Production & Post-Production

John Gillan’s Production Cliffhanger

Thu, 08/07/2014 - 12:58 -- Nick Dager

British cinematographer and Polecam owner operator John Gillan was booked to cover the Azores leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving competition. He flew in to the Azores on his way to the small island where it would take place, 1000 miles from the nearest city and two days away from shooting the event. It was not the ideal place to hear from the airline that brought him there: "Sorry, Mr. Gillan, we’ve lost one of your Polecam flight cases."

Encore Promotes Jay Bodnar, Tom Kendall and Morgan Strauss

Thu, 08/07/2014 - 12:44 -- Nick Dager

Post-production and visual effects company Encore today announced the promotions of Jay Bodnar to senior vice president, engineering; Tom Kendall to senior vice president, VFX; and Morgan Strauss to senior vice president, operations. In new positions designed to spearhead Encore’s next phase of growth, the executive trio remains in the company’s Los Angeles headquarters, reporting to Encore executive vice president Bill Romeo.

Chaos Group Labs Launches CG Think Tank

Tue, 08/05/2014 - 15:28 -- Nick Dager

Today, Chaos Group introduces Chaos Group Laboratories, a new collaborative think tank to explore advances in rendering technology. Located in Los Angeles’ hub of design, visual effects and technology, Chaos Group Labs will serve as a place where artists, industry leaders and academic researchers are invited to contribute to development discussions and help solve key computer graphics challenges.

Studio Lambert Uses Forscene to Help Speed Up Post-Production Process of Gogglebox

Tue, 08/05/2014 - 15:24 -- Nick Dager

London-based production company Studio Lambert is using Forbidden Technologies’ Forscene for the quick-turn production of Channel 4's Gogglebox. Part of all3media, which is the U.K.'s largest independent television, film, and digital production and distribution company, Studio Lambert uses Forscene to search and select clips from the rushes while editing is in progress on the observational documentary.

Encore VFX Enhances Lavish Middle Eastern Locales for FX’s Tyrant

Fri, 08/01/2014 - 12:00 -- Nick Dager

Tyrant, FX’s new drama produced by Fox 21, tells the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the inner workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation, a fictional country Encore VFX helped realize through exotic set extensions, extravagant computer-generated palaces and city skylines, subtle environmental work and crowd duplication. On site in Morocco, where the pilot was shot last fall, Encore VFX supervisor Doug Ludwig worked closely with the show’s production designer and art director to scout locations that conveyed the appropriate level of opulence, which were then further enhanced with VFX.

Accomplice Media Signs Eva Michon

Fri, 08/01/2014 - 11:32 -- Nick Dager

Accomplice Media has signed filmmaker Eva Michon for exclusive representation in commercials. A skillful visual storyteller with a whimsical sense of humor, Michon has earned considerable praise for her work in music videos and fashion films, the latter including work for such designers as Calla, Pink Tartan, Ten Over Six and Rita Liefhebber. Her first feature-length film, Death From Above 1979: A Fly in Amber about the Canadian dance-punk duo, is currently in post-production.

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