CDG Hosts 14th Annual Awards
The costume designers and the glamorous darlings they dress enjoyed a colorful night out at the 14th annual Costume Designers Guild awards held last night at the Beverly Hilton. The ever effervescent Jane Lynch hosted the event celebrating the collaboration between costume designers and directors and actors. On the red carpet, Lynch, draped in... »
Company 3 and Trix Launch Helsinki Virtual Outpost
Santa Monica-based post house Company 3 has partnered with Helsinki-based post facility Trix to provide commercial clients in Helsinki access to the color grading services of Company 3's worldwide network of facilities. Like its 16 other outposts, this "virtual outpost" will allow clients working out of the Trix facility to collaborate with Company 3... »
LOOK Effects Presents “The Making of The Muppets” for VES
LOOK Effects will be presenting an evening on “The Making of The Muppets” for the Visual Effects Society’s education committee on Thursday, Feb. 23. The evening begins at 7 p.m. and will be held at Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood. Gnomon is located at 1015 N. Cahuenga Bl, Hollywood, CA. »
Leluxe Clothing: Rags To Riches
One of the difficulties in designing costumes for a story that takes place during the silent film era of the 1920s is finding usable costumes from the time period. Eveningwear is particularly hard to find in costume house collections. “Not only were people in the jazz age of the ’20s smaller than people today,... »
Society of Camera Operators Presents Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Society of Camera Operators 2012 lifetime achievement awards, held Feb. 19 at the Leonard Goldenson Theater in Hollywood, began with an introduction from David Frederick on a topic near and dear to the hearts of SOC members, the support of the Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – not your usual introduction... »
Cinema Audio Society Presents 48th Annual Awards
The Cinema Audio Society announced the winners of the 48th Annual CAS Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing this evening at an event in the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. KTLA entertainment reporter Sam Rubin served as MC for the event. »
Motion Picture Sound Editors 59th Annual Golden Reel Awards
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) honored their own at the 59th Annual Golden Reel Awards with top feature film honors going to War Horse, Super 8, The Adventures of Tintin, The Muppets and Hugo. In all, 21 Golden Reels were presented to sound crews in film, television, direct-to-video and computer entertainment. »
ACE Announces Award Winners
A black-tie ceremony celebrating the year’s best editing, the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie awards was held Saturday night in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 attending. Starting off a night filled with heartfelt tributes and "editing" humor, actor and comedian Patton Oswalt (Young Adult) returned to host the ACE... »
BVE Expo: The U.K.’s Biggest Production Show Offers a Preview of NAB
Apparently, 3D is still a “revolution.” That’s according to the Broadcast Video Expo in London this week, where the 3D Revolution Theatre hosted everyone from the BBC and Framestore down. I’m not sure it’s really necessary to talk up 3D any more than has already been done, and even Framestore admitted that the phase... »
COPA Brings Nicki Minaj to Life in “Turn Me On”
Fresh off its official launch, COPA (Co-Op of Artists) has delivered high-end imagery for “Turn Me On,” the new music video for David Guetta and Nicki Minaj, directed by Sanji at Wondros Productions via EMI Music. »
