Production & Post-Production

Bully Pictures Creates an Opus for GMC

Wed, 08/03/2016 - 09:16 -- Nick Dager

The precision engineering of GMC’s redesigned Acadia is compared to a world-class orchestra in a beautifully-crafted new spot, directed by Bully Pictures’ Sebastian Weiland for Digitas and Leo Burnett. Shots of a symphony orchestra, playing the introduction to The Who’s classic Eminence Front, are seamlessly blended with images of the next generation SUV driving through spectacular urban locales and landscapes. The voiceover invokes the confidence and attention to detail embodied by both orchestra and vehicle.

MPSE/CAS Golf and Poker Tournament Tees Off September 18

Tue, 08/02/2016 - 12:46 -- Nick Dager

The Motion Picture Sound Editors and the Cinema Audio Society will host the 8th Annual MPSE Golf and Poker Tournament, September 18 at the Angeles National Golf Club in Sunland, California. Proceeds from the event will benefit the MPSE’s Ethel Crutcher Scholarship Fund, which provides mentoring and support for student sound artists, as well as the organization’s work in promoting the role of sound in movies, television, gaming and other entertainment media.

David Feldman Joins Post Factory NY

Wed, 07/27/2016 - 13:40 -- Nick Dager

Post Factory NY, a Sim Group company, has appointed David Feldman as senior vice president for features and television as part of the facility’s ongoing effort to broaden and enhance its service offering. Feldman, previously director of feature sales for Company 3 and Deluxe, New York, will lead sales and customer relations for newly­ expanded features and TV finishing services at Post Factory NY. He will also liaise with other Sim Group companies to provide film and television producers with packaged services covering multiple aspects of production and post.

Rising Sun Creates, Destroys King’s Landing

Tue, 07/26/2016 - 12:10 -- Nick Dager

For the finale of season six of HBO’s smash hit Game of Thrones, Rising Sun Pictures faced a formidable challenge: replicate the sprawling city of King’s Landing and its central shrine, the Great Sept of Baelor, then burn them to the ground in a magical, green-hued inferno. New to the Game of Thrones production team, RSP created visual effects for several episodes of the show’s recently concluded season. Most of the work centered on King’s Landing and the Sept as artists produced photo-realistic CG environments, set extensions and architectural enhancements that were blended with location footage to create the luxurious, walled city overlooking the sea.

Dietrich Creates Frighteningly Big Sea Spot

Tue, 07/26/2016 - 11:59 -- Nick Dager

Sailors manning an ocean liner, panic when they find themselves steaming toward an object of titanic proportions. In a scene reminiscent of a blockbuster movie, the ship’s crew work frenetically to keep the vessel from colliding with a mammoth object looming before them in the frigid Atlantic. The scene is part of a new commercial directed by Peter Dietrich for Chapita’s Molto croissants.

FuseFX Adds Senior VFX Supervisor Shawn Hillier, Compositing Supervisor May Roza

Tue, 07/26/2016 - 11:48 -- Nick Dager

Senior VFX supervisor Shawn Hillier has joined the creative team at the Vancouver office of FuseFX. Hillier arrives following a 15-year stint at Industrial Light & Magic, where he contributed to such blockbusters as Jurassic World, Pacific Rim, Star Trek, Transformers, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and all three titles in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. In his new role, he will supervise visual effects production for television projects including the Syfy series The Magicians and Dark Matter.

Sockeye Creates First YouTube Cannabis Spot

Mon, 07/25/2016 - 11:28 -- Nick Dager

Oregon-based creative studio Sockeye has launched what it says is the first-ever cannabis YouTube commercial for a legal edible, said Sockeye’s president Andy Fraser. The centerpiece of the campaign for Legal, the flagship product of leading edibles purveyor Mirth Provisions, is a 90-second music video, created with long-time collaborator and friend of the agency, indie film director James Westby. (The Auteur, Film Geek.)

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