Columbia Pictures’ Harold and the Purple Crayon is a live action/animation hybrid adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s beloved children’s classic about a boy who can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After Harold grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, he finds he has a lot to learn about real life—and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible.
Founded by an acclaimed DJ/EDM producer and the lead programmer of a top UK game development company, Nugen Audio is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The company first launched with stereo-image-related plug-ins for music production. Today, the brand has expanded to include award-winning loudness metering/correction, surround sound, mixing/mastering, tracking and audio analysis tools that are used by some of the world’s top names in post-production, broadcast and music.
Westwind Media, the Burbank sound design and audio post-production facility, has announced that industry veteran Doug Kent has joined the company as partner and president. Westwind also welcomes re-recording mixers Joe Earle, CAS, and Gabriel J. Serrano, CAS, to its talent roster, which includes recent addition Christian P. Minkler, CAS. With the growing team, Westwind’s award-winning creative talent continues to elevate storytelling for its episodic and feature film clients.
Company 3 has opened a Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos equipped theatre at its facilities in New York. It is the first theatre of its kind at any post-production company on the East Coast. The theatre will enable Company 3's clients to experience their work in an acoustic environment as robust as that of any cinema in the world.
Nestled in the heart of Los Angeles, Culver Post is a recent addition to Amazon’s portfolio of production and entertainment businesses. In partnership with industry pioneers 424 Post and Harbor, Samsung provided Culver Post with a 34-foot, 8K IWA LED screen and Digital Cinema Initiative-certified 4K Samsung Onyx LED screen to create a true cinema-style environment for theatrical color grading and immersive sound mixing.
Blazing Griffin, a BAFTA-winning games, post-production, film, and TV production facility based in Glasgow has installed an Alcons pro ribbon system for its high-end film mixing room. It’s the first Alcons mix room in Scotland and also the first installation of an Alcons CRMSC Compact Cinema Reference Monitor System in the United Kingdom.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors association today announced the nominees for the 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Nominees represent the work of the world’s most talented sound artists and their contributions to the past year’s most outstanding feature film, television, animation, computer entertainment, and student productions.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors trade group has elected David Barber, MPSE, to a two-year term as president. Barber succeeds Mark Lanza, MPSE, who reached his term limit. Additionally, Miguel Araujo was re-elected as secretary, while Eric Marks was appointed to fill Barber’s previous post as vice president on an interim basis until the next board election in October. Chris Reeves and Solange Schwalbe continue in their roles as treasurer and sergeant at arms, respectively.
Storyline Studios is a Scandinavian film production company that offers camera rentals, editing, effects, sound design and more in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. As the leading film production facility in Norway, the company has around 50 employees that cover the entire creative process from production and post-production to mastering and finalization. With studios in Mølleparken and Akerselva connected via fiber, Storyline wanted to upgrade the sound system in its premier screening room and mixing studio to provide an elegant and intuitive environment for finishing projects. To this end, Storyline turned to leading distributor Lydrommet to outfit the facility with AV networking and control solutions from AMX and BSS.
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story, the new film from Sony Pictures and director Neill Blomkamp, is based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs – a struggling working-class gamer (Archie Madekwe), a failed former racecar driver (David Harbour), and an idealistic motorsport executive (Orlando Bloom). Together, they risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world. Gran Turismo is an inspiring, thrilling, and action-packed story that proves that nothing is impossible when you’re fueled from within. The film gave filmmakers the chance to capture the visceral sounds of cars.
