Archive of the Documentaries Category

SANTA MONICA, CALIF.; February 2, 2011 – POP Sound, part of the CSS Studios group of companies, provided post production sound services for Rebirth, a feature-length documentary chronicling the lives of five people whose lives were profoundly affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Ten years in the making, the film, directed by Jim Whitaker, features interviews with individuals who were either injured or who lost loved ones in the attack on the World Trade Center. These interviews are intertwined with news footage and unprecedented time-lapse sequences of rebuilding at Ground Zero. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. more

LOS ANGELES, CA — Thanks to the reliability and ruggedness of Anton/Bauer® DIONIC HC battery, award-winning veteran documentarian and TV cameraman, Allen Dewey, doesn’t miss a trick while on-location, shooting in extreme conditions for his many reality TV projects. 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, has remained the exclusive battery of choice for Dewey since first trying out the brand in the 1980s and has continued to power his cameras for the variety of reality TV shows he’s worked on, including Gene Simmons Family Jewels, The Girls Next Door, American Restoration and the last four seasons of A&E’s Criss Angel: Mindfreak.

The Academy Award-, Emmy- and Telly-winning videographer tested the new Anton/Bauer DIONIC® HC battery during Season 6 more

SCRATCH Digital Workflow is Backbone of Post Production for 2011 Sundance Film Entries
At the 27th Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (January 20 – 30), several films are on the competition roster for filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH DI tool suite in their digital workflows.

ASSIMILATE congratulates Stuck On On (Austin, TX, USA), Offhollywood (New York, USA), Opus Digital Lab (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Hangar Films (Bogotá, Colombia) for their high-quality post production of the following films and documentaries accepted by the Sundance Film Festival 2011, the premier showcase for independent American and international filmmakers.

Image courtesy of Stuck On On; scene from “Take Shelter� (2011); full post-production powered by ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH DI tool suite.

U.S. Dramatic Competition
World premiere of Take Shelter (2011), directed by Jeff Nichols: A more

ASSIMILATE (www.assimilateinc.com), a leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, today underscored its long-term leadership in supporting 4K set-to-post workflows for RED Digital Cinema camera systems, with the announcement that it realized a 40% year-over-year increase of SCRATCH sales into RED features, commercials, broadcast and music video projects.

The company also experienced record revenue for SCRATCH sales in 2010. New features harnessing the power of SCRATCH include director John Cameron Mitchell’s Rabbit Hole, starring Nicole Kidman, and director Doug Liman’s Fair Game, starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. Post production for both films was done by Offhollywood (NYC).

SCRATCH was used at NYC’s OffHollywood for Doug Liman’s Fair Game, starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.

ASSIMILATE maintained its tradition of spearheading support for native RED digital workflows, with the recent v5.2 more

New high definition (HD, 2K, 4K) royalty-free stock footage timelapse shot in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Essen, Germany have been added in different categories (City, Celestial, Clouds, Fun, Marine and People) on HDtimelapse.net website.

Some of the locations from Frankfurt, Germany are EuroTower, Dreikonigskirche, Silver Tower, Frankfurt’s Green Ring, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Main plaza, Aerial Cityscape, skyscrapers, DZ Bank, Deutsche Bank Twin Towers, Trianon, Messeturm, Central Station (Hauptbahnhof), Eiserner Steg bridge, Commerzbank, Untermainbrucke, Westhafen Tower Complex, Mainforum, Frankfurt Union Investment, Mainkai, Alte Nikolaikirche, Frankfurter Welle, Skyper Tower, Palais Quartier Tower, Hilton Hotel, Untermainkai, Schaumainkai, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Rhine-Main, sunset light, PaulsKirche, Katharinenkirche, Langer Franz, Kaiserdom St. Bartholomaus, Main Tower, Galileo building, Maininsel, Main river, Alte bridge.

Some of the locations from Hamburg, Germany are Inner Alster Lake more

Filmmakers Albert Maysles, Muffie Meyer and Susan Froemke to Accept on Behalf of the Film

January 6, 2010 – New York – The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking announced today that this year’s Legacy Award will be presented to the landmark 1975 documentary, GREY GARDENS. Filmmakers Albert Maysles, Muffie Meyer and Susan Froemke will accept the award on behalf of the film and the collaborative team that created one of the most enduring and influential documentaries ever made.

The award will be presented on January 18, 2011 at the 4th Annual Cinema Eye Honors ceremony to be held at the newly re-opened Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York. The event will be broadcast on the Documentary Channel on Sunday, January 30, 2011.

“GREY GARDENS stands as a testament to the collaborative nature of filmmaking,� Cinema more

Local News Veteran Lou Baxter to Moderate Post-Screening Discussion with Filmmaker and Dwyer Family at Allegheny College

Screening to Benefit R. Budd Dwyer Scholarship Foundation

MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, January 4, 2011 – 24 years after the shocking televised suicide of Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, a documentary about the life of the revered, yet much scrutinized politician, will screen for one night only in Dwyer’s hometown of Meadville. After a recent successful theatrical run in Harrisburg, filmmaker James Dirschberger will present Honest Man: The Life of R. Budd Dwyer on Jan. 22 at 5:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at The Vukovich Theater at Allegheny College. Veteran television reporter and current WFXP and WJET News Director Lou Baxter will moderate the Question & Answer period with Dirschberger and the Dwyer family (Budd’s son Rob Dwyer and sister Mary Kun), as well as The Sins of our Fathers author William more

HBO ARCHIVES & TCM WRAPS 75TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION OF THE MARCH OF TIME® DOCUMENTARY SERIES

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Turner Classic Movies New Year’s Day marathon to include ‘lost’ pilot
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NEW YORK, Dec 1, 2010 – HBO Archives® and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) wrap-up the year-long 75th anniversary celebration of the groundbreaking theatrical journalism series The March of Time with a six hour New Year’s Day marathon on TCM.
The award-winning series The March of Time was produced by Time magazine from 1935 to 1967. The series appeared in theaters nationwide and covered a full spectrum of notable events in news, politics and sports. The March of Time is credited with the creation of documentary newsgathering through the use of reenactments. Footage from The March of Time has recently been restored by HBO Archives.
The 75th anniversary events have included screenings at the National Gallery of Art in more

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cinnafilm® has recently signed agreements with a number of prominent global Resellers/Distributors to extend the reach of newly released Dark Energy and other Cinnafilm products. “We have a goal of complete global coverage by the end of the first quarter, 2011,â€? said Vice President of Operations, Ernie Sanchez. “The inquiries and requests for our latest technology, Dark Energy Tachyonâ„¢ and Dark Energy Texture Managerâ„¢, come in from a new country weekly, and we are developing relationships with some of the strongest technology representatives out there to meet those needs.â€?

Cinnafilm’s game changing technology for file based workflows was originally sold as Relativity through the global sales network of ARRI, Inc. Alan Davis, Vice-President of Sales stated: “As we expand beyond our initial relationship with ARRI, it is critical to partner with the right companies both in the USA and internationally. There are resellers all over more

Mechanism Digital produced CG recreation for “Human Error.”

Mechanism Digital produced CG animations for MSNBC

Mechanism Digital designed and produced stylized explainer graphics for MSNBC

New York, NY – Mechanism Digital (MechanismDigital.com), Manhattan based VFX and animation studio, has created dynamic graphics for two additional nerve-wracking, yet informative, Why Planes Crash specials. Produced by Peacock Productions, they will air on MSNBC as “Why Planes Crash: Human Errorâ€? and “Why Planes Crash: Fire in the Sky.â€? more