and EDIUS.

“With NewBlue Light Blends, we are able to offer powerful tools to create truly more

Huntsville, AL – March 7, 2011 – Cabinet NG (CNG), provider of document management and workflow management software, today announced it has been awarded the highest level of Microsoft Partner Network accreditation – the Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Competency – because of its expertise and impact in the technology marketplace as a producer of document management software. Having attained this competency, CNG has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers’ needs. As a member of the Microsoft Partner Network, CNG can take advantage of benefits specifically tailored to its competency in its ongoing product development processes.

CNG’s award winning document management software moves manual paper-based processes into efficient electronic workflows to help industry verticals more quickly attain a paperless office that scales with business growth. Its intuitive, secure and affordable filing approach supports interdepartmental more

William “Bill” Reeves is a pioneer in the field of computer graphics, and more recently, has become renowned throughout the film world for his innovative contributions to 3D production. His impressive career is filled with blockbuster contributions, and was an early figure in some of the most memorable animated shorts and films that continue to amaze audiences even today.

After obtaining a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and completing a Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, Bill was hired by George Lucas as a member of the LucasFilms Industrial Light and Magic, Computer Graphics Group. He was one of the founding employees of Pixar when it was sold in 1986 to Steve Jobs.

Bill received an Oscar in 1988 for Best Animated Short Film for his work with John Lasseter on the film Tin Toy, and their collaboration continued with Bill acting as the more

New York, NY – Acclaimed visual effects company Method Studios recently completed work on Capsule, a new campaign from Verizon Wireless via agency mcgarrybowen and production company Believe Media promoting the MOTOROLA XOOM, a new tablet powered by the Android(tm) 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system. The campaign, which consists of a teaser and two :30, focuses on a young man who discovers the tablet during a late night stroll down a boardwalk and then is instantly engulfed in a hovering capsule, illustrating the interactivity and the immersive experience the XOOM provides.

Method was involved in the campaign from the conceptual brief. “It was a true collaborative affair with the director, creatives and conceptual artists,” commented Jay Lichtman, Method Executive Producer. “From the concept art stage, the design of the capsule more