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.
Director Cassandra Brooksbank Joins Monument Content For Spots and Branded Content
Monument Content has signed director Cassandra “Cassie” Brooksbank for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. She brings to her directing and storytelling the experience and skills of a writer, conceptual artist, editor and visual effects artist.
Her body of work as a director includes Pepsi’s “Selfie” featuring Lionel Messi amid a flurry of fans, Barclays madcap women’s Soccer League spot where she collaborated closely with the agency to develop the creative, ultimately winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sports Industry Awards, and a grass-roots campaign for Fellow Coffee. The latter just didn’t brew buzz; it helped raise $1.2 million on Kickstarter.
Prior to joining Monument Content, Brooksbank had been repped in the U.S. for commercials by production house Hey Wonderful.
On the long-form front, she is repped by CAA for film and television. And on the horizon is her debut feature, My Masterpiece, produced by Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions and backed by Amazon.
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