SpectraCal announced today what the company says is a major technological advance in the process used to correct the color performance of professional reference monitors. Called Dynamic Linearity Correction (DLC), the new software algorithms added to SpectraCal’s CalMAN Studio software help enable the widespread adoption of monitor correction with three-dimensional look-up tables.
LipSync Post has appointed leading re-recording mixer Sven Taits to join its BAFTA craft award-winning sound team, starting May 12.
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.
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.
South African production and post company Embassy recently completed three TV commercials for the South African theater chain, Ster-Kinekor.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
