Bicoastal editorial house Arcade Edit is expanding its creative offering with the launch of sister company Timber. The design-driven shop will collaborate with Arcade’s editing talent to provide an end-to-end digital postproduction service. Arcade’s current finishing division, Airship, will be absorbed into Timber as the new enterprise boots its capabilities to include design, concept, animation, compositing, effects, graphics, pre-visualization and color services.
Timber has already been responsible for design and digital post work on several well-received projects, including Hyundai Genesis’ “Dad’s Sixth Sense” Super Bowl spot, which entailed working closely with director Frank Todaro of Moxie Pictures to shoot the highly controlled situations and the rigging that bought them to life. Timber also handled CG and finishing for the recent series of Old Spice web films out of Wieden+Kennedy featuring Isaiah Mustafa staging interventions for men making bad online decisions. Timber also did the design and visual effects for Bank of America, U2 and RED’s Super Bowl spot and the corresponding music video. All of these projects were edited at Arcade Edit.
Creative directors Jonah Hall and Kevin Lau take the creative helm at Timber. As a VFX supervisor and creative director, Hall honed his skills at the likes of Digital Domain, Mirada and Asylum before setting up Timber. Lau, meanwhile, earned his stripes as a designer and creative director at Brand New School, Superfad and Motion Theory, among others.
“Timber’s launch will do much, much more than significantly add to the postproduction services that Arcade already offers clients,” said Damian Stevens, partner and managing director of Arcade Edit. “Both Jonah and Kevin come from a background in collaboration and are able to work with clients and directors from previsualization and design all the way to VFX and postproduction.”
The team at Timber will combine their wide-ranging expertise, from design to illustration and visual effects to music, to offer creative solutions at all stages of the commercial production process. Timber will also work closely with Arcade Edit to integrate the storytelling process and give clients an all-in-one studio experience. Focusing on a team approach rather than operating as separate divisions, the two entities will complement and aid each other’s creative processes by sharing not just a physical workspace, but also conversations and ideas.
Arcade Edit is expanding its Los Angeles home to house Timber.
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo Larraín, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More