Bicoastal visual effects studio ArsenalFX has opened ArsenalFX COLOR, tapping colorist Larry Field as partner/colorist and Flame artist O.T. Hight, each with 20-plus years of television experience. The new venture serves TV, commercial and film clients. Field and Hight’s credits span assorted projects, including Bones, 24, Terra Nova, Shameless, The Simpsons and The River.
Field and Hight are both formerly of Level 3 Post in Burbank. Field is currently working on the eighth season of Fox’s Bones, among other assignments. The lead colorist on the show for more than two years, Field works in partnership with New Edit, which supplies the hardware and workflows needed for dailies.
The launch of ArsenalFX COLOR comes on the heels of the overall company’s expansion to a substantially larger studio in Santa Monica totalling some 9,000 square feet, providing creative color, finishing, titling and visual effects using the Autodesk platform of Flame, Lustre, Smoke and Maya, with Avid, Final Cut and After Effects platforms available as well. The operation, which also sports a N.Y. office, has technology to provide virtual color and/or visual effects sessions to extend its reach across town or for that matter globally.
Mark Leiss is owner/artist of ArsenalFX.
Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta
The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.
The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.
Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.
Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.
Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.
Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.
Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.
The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More