Archive for June 23rd, 2011

Wedemark, Germany — June 23, 2011 – Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG published its financial statement for the business year 2010, reporting an increased turnover of 468.2 million Euros, compared to 389.9 million Euros last year. This corresponds to an increase of 20.1 percent and is the largest turnover in the company’s history. Profit increased from 3.8 million Euros (in 2009) to 22.6 million Euros.

“All product groups and all markets have contributed to this positive result,” said Volker Bartels, Spokesperson of Sennheiser’s Executive Management Board. “One of the important factors that contributed to this result was the revival of the professional side of our business and the highly positive growth at the end of the year, particularly in the consumer segment. Now we have to stabilize this dynamic growth and further expand our business.” On average in the year 2010, the Sennheiser Group employed 2,117 people, 1,153 more

Composer of DEAD SPACE, DEAD SPACE 2, PREY 2, F.3.A.R., COMMAND & CONQUER 4 to present during Audio Track at Develop in Brighton Conference on 21 July, 2011.

“What’s The Score? The Art And Science of Interactive Video Game Music”

Develop Conference
Hilton Metropole in Brighton, UK
21 July 2011
15:10-15:50

Jason Graves’ spine-chilling interactive music score for DEAD SPACE won him a BAFTA, a place in game music history and critical acclaim from both peers and punters alike. But his work in music for interactive entertainment encompasses dozens of other productions to which he has brought and continues to bring unbridled passion and enthusiasm as well as finely honed composition skills. This session is a rare opportunity to hear the maestro in Europe outlining his quest for excellence in creating interactive music that can respond to game states and events on the fly at run-time and more

Hollywood, CA, June 23, 2011 — Shannon Benna, an independent producer and creative director specializing in emerging technologies and entertainment media production, has become Hollywood’s “First Female Feature Film Stereographer” through her work on Global Asylum’s upcoming 3D feature film “A Haunting In Salem.” With credits that span traditional film, TV, and interactive content production, Ms. Benna served as On-Set Stereographer during the entire production of that project.

Slated for release in late August, “A Haunting in Salem” is a horror film based around the historic events of the Salem witch trials of 1692. Global Asylum felt the storyline lent itself to being enhanced by stereoscopic 3D, and chose to capture the movie in native 3D, rather than converting it after the fact. Shot on Red Ones and using the DV4 beam-splitter provided by InterVideo, the feature’s principal photography, more

Jazz, Hip Hop, Creativity & The Brain… An Inquiry Into Relationships

NEW YORK: In 2010, Dr. Charles Limb infiltrated Baltimore’s Hip Hop scene for a study on the parallels between that free form art and “traditional” jazz. On Thursday, October 20th, Dr Limb will detail his findings with a Keynote address at the 131st AES Convention at NY’s Javits Center. Sound, Hearing and Music: A Journey From The Ears to The Brain, will explore the physical and intellectual intricacies of musical creativity; its inception and perception.

In announcing the address, 131st Convention Chair Jim Anderson remarked, “Dr. Limb’s innovative research into the parallel fields of technology and musical creativity exemplifies the AES mission. His study of brain function in improvising musicians is sure to provide valuable insights.”

“At first glance, the free-form art of musical improvisation and the meticulous environment of the research lab seem more

Port of LA

As part of a multi-million dollar renovation of the World Cruise Center at the Port of Los Angeles, Electrosonic has designed a new audio, video and show control system, crafted digital signage, created a kids-friendly videowall and installed a zoned sound and paging system.

The Port of Los Angeles is one of the busiest cruise ports on the West Coast, with Disney Cruise Line and other major cruise lines calling at the World Cruise Center. Electrosonic was tasked with the design of an audio, video and show control system that would meet the needs of the Port of Los Angeles and the cruise lines operating out of Berth 93. Once the design was approved by all parties, Electrosonic engineered, manufactured, installed and programmed the new system.

“One of the main more

IBC2011 Product Preview Wohler Technologies Exhibiting With HHB, Stand 8.D56 and in the Outside Broadcast (OB) Area, Stand OE225
Wohler Technologies 31055 Huntwood Ave. Hayward, CA 94544 Tel: +1 (510) 870-0810 Fax: +1 (510) 870-0811 Website: www.wohler.com
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IRVINE, Calif. — June 23, 2011 — Sonnet Technologies today introduced its Transposer(TM) universal 2.5-inch SSD to 3.5-inch drive tray adapter. Transposer secures the smaller SSD drive to its heat-sinking aluminum frame, and the assembly is readily installed into any 3.5-inch drive tray. With a 2.5-inch SSD attached, the Transposer adapter mimics the geometry of a 3.5-inch drive and mounts equally well to trays that bottom-mount or side-mount 3.5-inch drives. The Transposer adapter’s SATA connector is positioned to plug into a backplane as the tray is inserted.
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Forecasting a busy summer of production, Calabash Animation has added accomplished animation director Chris Blake as the company’s new CG Production Manager, and Lead Animator Eric Meister. In addition, the company is ramping up with a significant investment in technology, including several new CG workstations and software licenses.

”Our latest initiative has been to leverage our CG capabilities, and the market is definitely showing a lot of interest,” Sean Henry, Calabash Executive Producer says. ”With that in mind we’ve brought in Chris to manage our growing CG department and Eric to take a lead role in our creative work.”

A veteran animator and Chicago native, Blake is very familiar with Calabash, its creative team and clients, thanks to many years of freelancing at the award-winning studio. Before joining Calabash, he was academic director at the Illinois Institute of more

Crafting Cinematics for Third Instalment of Popular Gaming Franchise

Montreal, Que: June 23, 2011… The Cinematics Division at Modus FX teamed up with Digital Dimension recently to create 20 minutes of spine-tingling cinematics for F.3.A.R. – the third instalment of the popular game from Warner Bros. Interactive, which was released this week. Developed by Day 1 Studios, the game was directed by Rocky Newton with the participation of acclaimed horror filmmaker John Carpenter. Working closely together with Digital Dimension, the primary vendor on the project, Modus created the looks and delivered evocative filmic imagery for 20 story segments, comprising a total of 189 shots.
“F.3.A.R. is a first-person shooter set in a very creepy environment. It’s like playing a game within a horror movie,” explained Martin Pelletier, VFX supervisor at Modus. “We were given a lot of freedom on this project more

New Website Unites Company’s Expansive Product Line with its Communities on RG People and RGTV

Portland, OR (June 23, 2011) – Red Giant (www.redgiant.com) today announced it has unveiled a new web presence that brings together unparalleled libraries of training content, product information and the Red Giant communities and organizes them neatly under one umbrella site. Effective immediately, the company has been renamed Red Giant, reflecting the depth and breadth of products, services and content available to the VFX user community.

The new web presence also represents an enhanced emphasis on customer care with more Company representatives in place to make it easier than ever to get answers quickly and directly from Red Giant. Free online chat, phone and email are available to customers and web visitors alike.

With the launch of the site, Red Giant has streamlined its family of VFX products to more