Light Iron Taps Jean Lane to Oversee NY Operations
Light Iron has hired executive producer Jean Lane for a newly created role to lead its growing New York facility. Lane’s move from Goldcrest Post comes as Light Iron expands their SoHo operations.
Production & Post-Production
Electric Pictures Taps Rising Interest in Archiving
While most Hollywood movies and television shows are now produced on digital media, Orange County, California post house Electric Pictures has built a thriving business using video systems that the newer digital technology was meant to replace.
Hoax Films Explores New Territory with Experiential Website
Kevin Xu, CEO of Mebo International believes he has come up with a novel way to introduce audience to the achievements of organ regeneration science. Visitors to the California-based company’s campus website (www.regeneration2013.com) find themselves in a computer-generated floating city that’s home to a towering library, a giant rotating sphere and other iconic wonders. Visitors can choose to tour the city on foot or from the seat of a translucent shuttlecraft while a narrator describes “a revolution in science that will change our lives.”
Running Man Adds Cortex Dailies to Handle Workflow
New York post house Running Man has selected MTI Film’s Cortex Dailies as the centerpiece of its dailies processing workflow for television, feature films, documentaries and other projects.
Ray Dolby, Randy Thom to be honored at MPSE Golden Reel Awards
The Motion Picture Sound Editors will include a special tribute to the late American inventor Ray Dolby, recognized around the world for developing groundbreaking audio technologies, during its 61st MPSE Golden Reel Awards February 16 in Los Angeles. Also at the ceremony George Lucas will present the 2014 MPSE Career Achievement Award to Randy Thom, director of sound design at Skywalker Sound.
TCS Adds 11th Fujinon Cabrio Lens
Technological Cinevideo Services has added its 11th Fujinon Cabrio lens to its equipment roster.
The Boy and His Robot First Film to use iPi Soft Motion Capture
iPi Soft’s markerless iPi Motion Capture technology was used to capture all the motion in the live-action mecha feature film The Boy and His Robot. Directed by Rich Ho, founder of Singapore-based Richmanclub Studios, the film marks the first time iPi Motion Capture’s six Sony PS Eye gaming webcams set up was used for main actors and robot action, proprietary crowd simulation and more.
Fraunhofer and Blackmagic Design Partner on EasyDCP
Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits and Blackmagic Design have announced the general availability of Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve 10 with the core functionality of Fraunhofer’s department of Moving Picture Technologies’ easyDCP software suite. This integration provides the ability to generate, encrypt and play back digital cinema packages
ASG to Host Technology Happy Hours in Pacific Northwest
Advanced Systems Group will host two Technology Trending Happy Hours, sponsored by Quantum and Adobe, for video professionals in the Pacific Northwest. The first event will be February 12 at Rock Bottom Brewery in Bellevue, Washington and the second will be February 13 at Rock Bottom Brewery in Portland, Oregon. Both happy hours begin at 5 p.m. with free drinks and appetizers, followed by demos of Quantum StorNext 5 and Adobe Anywhere for video at 6 p.m.
Fighting Deadlines Tighter than a Pair of New Jeans
The deadline and budget were tight. The client – a leading maker of iconic, affordable jeans – wanted stills and a beautifully photographed film-style location-shoot commercial turned around in one day.
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