LipSync Post Hires Re-Recording Mixer Sven Taits
LipSync Post has appointed leading re-recording mixer Sven Taits to join its BAFTA craft award-winning sound team, starting May 12.
Production & Post-Production
Heritage Global Partners to Manage Liquidation of Deluxe
Heritage Global Partners has been selected to manage the upcoming complete plant liquidation of a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group facility in Los Angeles, California. The three-day sale, including equipment from 18 different asset classes, is slated for June 3-5, with a public preview on June 2.
Rising Sun Creates Stasis Chamber for I, Frankenstein
In Lakeshore Entertainment’s I, Frankenstein director Stuart Beattie offers a darkly cerebral tale in which the monster of the Mary Shelley novel has survived to modern day and become embroiled in a deadly confrontation between an assortment of grisly gargoyles and demons.
Embassy Completes Three Spots for Ster-Kinekor
South African production and post company Embassy recently completed three TV commercials for the South African theater chain, Ster-Kinekor.
Schneider Introduces Wide Angle Adapter for Cabrio 19-90 PL Mount Zoom Lens
Schneider Optics has introduced its new wide angle adapter for Fujinon’s 19-90mm T2.9 PL-mount Cabrio zoom lens. The adapter provides a 30-percent wider angle than the Cabrio’s 19mm limitation, with a minimum focal length of 14.5mm.
LipSync Post Wins BAFTA for Sound
LipSync Post has won a BAFTA Craft award for Sound-Fiction. The audio team won the award for its work on Steven Poliakoff’s BBC drama Dancing on the Edge. The ceremony took place at The Brewery, East London on April 27.
Ketchum Labs, BlackBoxTV Partner on Production and Distribution
Production company Ketchum Labs, a creative incubator challenging conventional entertainment models of production and distribution, and BlackBoxTV, the number one online genre channel with over 600,000 loyal fans, are launching a strategic production and distribution partnership.
SGO Mistika Now Supports Dolby Vision Technology
SGO today announced that its flagship color grading and finishing platform, Mistika, now supports Dolby Vision technology, enabling the display of high dynamic range images with wider color gamut capabilities. SGO, working in close collaboration with Dolby, will look to make the Dolby Vision workflow capabilities available in Mistika from version 8.2, which was previewed at NAB and is due for release shortly after IBC 2014.
Storytelling with Sound
As part of the Tribeca Film Festival, the Dolby Institute recently brought together sound mixer Skip Lievsay and music supervisor Susan Jacobs, two award-winning filmmakers, to explore scenes from their work and to share their strategies in using sound as a storytelling tool. Glenn Kiser, an accomplished sound designer in his own right, served as moderator.
iPi Soft Used to Create Stalingrad Crowds
The Battle of Stalingrad, among the bloodiest and arguably one of the most strategically decisive battles in all of World War II, is vividly brought to life in Stalingrad. The recently released Russian-produced epic film effectively used iPi Soft iPi Motion Capture on numerous crowd simulation sequences created by the Moscow-based visual effects studio Main RoadIPost.
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