Archive for September 21st, 2011

(Burbank, CA) Createasphere – a global community builder for the entertainment technology industry – is presenting its Second Post Production Master Class this Thursday, September 22 and Friday, 23 at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City. The Post Production Master Class follows an entire week of connection, exhibition, and conferences for entertainment technology, digital asset management that features support from NAB SHOW, American Society of Cinematographers, Post New York Alliance, NYPA, and American Cinema Editors.

Featuring a top lineup of experts from across the spectrum of knowledge, the Post Production Master Class is an in-depth, interactive opportunity to spend time looking at the most compelling issues and latest information with those in the process.

Companies as diverse as Superfad, Deluxe, Focus Features, Technicolor, Quantum, Autodesk, Mega Playground, Brainstorm Digital, as well as post production supervisors, cinematographers, and important organizational experts will more

“Oh Say Can You See” Offers Clear Insights of the Present and Future of Reference Monitors

(Los Angeles, CA) The Hollywood Post Alliance(r) – the trade association which serves the professional post production community, has announced that the HPA(r) Reference Monitor Symposium is set for October 1st, 2011 at The Walt Disney Studios. The Reference Monitor Symposium was envisioned and planned by a Blue Ribbon group of industry engineers, color scientists, cinematographers, colorists and post experts driven by the community’s growing need for high quality reference monitoring and the evolving complexity of content and display environments. The Symposium is a full day of demonstrations, presentations, and one-on-one connection with the top minds in the post production and display communities.

The Reference Monitor Symposium is geared to literally everyone in our industry today as the need to view high quality content in a professional more

kaboom director brandon dickerson’s sparkling pop sensibility shines in the new promo film for Yahoo! The project, which recently launched online, promotes a unique partnership between Yahoo! and DonorsChoose.org in “Homepages for Homerooms,” an online campaign and competition benefitting public school classrooms. In the project, director dickerson’s extensive music video experience, visual sensibility and talent for eliciting natural performances from kids come together in promotion magic for a great cause.

To view the promo, please visit: http://bit.ly/kaboomYahoo

“Chalk” features kids playfully creating a beautiful chalk mural of the Homepages for Homerooms visual icon surrounded by drawings of growing flowers and the radiant sun. Infused with warmth, the spot encourages people to make Yahoo! their homepage while voting for submitted classroom projects in need of funding. Or, as summed up on a chalkboards message: help make a classroom’s dream come more

RAGE Composer Rod Abernethy

Raleigh, NC – September 21st, 2011 – Award-winning soundtrack composer, producer and recording artist Rod Abernethy has crafted the original music score for id Software’s post-apocalyptic world in RAGE™, the latest game from the acclaimed designers of such classics as the Wolfenstein®, DOOM®, and QUAKE® series. Abernethy brought an immersive hybrid approach to scoring the highly anticipated blockbuster, employing traditional acoustic instrumentation and mixing experimental electronic sounds. RAGE is scheduled to release for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 4th in North America and October 7th in Europe.

RAGE is a groundbreaking first-person shooter set in the not-too-distant future after an asteroid impacts Earth, leaving a ravaged world behind. You emerge into this vast wasteland to discover humanity working to rebuild itself against such forces as raider more

Tool has added to its growing stable of diverse live action directors with the signing of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival award-winner Alma Har’el. The versatile talent will bring her unique perspective and dynamic personality to commercials and music videos.

Har’el is best known for the documentary Bombay Beach, which took the top prize at Tribeca in 2011. A distillation of Har’el’s fearless style, the film is an unadulterated portrait of the human spirit as seen through the lives of three protagonists in more

Sacramento, CA – The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture and Industry (MOCI) has selected Jampro Antennas of Sacramento, CA to furnish turnkey broadband DVB-T antenna solutions to a twelve-site network as well as supply FM antenna systems and related RF components. Alex M. Perchevitch, Jampro president, released details of the significant project from headquarters today.

MOCI specified Jampro model JUHD UHF broadband antenna systems to accommodate the digital video broadcasting side of the project. Jampro Proline rigid transmission line and associated accessories round out the system.

For FM transmissions, MOCI chose Jampro model JFVD panel antennas in conjunction with Jampro RCCS Starpoint combiners, which are used to combine two or more high-power FM signals.

Perchevitch commented on the order: “MOCI’s prime purchasing considerations were equipment reliability and durability, but they also insisted on the best performance. more

Sacramento, CA (9 September 2011) — Jampro Antennas has received a contract from TV Azteca, one of Latin America’s largest television networks and a long-time customer of the antenna manufacturer, to provide a UHF television antenna system for its growing Mexican network. Alex M. Perchevitch, Jampro’s president made the announcement from headquarters in Sacramento, CA.

The new system will be installed in the municipality of Melchor Ocampo in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon. It is designed to improve TV Azteca’s coverage in one of Mexico’s most progressive farming, industrial and commercial centers.

As they have many times in the recent past for other locations, TV Azteca chose a DTV-ready Jampro model JUHD Broad Band UHF Panel Antenna for Melchor Ocampo. The system includes Jampro’s RWCS-652-20/54 UHF waveguide combiner, Jampro Proline rigid transmission line and related more

Delta Diamond

Passengers walking through the rotunda on the concourse between Delta Terminals 2 and 3 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York have discovered a jewel of an installation for Delta Airlines featuring video display, playback and control by Scharff Weisberg.

Dubbed the Delta Diamond, the lozenge-shaped glass installation was created by Cigar Box Studios. The transparent structure is divided across the middle to offer two different experiences. One side shows a simulated BusinessElite class cabin with its comfortable custom seat alongside a cabin wall with windows; the other side houses a 3×3 videowall displaying a looped promotional video about Delta’s $1.2 billion expansion and upgrade of Terminal 4 at JFK. Cigar Box Studios designed the installation to be shipped in its entirety or in two halves and tour airports nationwide.

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VICON House of Moves (HOM), a leading motion capture and animation service company, provided mocap and data processing to bring the dancing alien robots and humanoids to life alongside the fan-favorite hamsters for the :60 “Share Some Soul” spot for Kia Motors America. Directed by Mark Romanek, the spot initially aired during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

Executing a concept developed by creative agency David&Goliath, production company Anonymous Content and visual effects company Method approached VICON House of Moves to help mobilize alien robots and humanoids into a choreographed routine to LMFAO’s hit song ‘Party Rock Anthem.’ Working with Anonymous Content’s designs, Method Studios created the all-CG world as well as the hamsters and robots, to which VICON HOM added movement through mocap at their Los Angeles studio.

VICON HOM shot the mocap over the course of two days with seven performers on their 2,520 more

Sacramento, CA — Jampro Antennas, Inc. – the oldest antenna company in North America with over 50 years experience, and Mectrônica – the largest and most experienced antenna manufacturer and contractor in Brazil, have partnered to offer the Brazilian market unprecedented service and efficiency, especially regarding Digital TV projects. Alex M. Perchevitch, Jampro president, announced details from headquarters in Sacramento, CA, USA.

“Jampro is dedicated to supporting our customers with quality products and the highest level of service,” Perchevitch stated. “Joining forces with Mectrônica combines the power of American manufacturing with an intense understanding of the Brazilian market. Together we offer an unparalleled resource able to evaluate needs and provide the most advanced, appropriate, and cost-effective solutions for digital TV.”

Founded in 1954, Jampro was an early and major player in the emergence of DTV. The company more