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Blancanieves Wins Ten Goya Awards

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Blancanieves was awarded 10 Goya Awards out of 18 nominations. Pablo Berger's film won Best Picture Best Original Screenplay Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Leading Actress Best New Actress Best Art Direction Best Photography Best Makeup and/or Hair Styling and Best Costume Design.  It was chosen to represent Spain for the 85th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination entry. Blancanieves was post-produced at ImasBlue in 2K on a 1.85 format and relied significantly on artists working on SGO Mistika systems.

Motion Picture Sound Editors Honor Ang Lee

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

The Motion Picture Sound Editors presented director Ang Lee with its annual Filmmaker Award. The honor recognizes Lee for a body of work (which includes such films as Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and The Ice Storm) remarkable for its diversity visual and auditory brilliance and emotional storytelling. Lee’s most recent film Life of Pi has been widely praised as a cinematic marvel and for its poetic telling of the tale of a young Indian man marooned in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger.

Picture Head Launches New Venture Formosa Group

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Picture Head a full-service post-production facility has formed a new independent sound company under the name Formosa Group.  The new entity located at the historic The Lot in West Hollywood will provide post-production sound and music services for features television interactive entertainment and emerging markets. Formosa Group is pleased to announce the signing of Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer Mark Mangini.  A 3-time Oscar nominee Mangini brings more than 20 years of experience in feature and television sound and credits that include Jack the Giant Slayer  Mr.

Prana Studios Chooses PipelineFX’s Qube

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

PipelineFX makers of Qube have announced that Mumbai-based animation powerhouse Prana Studios has chosen Qube to manage its growing 2 000 node render farm. Prana Studios chose Qube after an extensive review of its internal pipeline suggested a need for an efficiency rendering tool that could also support their plans to expand studio capacity expansion in the coming years.

Rising Alternatives Begins 2013 Season with Verdi’s Nabucco

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Last month Rising Alternative presented Verdi’s Nabucco in a live broadcast from Teatro alla Scala in Milan Italy as part of its Performing Arts in HD Cinema series. Nabucco one of Verdi’s most beloved operas premiered at La Scala in 1842 and has been an international success ever since. This new production stars celebrated baritone and renowned Verdi interpreter Leo Nucci as the titular king of Babylon with Aleksandrs Antonenko Vitalij Kowaljow and Liudmyla Monastyrska rounding out the cast. Nicola Luisotti conducts.

Shotgun Software Introduces New Integrated Package at New Price

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Shotgun Software has introduced a new integrated package and price. Shotgun now encompasses production tracking scheduling review and approval and asset management system and is designed to help modern production pipelines run as efficiently as possible. The new pricing is a radical departure making three previously independent products (Shotgun Revolver and Tank) available now as a single unified comprehensive package. The new Shotgun is priced at $49 per seat per month.

Gotham PELA Announce Merger

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

The entertainment management and production company Gotham Group and talent management firm Principal Entertainment Los Angeles have joined forces effective immediately and will be housed in The Gotham Group’s existing offices in Los Angeles.

Penny Marshall to Receive Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Award

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

The Society of Camera Operators has announced that the 2013 Governors Award for Lifetime Achievement will be presented to Penny Marshall. The ceremony will take place March 9 at The Leonard Goldenson Theatre at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood California. The SOC honors her commitment dedication and mastery of the art and craft as producer director and actress with their Governors Award for a true Lifetime of Achievement.

Thurso Cinema Signs VPF Deal with Sony

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

The Thurso Cinema the UK mainland’s most northerly cinema has signed up to a Virtual Print Fee deal with Sony Digital Cinema. The independent cinema which recently re-opened will install two SRX-R515 4K cinema projectors.
 
 Rob Arthur managing director of The Thurso Cinema said “Bringing digital cinema to Caithness is a big deal as we can now offer a range of entertainment content that appeals to a broader audience and ensures that the cinema is in use all day every day throughout the year.

Sound City Tops iTunes Documentary List Two Weeks in a Row

Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Named one of the Best Movies of 2013 by film site Rotten Tomatoes with a 100 percent fresh tomato meter Dave Grohl’s directorial debut Sound City remains atop the iTunes documentary charts for the second week in a row in the U.S. and 15 countries and jumped to the top spot of the Amazon Documentary chart in Blu-ray pre-orders.

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