Three from Superfad NY Join Gravity to Debut SCOUT
2013
Madison Avenue-based Gravity adds to its portfolio with three new top execs. In business since 1996, Gravity is big by usual New York facility standards, with some 250 artists, designers, producers, writers, brand experts and others creating work for advertising, feature films, and web projects. Gravity has its other offices in Santa Monica, Connecticut, and Tel Aviv...
AICP Week Line Up Announced
2013
It's that time of the year again when the best in the ad business gather to celebrate, offer recognition, and inspire (see the Directors Lecture Series being held at MoMA once again). There's even a special tribute for Tony Scott, one director/producer who happened to brilliantly encompass both commercials and feature films...
Director Tony Petrossian Joins th2ng
2013
International live action production company th2ng continues to add on directors and other creatives in bolstering the capabilities of this wide-ranging commercial company. All postproduction is handled out of their London office. Their U.S. offices are down on Centre Street...
Legends of Storytelling Gather in Manhattan for Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story
2013
This is the first year in which Manhattan Edit Workshop picks up the editors' symposium from its prior producers. These presentations are unique; if you are at all interested in how an editor takes a director's often inchoate material and weaves a relevant story out of it all, this is for you. Not to be missed...
Lost Highway Films’ Peter Rabôt Captures a Poignant Military Perspective in New Ads
2013
NEW YORK — Director Peter Rabôt continues his illuminating "Amazing Things Are Happening Here" campaign for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, highlighting the latest in innovative clinical research and advanced medical treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in recent advertisements for the hospital. As Rabôt explains, "The hospital category probably has the most difficult audience to engage. Most people [...]
Technicolor – PostWorks’ Tim Stipan Applies the Finishing Touch to Indie Drama “Disconnect”
2013
Technicolor - Postworks' DI Colorist Tim Stipan found an interesting film project in "Disconnect" by director Henry-Alex Rubin. The indie feature about the "consequences of modern technology and how it affects and defines our daily relationships" relies on subtle differences to set up the three different stories. Stipan has done DI Colorist work on "Moonrise Kingdom" and "Black Swan"...
New York Lottery Winner Trapped in Doll Factory
2013
DDB, New York launched a new spot for the New York Lottery Winning Numbers App. The spot features a worker in a doll factory who is unaware that he is a millionaire because he hasn't checked his numbers on the app. Instead, he has the unsettling feeling the dolls are staring at him. Director David [...]
Ntropic’s Robinson Deploys Flame, Maya to Deliver Marco Brambilla’s 3-D “Creation”
2013
Ntropic creative director and founder Nate Robinson used Autodesk Flame and Maya software to help create Marco Brambilla's 3D work Creation, which recently screened at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral...
Nice Shoes Grows Editorial Division with New Talent and Studio
2013
Nice Shoes continues to grow its editorial business with the building of a new edit suite at its 352 Park Avenue South headquarters, with two more suites going in at its 25th Street office. Personnel expands with a roster of freelance editorial talent and the hiring of award-winning editor John Mallerman...
Does make.tv Really Show the Future of Cloud-based Production?
2013
We wrote about CrowdFlik as part of our company profiles from Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013. The New Jersey-based company built its app to take advantage of how a younger generation creates its video–using smartphones and not stand alone video cameras. The app allows users to create crowd-sourced video and have it edited [...]
