ARLINGTON, TX - Storm chaser and cinematographer Martin Lisius has added new, dramatic imagery to the StormStock library of weather-related footage. StormStock is part of Prairie Pictures (www.prairie ...
August 15, 2007
HOLLYWOOD - HBO turned to Angus Wall and his team at Santa Monica's Rock Paper Scissors (www.RockPaperScissors.com) to create the :60 open for the series John From Cincinnati. Created by David Milch a ...
August 14, 2007
DALLAS - Animation studio Motus Digital (www.motusdigital.com) recently purchased a 24-camera F40 set-up from motion capture system developer Vicon. The studio will use the cameras on various interna ...
NEW YORK - Lost Planet, which recently launched the new creative studio Elephant Post (www.elephantpost.com) in LA, has opened a new studio in New York City. The Elephant Post facility in Manhattan pr ...
SAN DIEGO - The winners of the first international FJORG! Competition (www.siggraph.org/s2007/attendees/fjorg) were announced at SIGGRAPH last week. Teams had 32 hours to create a character-driven an ...
August 13, 2007
CHICAGO - Full service post house Filmworkers Club (www.filmworkers.com) and its 35mm motion picture film lab affiliate Astro Labs are building a digital intermediate pipeline to service independent f ...
NEW YORK - Editor and visual effects artist Will Hong has signed with HomeNYC (www.HomeNYC.TV), a full-service consortium of editorial, visual effects, design and directorial talent that work on spots ...
LOS ANGELES - xRez Studio (www.xrez.com) has launched a visual effects division based on the studio's work employing gigapixel panoramic photography.
August 3, 2007
NEW YORK - The AES 123rd Convention (www.aes.org) will take place in New York this October, and will offer a collection of Master Classes that will provide full program attendees with an in-depth lo ...
August 2, 2007
NEW YORK - Now Hear This (www.nhtsound.com) recently created the sound design, original music and mix for a Target commercial that was produced by MTV. Backstage is a three-and-a-half minute documenta ...