Archive of the Company Announcements Category

Hollywood, CA, April 25, 2007 – SonicPool, one of Hollywood‘s leading post facilities, specializing in audio and video finishing, edit suite rentals, and full post-production services, has announced its latest slate of film projects. The announcement was made by John Frost and Patrick Bird, co-founders/Supervising Sound Mixers, SonicPool.

SonicPool now offers mixing and sound design services for projects from all media, including studio and independent feature films, television networks, programs and promos, radio, DVD, gaming and Internet. Working within its brand new HD Online/Color Suite (complete with a Sony SRW 5500, a true 4:4:4 resolution HD deck and Panasonic D5 HD decks,) SonicPool has completed the online and color correction of the teaser trailer for the upcoming feature film “Captivity” for After Dark Films. more

Beverly Hills, CA, April 25, 2007 – A new version of the classic 1919 horror film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” with cinematography by award-winning cinematographer Christopher Duddy, will mark the first time ever that original sets from a silent era film have been “re-mixed” as digital backgrounds integrating contemporary actors. The new version of the film, directed by David Lee Fisher, will be released on DVD by Image Entertainment on June 5th, 2007. (Note: Mr. Duddy is also co-founder/executive producer with the Beverly Hills, CA-based feature film production company Open Sky Entertainment.) more

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MoneyShots, Hollywood, CA

To see the 30 second version of this spot, please see: http://moneyshotspost.com/VISA_makeover/

To view the 60 second version of this spot, please see: http://moneyshotspost.com/VISA_60_MASTER/ more

Extra-Wide Screen, Improved Performance Make New AccuSync Wide Series Perfect for Video and Spreadsheet Work in the Consumer, Enterprise and Educational Markets

CHICAGO – April 24, 2007 – NEC Display Solutions of America, the leading stand-alone provider of flat panel desktop and commercial large-screen LCD displays, plasma displays and projectors, today announced upgrades to its popular AccuSync LCD Series. The new additions include the 19-inch AccuSync ASLCD193WXM, the 20-inch ASLCD203WXM, and the 22-inch ASLCD223WXM display. more

To view the spots go to: www.badfatsbrothers.com

The characters, Sat and Trans, The Bad Fats Brothers, were animated by FlickerLab, in partnership with Porter Novelli and Porter Novelli‘s client, the American Heart Association. The objective of the campaign is to make adults more aware of the dangers of both trans fats and saturated fats. FlickerLab‘s 1:05 flash animated webisode and website animation and design went online April 10th. more

New York, NY. 23 April, 2007 – Future Media Concepts (FMC), the nation‘s premier digital media training company, has partnered with Dubai-based Applied Digital Media Services (ADMS) to bring advanced digital media training to content creators in the Middle East and Africa. Through this joint venture ADMS is licensing FMC‘s highly-successful model to offer manufacturer-authorized courses in digital editing, Web design and development, motion graphics, sound design, and desktop publishing in training centers from Pakistan to Morocco. The first of these centers opened in January in a new state-of-the-art facility in Dubai‘s Knowledge Village and offers authorized Adobe, Apple, Avid, and Digidesign courses. more

Recipient to Receive $10,000 Prize

Stockholm, Sweden, April 23, 2007 – Trapcode, developer of visual effects and motion graphics tools today announced that Peder Norrby of Trapcode is honored to present Ken Perlin the Trapcode Award of Excellence on Monday, April 23, 2007. This reward also includes prize money in the nomination of $10,000. The ceremony will be held at New York University at 7:00 PM in the main lecture hall of the Warren Weaver building. more

to view the work: www.guerillafx.com/adidas.html

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – April 20, 2007 – For adidas and Foot Locker, which gathered some of the best graffiti artists in the world to create a signature collection of shoes, Director Thor Raxlen and Guerilla FX (New York, NY), through time-lapse photography, shot the creative efforts of renowned graffiti artist Rime (AKA Jersey Joe). His mural for the “End-to-End” collection takes the artist‘s work literally from the street to your feet. The one minute web spot, which launched April 6th, has been attached to a mix of urban culture, community and sneaker-head sites including XXLmag.com, Artistdirect.com, allhiphop.com, vibe.com, defjam.com, rocafella.com, islandrecords.com, spin.com, blackplanet.com, sneakerfreaker.com, hypebeast.com and sneakerplay.com. In addition, the 1:00 spot is being projected from vans onto building facades throughout both New York and Los Angeles to garner further attention for the new line of sneakers. more

NEW YORK, April 19, 2007 – HBO Archives, which launched in 2002, announces its new website, hboarchives.com, enhanced to enable users to conduct dual footage and text searches, as well as accessing showcase reels. “High-speed search, the ability to view and download, and access to tens of thousands of clips, this is a huge step forward for us,” said Rick Bernstein, senior vice president and executive producer, HBO Sports. more

3D Tool Quickly Takes Root in Pipeline After Artists put it to the Test

San Mateo, Calif. — April 16, 2007 — Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, today announced that modo™ was used by the Los Angeles-based visual effects company, Zoic Studios, for the FOX action series, “Drive.” An action-packed drama that follows an intense cross country road race, “Drive” relies heavily on movie-quality photorealistic CG shots to amp up the suspense as the actors race for their lives en route to a $32 million prize. Zoic Studios was awarded approximately 120 shots for the series opener and relied upon modo to model and texture several hero elements including a 1970′s Ford pickup truck, a Dodge Grand Caravan and the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse (located in Florida). more