http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:12:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/community/film-trailers/the-amazing-spider-man-3d/ http://www.btlnews.com/community/film-trailers/the-amazing-spider-man-3d/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:15:21 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=25124 http://www.btlnews.com/community/film-trailers/the-amazing-spider-man-3d/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/spy-opens-new-creative-studio-in-santa-monica/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/spy-opens-new-creative-studio-in-santa-monica/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:54:23 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24997 SPY, a FotoKem company offering creative finishing services for commercials and feature films, has opened a new studio in Santa Monica, Calif. SPY: LA extends the capabilities of its main facility in San Francisco, and will specialize in VFX-based commercial productions. SPY: LA began work in December on a number of visually compelling spots for such clients as UPS, Asics, THQ/UFC, Hillshire Farm and Canon. The new West Coast facility is housed in FotoKem’s local sound studio Margarita Mix. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/spy-opens-new-creative-studio-in-santa-monica/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/direction/super-bowl-spots/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/direction/super-bowl-spots/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:59:23 +0000 Scott Lehane http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24937 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/direction/super-bowl-spots/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/community/whos-where/band-pro-east-moves-to-new-offices/ http://www.btlnews.com/community/whos-where/band-pro-east-moves-to-new-offices/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:57:53 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24962 Band Pro Film & Digital, has moved their offices from the far west side of Manhattan to a new location in the heart of New York City's photo, publishing, advertising, and multimedia district. The new office is located on the 11th floor of 1115 Broadway, between W. 24th Street and W. 25th Street, across from Madison Square Park. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/community/whos-where/band-pro-east-moves-to-new-offices/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/charlex-promotes-ryan-dunn-to-executive-creative-director/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/charlex-promotes-ryan-dunn-to-executive-creative-director/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:50:26 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24921 Charlex is promoting director/CD Ryan Dunn to executive creative director. While Dunn will continue to direct, he will increase his focus on expanding the staff and sharpening the overall creative direction of the Charlex brand, working with his team of producers and creatives on any given job.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/charlex-promotes-ryan-dunn-to-executive-creative-director/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/hpa-tech-retreat-announces-lineup/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/hpa-tech-retreat-announces-lineup/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:50:11 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24928 Hollywood Post Alliance announced the lineup for the HPA Tech Retreat, set to take place Feb. 13 -17 at the Hyatt Grand Champions in Indian Wells, Calif. The HPA Tech Retreat is an annual conference that brings together leaders from digital and content creation, media and entertainment, forensics, medicine, digital imaging and academic research.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/hpa-tech-retreat-announces-lineup/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/alex-frisch-and-vico-sharabani-team-up-to-launch-unique-new-vfx-studio/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/alex-frisch-and-vico-sharabani-team-up-to-launch-unique-new-vfx-studio/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:50:20 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24891 Vico Sharabani and Alex Frisch have teamed up to launch COPA (Co-Op of Artists), a global collective of high-end VFX artists working in the commercial and feature film industries.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/alex-frisch-and-vico-sharabani-team-up-to-launch-unique-new-vfx-studio/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/david-lipman-joins-digital-domain/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/david-lipman-joins-digital-domain/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:49:48 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24856 Digital Domain Productions, a subsidiary of Digital Domain Media Group, has named David Lipman vice president of features visual effects production. The 30-year industry veteran, a former executive at DreamWorks Animation, Framestore and USAnimation, brings expertise in visual effects, animation, production and development to the company. He will be based in Digital Domain's Venice, Calif. studio reporting to Jody Madden, who has been promoted to senior vice president of global studio operations, overseeing production, technology and operations for all of Digital Domain's worldwide studios.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/david-lipman-joins-digital-domain/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/community/film-trailers/red-tails/ http://www.btlnews.com/community/film-trailers/red-tails/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:18:54 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24738 http://www.btlnews.com/community/film-trailers/red-tails/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/csi-chooses-dilated-pixels-for-vfx/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/csi-chooses-dilated-pixels-for-vfx/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:57:16 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=24810 Dilated Pixels announced that it will serve as the sole VFX vendor for season 12 of the hit CBS TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Concurrently, the company announced that it has named Emmy award winner Rik Shorten as its new VFX supervisor. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/csi-chooses-dilated-pixels-for-vfx/feed/ 0