http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Fri, 18 May 2012 18:49:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/teamsters-chief-leo-reed-says-contract-talks-with-amptp-should-resume-soon/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/teamsters-chief-leo-reed-says-contract-talks-with-amptp-should-resume-soon/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:54:03 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28294 Teamsters Local 399 and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on a new three-year pact adjourned on April 5 after three days of preliminary talks. And they haven’t resumed since. Given the IA’s ability to bag a new three-year pact in relatively short order, what’s holding up a resumption of the talks between the Teamsters and AMPTP? And when are the parties expected to return to the table?]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/teamsters-chief-leo-reed-says-contract-talks-with-amptp-should-resume-soon/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/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/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 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/opposition-to-the-iaamptp-deal-emerges/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/opposition-to-the-iaamptp-deal-emerges/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:57:32 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27728 IATSE and the studios has emerged on a new internet site and on a Facebook group page. In both instances there’s a call for the 20,000 members of the 15 below-the-line guilds represented by the IA in the talks to vote “no” on the deal. It has not yet been submitted to members for ratification.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/opposition-to-the-iaamptp-deal-emerges/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-film-commission-touts-successes-while-tax-credit-extension-remains-uncertain/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-film-commission-touts-successes-while-tax-credit-extension-remains-uncertain/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:56:28 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27747 California Film Commission's annual Locations Breakfast, held at West Hollywood's London Hotel that mantra had been changed to say: any neighborhood or street you need can be found right here, in California. There's no need to film anywhere else.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-film-commission-touts-successes-while-tax-credit-extension-remains-uncertain/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/overwhelming-ratification-vote-for-new-iatse-contract-is-expected/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/overwhelming-ratification-vote-for-new-iatse-contract-is-expected/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:57:27 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27672 Matthew Loeb is trumpeting the virtues of the tentative deal recently reached between IATSE and the studios for a new three-year Basic Agreement that will go into effect Aug. 1 if approved.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/overwhelming-ratification-vote-for-new-iatse-contract-is-expected/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/greg-carter-resurrects-a-baseball-hero/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/greg-carter-resurrects-a-baseball-hero/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:59:00 +0000 Scott Essman http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27507 The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and others of the past several decades come to mind. But it might be a lower-profile film which tells a real baseball story about a fascinating figure which could trump them all.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/greg-carter-resurrects-a-baseball-hero/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-tax-credit-extension-clears-hurdle/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-tax-credit-extension-clears-hurdle/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:48:56 +0000 Scott Lehane http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27415 Felipe Fuentes’ bill to extend the state’s production incentive program for five years cleared a hurdle yesterday when the state legislature's Arts & Entertainment Committee passed the bill by a margin of 8-0 with one abstention. It still has to clear other committees, like the assembly's Committee on Revenue and Taxation, before moving back to the legislature for final passage. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-tax-credit-extension-clears-hurdle/feed/ 0