A mind-boggling array of possibilities faced Stardust Studios (Santa Monica, CA and New York, NY) as it began production on “From 8 to 1,” the first spot in a new broadcast campaign promoting the WNBA playoffs for agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.... »
Codex Digital, specialist in high-resolution media recording and workflow systems, today announced that it is now shipping the first production-ready units of its award-winning Portable recording system for broadcast and digital motion pictures. The first customer, The Camera Rental Company of Copenhagen, Denmark, will immediately deploy its Portable recorder on the full-length digital feature film No Plans for Love.... »
As the latest digital productions require high quality film style accessories to capture striking images, ARRI offers filmmakers a new line of matteboxes, follow focus and baseplates.... »
Editor/producer/principal Pat Carpenter credits this growth to two main factors. The first was the establishment of a production division a little over a year ago that has allowed the company to offer a soup-to-nuts solution, which, he notes, is becoming increasingly attractive to many clients. The second factor was that the company’s initiative to become more nimble in terms of the workflow solutions it offers.... »
Before I get started let me acknowledge that not all creative teams are created equal. But in this business, most are pretty damned competent. The creative end of things is highly competitive and the bad apples get weeded out reasonably quickly. On the flip side, anybody who can raise money or talk a good game can claim rights as a producer. Who knows what one does for an “assistant producer” screen credit.... »
At the latest AlphaDogs Editors Lounge Digital Vision's Eliot Millbourne and Simon Cuff demonstrated the power of Digital Vision's finishing and color correction tools as well as how these have now been integrated with the Avid workflow.... »
Wes Plate steps into the AlphaDogs Editors Lounge to show how to move you files between After Effects, Avid and Final Cut Pro. Watch how you can easily move your files while preserving the timeline, metadata and basic effects.... »
Merlyn Morgan from Marketec was at the AlphaDogs Editors Lounge to present the audio monitor system Sonarae from Graham-Patten. Designed for a final QC before a show goes off to the network, the Sonarae seeks to make it easy for a video editor to check the audio before sending it off to the client.... »
Director/designer Daniel Garcia, whose work spans commercials, music videos, broadcast design, interactive media and environmental design, has joined the production studio vitamin. Winner of the Best Music Video Award at this year’s SXSW Festival, Garcia has earned high praise for his unconventional artistic approach and facility in working with a variety of media, including live action, Flash animation, stop motion, print and still photography.... »
