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/crafts/visual-fx/arri-hosts-vfx-legends-for-special-event-in-munich/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/arri-hosts-vfx-legends-for-special-event-in-munich/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:55:23 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28242 ARRI played host to two legendary visual effects artists earlier this week – Douglas Trumbull and Rob Legato. Both of the special guests held meetings with ARRI about future technologies and also gave presentations to an enthusiastic audience at the ARRI cinema in Munich.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/arri-hosts-vfx-legends-for-special-event-in-munich/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/community/arlington-to-premiere-at-dances-with-films-festival/ http://www.btlnews.com/community/arlington-to-premiere-at-dances-with-films-festival/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:55:09 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28271 Lisa Nemzo and Mary Ann Skweres in conjunction with Dream Wild Productions have announced the release of “Arlington” – a music video honoring America’s fallen and injured military servicemen and women. Directed by Skweres, “Arlington” will premiere June 1 at 2:45 p.m. during the Dances with Films Festival, (Chinese 6 Theatre, Hollywood-Highland Complex). The video recently received the prestigious Merit Award for best music video at the 2012 Accolade Competition held in La Jolla, Calif. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/community/arlington-to-premiere-at-dances-with-films-festival/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/news/beef-films-and-chop-house-post-uncover-lost-secrets-in-new-travel-alberta-spot/ http://www.btlnews.com/news/beef-films-and-chop-house-post-uncover-lost-secrets-in-new-travel-alberta-spot/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:54:53 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28244 Venture Communications recently called on BEEF Films for creative production and Chop House Post for editing and postproduction to create a mock news story about a mysterious set of dinosaur bones found on a Santa Monica beach.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/news/beef-films-and-chop-house-post-uncover-lost-secrets-in-new-travel-alberta-spot/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/awards/academy-announces-winners-for-39th-annual-student-academy-awards/ http://www.btlnews.com/awards/academy-announces-winners-for-39th-annual-student-academy-awards/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:54:29 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28252 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Ten students from nine U.S. colleges and universities have been selected as U.S. winners along with three foreign student films, selected from 51 entries representing 29 countries. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/awards/academy-announces-winners-for-39th-annual-student-academy-awards/feed/ 0 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/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