Archive for June 20th, 2011

CHARGED STUDIOS is proud to announce that ‘Falling Up,’

an independent animated short produced through its Artists In Residence Program, was honored this month with The Audience Choice Award at the 2011 Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF). The award-winning animation/CGI/live-action commercial and film company’s collective of multi-disciplined talent collaborated on the 9-minute film, taking it from concept to completion.

(Charged Studio’s team at The Brooklyn Film Festival:L-R: Adam Miller, DP, Djuna Wahlrab, director, Adam Pierce, executive producer, Will Pike, production designer)

Written, directed and produced by Djuna Wahlrad, ‘Falling Up’ tells the story of a young man facing the adult world for the first time. The protagonist is enthusiastic about his prospects, yet the boy within him is disappointed when he sees his future unfold. The clash of ideals causes the child within the man to literally tumble out of his adult body and its world, and fall into the land of his youth.

As he wanders through his childhood he relives some of the most formative rituals children experience more

A strong working relationship grew stronger recently when the sound pros at audioEngine|west teamed up with longtime partners E.B. Lane Advertising to produce a :60 spot for the Arizona Lottery. Mixer Bob Giammarco and producer Shannon Blake handled audio post, while Composer Jason Camiolo produced an original score that perfectly complements the beautiful footage shot by True Story Films Director Cary Truelick.

Wonderful Ranch follows the story of one lucky man who waxes in wonderment over his expansive estate, his stable of horses, and his 10-gallon hat as these images appear onscreen and Camiolo’s soothing tune plays in the background. In the end, these prizes are the bounty from a winning Arizona Lottery ticket, which the narrator assures us, “You can’t win if you don’t play.”

The spot follows a gold ADDY award-winning effort between audioEngine|west and E.B. Lane in February for more

Tool is thrilled to announce the signing of commercial, film and music video director James Brown, formerly of Smuggler/Stink. With a broad range, experience shooting around the world, and work characterized by an expansive and refreshing variety of pulse-pounding, eye-catching, and utterly memorable visual techniques, Brown is a unique talent who considerably bolsters Tool’s already impressive directing roster.

As a commercials director, Brown has established lasting creative relationships with brands such as PlayStation, Nike, adidas and Microsoft, among others. He has also shot work for Eurostar, Vodafone, eBay, Guinness, FIFA, Rolling Rock, Coca-Cola, and MasterCard. He has shepherded numerous celebrities through high-profile projects, including Eva Mendes, Andy Richter, Michael Fassbender, Ronaldinho and Wayne Rooney.

Brown’s film work includes the interactive short Dark Ride with Norman Reedus (Boondock Saints); a half hour comedy, One Wedding and a Funeral; and two LA International Short more

Artistic Image, (AI) Atlanta’s multi award-winning full-service creative/production/CGI company, swept the Telly Awards for the third consecutive year, garnering six awards in the 3D + Graphics Category for a mix of innovate design-driven work at the 2011 event. Partner and director of animation + design Ed Dye helmed each project, raising the creative bar with AI’s seamless signature concept-through-completion collaborative approach, which tapped into the company’s full scope of design, CGI, 3D modeling, animation, live-action production, editing, compositing and color correction services.

The Atlanta-based firm took home top honours for its photorealistic animated/CGI multi-screen series of shorts for Ferrari, entitled, “Kiosk.” The HD video presentation is the centerpiece of the Ferrari Museum at Ferrari World, a permanent exhibit at Dubailand, the billon–dollar theme park.
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Bethesda, MD, June 20, 2011 – Pixeldust Studios, a multi-award winning digital animation and broadcast design studio, has launched a Non-Entertainment Division, which will provide company services to government, corporate, museum, educational and charitable groups and organizations. Ricardo Andrade, President and Creative Director, Pixeldust Studios, made the announcement.

Mr. Andrade said, “We have been fortunate enough during the past few years to have expanded our creative services to numerous clients who fall into ‘non-entertainment’ categories. While we clearly have made a name for ourselves within the non-fiction television and documentary arenas, we felt now was the appropriate time to officially launch this new company unit, which will provide our same award winning animation and motion graphics work to a much broader universe of companies, organizations and projects, on a global scale.”

Below are details from several recent Pixeldust more

Hollywood—Mark Mangini’s job is for the birds. A Sound Designer at Soundelux in Hollywood, Mangini led the sound team for Mr. Popper’s Penguins, the new film from 20th Century Fox. The summer movie season’s first live-action family comedy event stars Jim Carrey, as a businessman whose chilly relationship with his family heats up after he inherits six adorable, lovable and mischievous penguins. more

Wild(child) editor Diego Panich was tasked with creating an offbeat, surreal spot entitled ‘RABBIT,’ featuring supermodel Kate Moss dancing seductively for her unlikely romantic interest, a tap-dancing giant rabbit man. The :60 commercial hearlding the launch of the ‘Dream Collection’ for the fashion-forward international clothier, Basement, presents a captivating, yet unfathomable scenario that connects to its youthful international audience – and is quickly becoming a You Tube favorite. The award-winning cutter, represented exclusively by Wild(child) Editorial/NY in the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast, collaborated closely with acclaimed film and commercial director Martin Romanella on the high-profile spot.

“I was thrilled to have the opportunity work on a campaign for a brand that is known for its untraditional approach to advertising,” notes Panich, who cut the spot on Final Cut Pro. “Basement has an image that reflects an irreverent aesthetic inspired by the connection between fashion and modern culture, art more

Hollywood, CA, June 20, 2011 – Stun Creative, an award winning advertising agency and production company based in Los Angeles, has produced and shot the 2011 “Summer by Bravo” promotional campaign for the cable network. The campaign, comprised of a 60-second spot, along with several additional 30-second spots, has a summer camp theme and features over 20 of Bravo’s popular talent. This new summer spot follows the enormous success of last year’s rooftop party spot, where the Bravolebrities co-mingled for the first time in a network brand spot. Stun Creative also produced and shot that campaign.

To view this work, please see:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20497448,00.html

The 2011 “Summer by Bravo” spot, set against the brand new Britney Spears song “I Wanna Go,” presents these Bravolebrities attending summer camp where they engage in a variety of activities, ranging from archery more

IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program has announced KOM Networks as a 2011 Laureate. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change.
“We are pleased that Computerworld Honors Program has recognized our company’s efforts to bring about social and environmental change while keeping in mind the technology needs of our customer in a down economy,” says Taher Shaath, CEO, KOM Networks. “As we celebrate our 42nd year in business we feel compelled to share our good fortunes and pave the road for others to pay it forward. We are humbled by this honor and feel privileged to be recognized as an example that will hopefully inspire others to make a positive impact on our environment while giving back to the community.”

“The number and quality of nominations this year were very inspiring and demonstrate how valuable IT is to community change,” said more

IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program has announced KOM Networks as a 2011 Laureate. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change.
“We are pleased that Computerworld Honors Program has recognized our company’s efforts to bring about social and environmental change while keeping in mind the technology needs of our customer in a down economy,” says Taher Shaath, CEO, KOM Networks. “As we celebrate our 42nd year in business we feel compelled to share our good fortunes and pave the road for others to pay it forward. We are humbled by this honor and feel privileged to be recognized as an example that will hopefully inspire others to make a positive impact on our environment while giving back to the community.”

“The number and quality of nominations this year were very inspiring and demonstrate more