http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Wed, 16 May 2012 15:43:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/making-tv-and-movies-nyc-style/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/making-tv-and-movies-nyc-style/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:43:25 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28213 New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment has released its latest Reel Jobs campaign, promoting film and television production in the city. The five-spot effort, directed by Artists Company's Mike Rowles, was edited by Fluid Editorial while Nice Shoes handled color grading, conform and mastering. All three companies are based in New York.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/making-tv-and-movies-nyc-style/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/hpa-announces-call-for-entries/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/hpa-announces-call-for-entries/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:43:11 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28198 Hollywood Post Alliance announced the call for entries for the 2012 HPA Awards. The awards honor the individuals and companies engaged in noteworthy and groundbreaking work in postproduction. The gala award ceremony will take place on Nov. 1, 2012 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. This year’s competition marks the seventh year of the HPA Awards. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/hpa-announces-call-for-entries/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/spin-vfx-adopts-katana/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/spin-vfx-adopts-katana/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:42:56 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28211 Spin VFX has purchased a site license of The Foundry’s KATANA and will now be using the software on all its future projects. Originally developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks, KATANA enables facilities to build highly scalable and efficient lighting pipelines with an innovative recipe-based approach.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/spin-vfx-adopts-katana/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/legend3d-introduces-stereo-works/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/legend3d-introduces-stereo-works/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:52:26 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28160 Legend3D announced the launch of Stereo Works, a new division dedicated to collaborating with entertainment studios to create seamless stereo images for feature films. Stereo Works will leverage the company’s propriety 3D-conversion technologies to address a variety of stereoscopic issues faced by today’s studios. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/legend3d-introduces-stereo-works/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/community/whos-where/leslie-sorrentino-in-the-shotgun-seat-at-big-block/ http://www.btlnews.com/community/whos-where/leslie-sorrentino-in-the-shotgun-seat-at-big-block/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:52:12 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28165 Leslie Sorrentino, formerly of Animal West and The Syndicate, has joined digital production and design studio Big Block. He brings with him his production team, Flame artist Gizmo Rivera and producer Cindy Chapman, also from Animal West.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/community/whos-where/leslie-sorrentino-in-the-shotgun-seat-at-big-block/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/camera/asc-members-to-share-experiences-and-expertise-at-upcoming-industry-panels/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/camera/asc-members-to-share-experiences-and-expertise-at-upcoming-industry-panels/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:51:51 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28180 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) will participate in upcoming industry panels on May 19 at J.L. Fisher, and June 2 at Cine Gear Expo. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/camera/asc-members-to-share-experiences-and-expertise-at-upcoming-industry-panels/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-iatse-busts-a-move-openly-organizes-vfx-workers/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-iatse-busts-a-move-openly-organizes-vfx-workers/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:49:07 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28104 Peter Marley, “has become more political than it was in the past." Marley was speaking over Mother’s Day weekend on a podcast at the redoubtable FXGuide website, more or less officially announcing an initiative that broke last week via the arrival of a website: Namely that after years of talk on the subject, IATSE is openly recruiting visual effects workers to come join a union.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-iatse-busts-a-move-openly-organizes-vfx-workers/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/norwegian-director-morten-tyldum-blends-mystery-and-humor-in-headhunters/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/norwegian-director-morten-tyldum-blends-mystery-and-humor-in-headhunters/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:48:53 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28107 Headhunters, is a new Norwegian movie, stylishly helmed by Morten Tyldum, one of the country’s best- known directors. Blending suspense and violence with macabre humor, the movie has been compared to the quirky films of the Coen Brothers and Quentin Tarantino.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/norwegian-director-morten-tyldum-blends-mystery-and-humor-in-headhunters/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/vfx-teams-collaborate-on-the-avengers/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/vfx-teams-collaborate-on-the-avengers/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:58:52 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28065 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/vfx-teams-collaborate-on-the-avengers/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/cinesite-sold-to-private-investment-firm/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/cinesite-sold-to-private-investment-firm/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:58:31 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28057 Endless LLP has acquired Cinesite from Kodak for an undisclosed amount. The deal will maintain Cinesite’s existing management team, supported by its new investment backer. The transaction will give Cinesite the resources and stability to fulfill a long-standing desire to expand the company into new territories, diversify its services and expand its global position in the media and entertainment industry. The deal will give Cinesite the resources and stability to fulfill a long-standing desire to expand the company into new territories, diversify its services and expand its global position in the media and entertainment industry. The deal will give Cinesite the resources and stability to fulfill a long-standing desire to expand the company into new territories, diversify its services and expand its global position in the media and entertainment industry. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/cinesite-sold-to-private-investment-firm/feed/ 0