Archive for July 20th, 2011

Los Angeles-based director and photographer Judy Starkman has been a swimmer all of her life, a passion that helps her escape the high-pressure world of commercial directing and advertising. It was during one of her hour-long swims at the Culver City Plunge pool that she developed the idea for a unique public arts project now on display as large-scale banners along Culver Blvd. Those images, along with a video directed by Starkman, also live in a “virtual” gallery online at www.thesecretlifeofswimmers.com. A viral promo short film that can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/secretswimmers.

“The Secret Life of Swimmers” illuminates a story Starkman knows well–that every die-hard swimmer has a life outside the pool. And that swimming is the great equalizer. Each character in “The Secret Life” is seen in the regalia of his or her everyday life and, in an identical pose poolside, baring all. Or nearly all.

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strong>ANTON/BAUER BATTERIES AND POWER SUPPLIES TRAVEL ACROSS TWO CONTINENTS FOR CYCLIST DOCUMENTARY ON CLIMATE CHANGE

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - Months of perpetual flat tires and busted bicycle chains didn’t stop deepeei Film Productions from completing the highly-acclaimed cycling documentary Going South, which follows two teams of two cyclists each-one in North America and one in South America-who journey across 17,000 miles collectively through 17 countries on either side of the equator in search of ways to combat environmental issues such as global warming and climate change. To capture such genuine and unique footage, deepeei employed power solutions from Anton/Bauer, 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, including the high-power HyTRON 140 and DIONIC HCX batteries.

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Cusp Point Technology, Critical Issues + FM Stereo Broadcast’s 50th Anniversary

NEW YORK: 131st AES Convention Chair Jim Anderson reports that Broadcast & Streaming Sessions Chair, David Bialik has developed a wide-ranging program of must-attend events. “Significant technical and sociological changes which impacted the broadcast industry over the past decade have affected every corner of the pro audio industry,” Anderson remarked. “In his 25th turn as Broadcast/Streaming Chair, David Bialik continues to deliver ‘destination’ sessions of real consequence to our attendees.

BROADCAST STREAMING EVENTS INCLUDE:

IMPROVING THE STREAMING AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE: Moderator – Bill Sacks, Dolby Labs. Panel: Rusty Hodge, SomaFM; Michael Daskalopoulos, Dolby; Markell Lanbright, CBS Radio; Greg Ogonowski, Orban: Today’s hyper competitive digital media environment presents listener/viewers with countless options. Audiences are increasingly aware of high quality audio and seamless players. Compromised audio streaming will loose these fickle users forever. Options for improving the more

Orlando, FL — FSR, manufacturer of audio and video switching, control products, and connectivity boxes, has singled out The Farm as “Super Rep of the Year” for outstanding performance in all three categories: Metal, Electronics, and Matrix. The annual honor was bestowed upon the Northern California firm at FSR’s Representative meeting during InfoComm 2011 in Orlando, Florida.

“Criteria for ‘Rep of the year’ is based upon performance versus quota,” explained Jan Sandri, FSR’s president. “And while all our representatives are exceptional and we are fortunate to work with all of them, this year The Farm nailed it in every category. We are very pleased to consider them an important part of the FSR family.”

The Farm is a professional manufacturers representative firm specializing in technical sales and marketing of high quality commercial AV products. The Company ranks service more

New York rockers The Dirty Pearls recently premiered their new music video, Who’s Coming Back To Who, at the Bowery Ballroom on June 30th. The video for the bluesy, hard-rocking track was directed by Jasin Cadic, co-writer of upcoming theatrical release The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll, with color grading and visual effects courtesy of Nice Shoes.

Cadic shot the clip over a three-day period in New York. “I wanted to capture what’s going on in the lower East Side right now, and they’re pretty much the hottest band in the city,” he says. “We set out to capture the excitement and energy of the local rock scene, and then showcase that against a narrative with the Pearls as the headlining band.”

The club sequences were shot at Don Hill’s, the well-known Greenwich Street nightclub. Sadly, Don Hill himself passed away just more

Blackmagic Design today released a new software update for its desktop video products that adds full support for the new Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. This Desktop Video 8.2 software update includes support for Apple’s new Core Video and Core Audio processing pipelines for professional grade video and audio functionality across a wide variety of applications. more

Fourth of July – time for fireworks, barbeques, and patriotic advertising. The latter is exactly what audioEngine helped deliver for Jack Daniel’s, in a powerful spot directed by Prettybird’s Max Malkin via Arnold. With mixer Rex Recker leading a team that included producer Jessie Meade and EP Sharon DiTullio-Tepper, audioEngine struck the perfect holiday note.

As American As is a steady march through the great inventions of American ingenuity: the jukebox, motorcycle, television, blue jeans, automobile, motorcycle, radio, telephone and more, on through history, until a sturdy bottle of Jack Daniel’s is slammed on a table, as American as anything else we’ve seen. As these images flash past on the screen, Recker perfectly blends a narrator’s voiceover with the sounds of Gary Clark Jr.’s Bright Lights, plus the very delicate and subtle use of sound effects.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK — For “Mildred Pierce,” HBO’s five-part mini-series, Phosphene, an independent design and visual effects house led by Founders/Co-Owners John Bair and Vivian Connolly, garnered an EMMY nomination from the Academy of Arts and Sciences for Outstanding Special Visual Effects For a Mini-series, Movie or a Special – 2011.

The talented Phosphene visual effects team, which created everything from elaborate set extensions to tiny detail work fixing anachronisms, share the nomination and include Visual Effects Supervisor John Bair, Visual Effects Producer Renuka Ballal, CGI Artist Nathan Meier, Compositors Constance Conrad, Marci Ichimura, Josephine Noh, Aaron Raff and Scott Winston, and independent Visual Effects Supervisor Lesley Robson-Foster.

Phosphene’s Bair explained the scope of their work. “A lot of changes came into play as the series was filmed in the New York area which had to substitute for Los Angeles in the 30s more

Granite 2000 Live Video Production System Featured at SMPTE11 Conference

Billerica, Massachusetts – Broadcast Pix™ today announced its expanded relationship with Gencom Technology, a global media technology solution provider and systems integrator. Through its partnership with Gencom in New Zealand and Singapore, Broadcast Pix has already garnered increased interest in the region’s sporting venues, government agencies, educational institutions, and broadcast applications. Now, Gencom is the Broadcast Pix dealer in Australia as well.

At its booth at the SMPTE11 Conference and Exhibition, which runs through 22 July at the Sydney Exhibition Centre in Sydney, Australia (Booth H09), Gencom is showcasing Granite™ 2000 live video production systems with new Granite 2.0 software, which features the optional Chyron Lyric PRO 8 character generator.

“We are excited to partner with Gencom, which has proven its ability to showcase innovative solutions including Broadcast more

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