Archive for March 28th, 2011

Chatsworth, CA, March 30, 2011—Prominent independent music publisher/production music library Black Toast Music and its CEO/owner/founder Bob Mair (pictured at right) have announced the company’s latest music placements in the areas of feature films, advertising and TV.

Black Toast has placed a piece of instrumental jazz music, entitled “A Flapper On Broadway,� in the new, upcoming Warner Bros. comedy film, “Arthur� starring Russell Brand. The song is a fun, upbeat, 20’s style jazz piece performed by String Planet, reminiscent of the music heard in many films by Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy.

In the area of advertising, Black Toast has contributed music to a recently launched advertising campaign promoting Dominos Pizza. The song, “Blue Ridge Mountain Home,� is prominently featured in the “Tomato� ad in which a Dominos “Test Group� is taken to the Dominos farm to more

The scene is all too familiar to students these days: one person posts a taunt to another on a social networking site. “What are you writing your book report on? Memoirs of a Gay-Sha?” one student says, playing on the title of the popular book to poke fun of the other’s sexuality. Other students soon pile on. “Does your dad know how gay you are?” one asks. “Everyone knows how gay he is,” teases another. A neutral but silent student watches the scene unravel, but sits dumbstruck, uncertain what to do.

This is a script in the latest campaign from Click 3X and long-time partner MTV as they vigorously join the President and First Lady in their battle against cyberbullying – only the harassment begins as a live-action scene set in a school with kids jabbering at one another, then transitions through an online more

Tool is pleased to announce the signing of Evan Silver, the talent behind some of MTV’s most talked-about and forward-thinking campaigns, promos and long-form projects. Silver directed the controversial 3:00 US launch video for the teen show Skins; wrote and directed a comprehensive, multi-platform campaign promoting the network’s See You Sunday block; and filmed more than 30 stories of inspiring Latinos across the US for tr3s. Additional promos include spots for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, America’s Best Dance Crew, and The Buried Life. In 2010, the UN screened his documentary, Generation Youth – the story of inspirational kids breaking stereotypes and taboos to live meaningful lives – to a global audience at the Social Good Summit.

Silver will apply his cinematic storytelling style to commercial production for the first time at Tool, taking advantage of the studio’s renowned abilities to develop young talent.
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TEAK is getting bigger behind some very big names, with Digital Directors Chris Gatewood and Andrew Schmeling recently joining the team alongside Director of Interactive Production Angelina Muffelletto. The trio has led the studio’s all-out enhancement of its already robust soup-to-nuts production capabilities, forming the core of a collection of digital and creative talent. The group is dedicated to developing engaging digital content, including social media campaigns, rich-media advertising, web sites, videos, and mobile apps. Highlights have included activations for Google, JanSport, Logitech, and Bear Naked granola.

The interactive group bolsters TEAK’s existing capabilities as a full-service production company, offering a deep understanding of the online medium. TEAK EP Greg Martinez notes: “The addition of this talent allows TEAK to offer our clients something we haven’t been able to before. From online creative, strategy and production to more

TriCaster TCXD850

NewTek, a worldwide leader in video and 3D animation products, will give away four TriCaster TCXD850 HD portable live production systems as part of its TriCaster-A-Day Giveaway at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show. NAB attendees can find registration postcards on the front of the Show Daily distributed on Monday, April 11, and at the NewTek smart car HD portable live production vehicle parked in front of South Hall. Registration cards will also be available at NewTek Booth SL4514.

Drawings will be held once a day beginning Monday, April 11 through Thursday, April 14. Winners will be notified by email.

TriCaster TCXD850 User Interface

In addition to the TriCaster-A-Day Giveaway, NewTek will host their annual “Broadcast Minds” event, bringing together some of the most successful digital media strategists in the industry. Panelists will discuss how companies can capitalize on the digital market, effectively. This event will be held more

NEP Stocks More Than 600 Anton/Bauer Products, Credits the Company’s Unmatched Service with the Success of its Projects

PITTSBURGH — NEP Broadcasting has been at the forefront of outsourced teleproduction services for the past 20 years. Serving the world’s premiere broadcast networks and production companies, NEP provides state-of-the-art facilities, engineering expertise and technical management to support telecasts of major sporting events and entertainment programs around the globe. In order to maintain its high level of comprehensive services, NEP Supershooters Division regularly turns to Anton/Bauer (NAB Booth C7032), 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, to power its multitude of events, including everything from the Super Bowl, The Masters and NASCAR to the Academy Awards. more

Los Angeles, March 28, 2011 — Independent publishing and licensing company pigFACTORY Music, whose roster includes recordings and songs by artists such as Fatboy Slim, Iggy Pop, and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, has signed multi-talented writer CJ Vanston. The announcement was made today by Keatly Haldeman, CEO, pigFACTORY Music.

Said Mr. Haldeman, “CJ Vanston is a multi-Grammy Award nominated producer, film composer, keyboard player and songwriter. He is the keyboardist in Spinal Tap and has just co–written and produced the lead single for the upcoming Def Leppard album. Are you kidding? We’re thrilled to have him in the pigFACTORY family (as he bangs his head and throws up devil-horns)!â€?

ABOUT CJ VANSTON:

CJ Vanston has written with songwriters such as Desmond Child, Paul Williams, Barry Mann, Bernie Taupin, Tony Jo White, Kool Kojak, Amy Powers, Michael more

Tweak matches dual link SDI support with RV’s intuitive interface for playback, editing and side-by-side and A/B comparisons of digital media for dailies and theater reviews.

Tweak Software, makers of RV, the next generation image and sequence viewer for VFX and animation artists, announced RV SDI, to be unveiled at the National Association of Broadcasters Conference (NAB) at the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 11-14 in booth SL9707.

“Many leading shops already use RV for dailies and theater reviews, while others rely on older generation black box systems,â€? said Seth Rosenthal, Tweak’s co-founder. “Our users made it clear that there is a big need for a new kind of dailies playback tool that combines RV’s ease of use and flexibility with stereo SDI output.â€?

RV makes it easy to review media with a powerful, customizable dailies workflow and an more

Sharpy

Sycamore, Illinois-based Upstaging, Inc. has purchased a large complement of Clay Paky moving lights from A.C.T Lighting, the distributor of Clay Paky fixtures in North America.

Upstaging has set the scene for theatrical lighting and equipment trucking since 1972 with its production services, event coordination and mobile marketing impacting events worldwide. The new Clay Paky moving lights supplement Upstaging’s extensive inventory deployed for touring artists.

“As with most of our gear, we bought the Clay Paky fixtures because demand for them was client-driven,” says Upstaging’s Jerry Swatek. “Lighting designers are asking for Clay Paky, and we wanted to be able to meet their needs.”

Upstaging took delivery of 77 Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300s for use on AC/DC’s current tour, 34 Alpha Beam 700s for Katy Perry’s “California Dreams” tour and more

Oslo, Norway – T-VIPS, a global leader in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, today announced that it is to launch the TVG425 Transport Stream Gateway at NAB (Las Vegas Convention Centre, SU7807, April 11-14). This new product, which is

based on an entirely new and advanced technology platform, has been developed in answer to high-level customer demand. The TVG425 is the newest member of the T-VIPS Video Gateway suite of compact, powerful and cost-effective products that are designed for the real-time contribution and distribution of video over IP networks.

TVG425 Transport Stream Gateway

The TVG425 is the result of long pioneering experience in video over IP solutions. The product has been designed for applications including professional broadcast contribution, distribution and live event coverage. Broadcasters, network operators and other video professionals will typically deploy the more