Burbank-headquartered FuseFX has been providing visual effects for Salem since the drama about witches in colonial Massachusetts made its debut last year as WGN America’s first original series. Currently in the midst of the show’s 13-episode second season, the studio’s team of artists is hard at work, helping to conjure a 17th century world riven with black magic, intrigue and strife. The series is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios.
How do you compete with all of the other consumer-controlled devices and content in the media ecosystem today? What can a company do to set itself apart and demonstrate the value of their own unique customer base? Screenvision believes that it has the answer. At their recent upfront presentation, Katy Loria, Screenvision’s executive vice president, national ad sales announced the launch of Project Lynx, which takes data from suppliers such as Kantar and SITO mobile and combines it with Nielsen’s Cinema research to track consumer behavior in and beyond their cinema experience.
The Event Cinema Association this year will host two events at CineEurope June 22-25 in Barcelona. The CineEurope Focus Sessions – a panel discussion on the trade show floor on Tuesday June 23 at 4:00 pm – will feature some high profile, first time speakers: Emma Keith of NT Live, John Bullen of Sony Europe, Duncan Connal of Vue Cinemas, John Lewis of Broadway Cinema Letchworth, and Grant Calton of Fathom Events. This will be followed the next day by a poolside reception.
Building on its 2012 Centennial celebration, Universal Pictures has announced its continued commitment to honor the studio's rich film history and cultural legacy by restoring some of the world's most classic silent films. During the next four years, the studio will restore approximately 15 silent film titles from Universal's early years. The complete list of films is still in development in collaboration with outside film historians, institutions, and preservationists.
Following a successful Cannes Film Festival premiere, David Sandberg's ‘80s-inspired film Kung Fury makes its online debut this week. Kickstarter-funded by 17,000 backers, the 30-minute film follows a Miami-based kung fu cop as he time travels from the ‘80s to the ‘40s on a mission to take out Adolf Hitler, a plotline augmented by 399 over-the-top VFX shots delivered by a 46-person crew at Scandinavian VFX house Fido.
Band Pro will present a free 70mm screening of Baraka on June 5th at 1:00 p.m. in the Sherry Lansing Theater at Cine Gear LA 2015. A Q&A with producer Mark Magidson, moderated by cinematographer Jon Fauer, will immediately follow the film.
For most the experience of flight comes in their dreams, but in this declared Year of the Drone more are living the dream, albeit, vicariously, thru their unmanned aerial vehicle. There are a multitude of drones out there, everything from ones that sit in the palm of your hand to eight-armed-octopus-like drones that can lift heavy camera systems like the Red. Honestly, I would have to be pretty sure of something that is carrying a Red with its $19,000 price tag for the body alone. But I’m going to talk about the drone that has started a real evolution in UAVs, the 3DR Iris+.
Hula Post Production provided editorial systems and support to editor Craig Alpert and his crew for Pitch Perfect 2, the new musical comedy from Universal Pictures, currently in theaters. Hula set up Avid workflows in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where the movie was shot, and in Los Angeles where post-production was completed.
Accomplice Media has signed director Stephen Pearson for exclusive representation in the United States. A one-time advertising agency creative, Pearson has built a strong portfolio as a commercial director, primarily consisting of performance- and character-driven comedy.
The French film post-production company Film Factory has added an Acheron-based loudspeaker system to its newest mixing stage in the Paris suburb of Clichy. This is the second Meyer Sound system for Film Factory, one of France’s leading providers of film post-production services, and the 16th French post-production room to have adopted Meyer Sound.
