Los Angeles, CA – (June 1, 2007) — Final Cut Editor Carlos Arias recently completed two vastly different videos for Aussie hip-hop/rockers Bumblebeez, and disco-punk revivalists LCD Soundsystem. The videos mark another successful collaboration with MJZ Director Tom Kuntz with whom Arias has had a long-term friendship.

“Carlos is by far the best looking editor working today,” says Kuntz. “When the chance to work with him on these videos arose, I had to take it.” more…

May 31, 2007 (Hollywood, CA) The Hollywood Post Alliance announced today that the call for entries for the HPA Awards has opened. This year marks the second HPA Awards, which recognizes creative and technical excellence in the art, science and craft of post-production. The HPA Awards Ceremony is scheduled to take place on the evening of November 1, 2007 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. more…

South African artist and director William Kentridge has brought his innovative production of Mozart‘s “The Magic Flute” to Brussels Theatre De La Monnaie where Medialon Manager plays a critical role in controlling the show‘s unusual imagery.

Kentridge‘s production of the opera, which has been touring the world, is set in the 19th century in the early years of photography and at the height of world colonialism. The stage design lays out the background, midground and foreground like an old bellows camera with the audience‘s eyes as viewfinder. more…

Stage 3 Media Inc., an independent production company specializing in new media entertainment, today proudly announced Guinness World Records‘ recognition of their web-based science fiction series Sanctuary as “Highest Budget for a Direct-to-Web Broadcast.” Full production and visual effects design costs for eight Sanctuary webisodes averaging 15-minutes in length were completed by Stage 3 Media for $4.5 million CDN. more…

Los Angeles, CA – (May 25, 2007) – Entertainment and design company Imaginary Forces (IF) was recently called upon by Walt Disney Pictures to create a teaser for its upcoming feature, “National Treasure: Book of Secrets.” The teaser breaks today with the premiere of “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World‘s End.”

In the “National Treasure” sequel, treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by uncovering the 18 missing pages from assassin John Wilkes Booth’s diary, and embarks on an adventure with many surprising twists. more…

Steve Andrich, Scott Whitham and Billy Paul Join the Award-Winning Company Led By Director Jeff Odiorne and Exec. Prod. Jonathan Isen

HAVERFORD, PA – Building on their already impressive creative reputation, Phasmatrope Studios (www.phasmatrope.com), the two-year-old award-winning creative/production company led by Director Jeff Odiorne and Executive Producer Jonathan Isen, has expand their creative capabilities considerably with the addition of directors Steve Andrich, Scott Whitham and Billy Paul. more…

Look Solutions‘ Unique Hazer is hitting the road with lighting designer and programmer Sylvain Milot who uses the haze machine to augment lighting for the new VNV Nation tour and tours for other leading bands.

“I use Look hazers for every show on every tour I do,” says Milot. “I‘ve tried a lot of hazers and had problems, but I‘ve had no complaints about my Unique Hazer. I especially like the fact that it‘s water-based; for me, water-based is the best. It doesn‘t interfere with the bands or with other equipment.” more…

Hollywood, CA, May 31, 2007 – “A Tribute to TV Main Titles,” an historical look at some of the more famous and not-so-famous TV titles from the 1940′s to today, will be presented for the first time ever by MDots during the PROMAX/BDA Conference. The session will be held on Thursday, June 14th at 2pm.

Joining panel moderator Marty Wall, Creative Director, Mdots Design & Creative, will be panelists Kasumi Mihori, an Emmy Award Winning title designer, Earl Jenshus, an Emmy nominated title designer, and Billy Pittard, whose acclaimed former company Pittard Sullivan designed and produced several hundred TV main titles, winning 5 Emmy Awards for “Outstanding Main Title Design.” more…

San Jose, California, USA – May 30, 2007 – Blackmagic Design Inc. today announced Intensity Pro is now shipping and available now from Blackmagic Design professional video resellers worldwide.

Intensity Pro is a new low cost and extremely high quality video capture and playback card for professional videographers that features HDMI, analog component, NTSC, PAL and S-Video capture and playback.

Intensity Pro was demonstrated at the recent NAB 2007 show, where it won several leading industry awards. more…

New designer FxPacks from Noise Industries partners Core Melt, Idustrial Revolution, and SUGARfx, extend the visual effects capabilities of Apple Final Cut Studio 2

Boston MA – May 30, 2007 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today announced Noise Industries partners Core Melt, Idustrial Revolution, and SUGARfx have launched “FxFactory Expansion FxPacks” for the new Apple Final Cut Studio 2.0 release. FxPacks are developed by Noise Industries and its partners using the Noise Industries FxFactory Pro plug-in manager. The FxFactory Pro plug-in manager provides non-developers such as visual effects artists a user-friendly graphical user interface to create additional effects for the Apple Final Cut Studio package. more…