HD Upgrade, Talent Signing, New Projects
Margarita Mix de Santa Monica has upgraded its mixing suites to full high definition. The facility’s infrastructure has been re-engineered with the Fairlight Dream Constellation (integrated mixing consoles and digital audio workstations) routed to a Digital High Definition D5 VCR. The upgrade allows for the mixing of 5.1 surround sound to HD picture as well as layup to and layback from HD picture……In The Groove Music, Minneapolis, has brought composers Brian Casey and Danny Burke on board….FirstCom Music, Los Angeles, is looking to expand its presence in the video game market. The shop recently provided the theme music (“March Popakov Remix,” written by John Cacavas and produced by Danger Mouse) for Grand Theft Auto–Liberty City Stories. Additionally, the music will be featured in all TV advertising for the game worldwide. FirstCom sports more than 38,000 compositions in assorted catalogs. The company has had recent music placements in such TV shows as The OC, The West Wing, Lost and Medium. Recent feature film placements include ElizabethTown, Into The Blue and In Her Shoes….Dave Baker of Resonante Music and Sound Design, San Francisco, recently wrapped sound design for two spots–“Reminder” and “Tell All”–promoting My People, an Internet phone service, out of New York ad agency Anomaly. Additionally Resonante’s Craig Helmholz provided sound design for two SBC :15 spots, “Balloon” and “Reveal,” for agency GSD&M, Austin, Texas…..Miller’s new campaign–consisting of the spots “Runner,” “Extensions” and “Halftime”–directed by David Frankham of bicoastal Smuggler for Young & Rubicam, Chicago, featured music from Human, New York, sound design by Jeff Fuller of eleven, Santa Monica, and editor Jim Haygood of Spot Welders, Venice, Calif., and audio post mixing by Fuller, with Dj Fox-Engstrom executive producing for eleven…..
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More