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    Machine launches NY sound & music studios

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    NEW YORK --

    Sound and music production company Machine has opened a New York audio facility. The sound designers, composers and producers at Machine’s London office–who have built longstanding creative partnerships with clients in the U.S,–are looking to build on that momentum in the American market with new technologically advanced studios in the Flatiron District, purposefully built and equipped for fluid, creative collaboration, whether in person or remotely across the globe.

    At the helm of Machine’s venture into the U.S film and advertising community is executive producer Matej Oreskovic. Having worked at some of the industry’s top sound and music companies, he joined Machine’s London team in 2018, leading the company’s evolution from a boutique studio to an award-winning, transatlantic audio company.

    Alongside Oreskovic is sr. sound designer and mixer Michalis Anthis who joins the New York team with over 10 years of experience in sound design, composition and mixing. Having honed his craft at multi award-winning studios Big Kahuna and 750mph,
    Anthis has a body of work which includes celebrated films for Samsung, Rapha and The Winter Olympics, for which he has been awarded at Ciclope, LIA, Creative Circle, The Music+Sound Awards, The AICP Show and The British Arrows. Acclaimed projects for McDonald’s, Delta Airlines, Oakley and Lurpak also rank amongst Anthis’ myriad sound and music credits.

    Machine is part of the Final Cut family of partner companies. Justin Brukman, U.S. managing director of the Final Cut Group, said of the launch in NY, “We are very excited to be introducing some fresh and insanely talented people to the New York market. Building upon our heritage and passion for craft and creative excellence, our studios’ technological innovations will allow us to be even more nimble as we continue to provide creative solutions across all mediums.”

    Tags:Final Cut GroupJustin BrukmanMachineMatej OreskovicMichalis Anthis



    Steven Soderbergh Has A Multi-Faceted “Presence” In His Latest Film

    Wednesday, January 22, 2025

    Steven Soderbergh isn't just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. He's also, in a way, its central character.

    "Presence" is filmed entirely from the POV of a ghost inside a home a family has just moved into. Soderbergh, who serves as his own cinematographer under the pseudonym Peter Andrews (his father's name), essentially performs as the presence, a floating point-of-view that watches as the violence that killed the mysterious ghost threatens to be repeated.

    For even the prolific Soderbergh, the film, which opens Friday in theaters, was a unique challenge. He shot "Presence" with a small digital camera while wearing slippers to soften his steps.

    The 62-year-old filmmaker recently met a reporter in a midtown Manhattan hotel in between finishing post-production on his other upcoming movie ("Black Bag," a thriller Focus Features will release March 14) and beginning production in a few weeks on his next project, a romantic comedy that he says "feels like a George Cukor movie."

    Soderbergh, whose films include "Out of Sight," the "Ocean's 11" movies, "Magic Mike" and "Erin Brockovich," tends to do a lot in small windows of time. "Presence" took 11 days to film.

    That dexterous proficiency has made the ever-experimenting Soderbergh one of Hollywood's most widely respected evaluators of the movie business. In a wide-ranging conversation, he discussed why he thinks streaming is the most destructive force the movies have ever faced and why he's "the cockroach of this industry."

    Q: You use pseudonyms for yourself as a cinematographer and editor. Were you tempted to credit yourself as an actor for "Presence"?

    SODERBERGH: No, but what I did is subtle. For the first and... Read More

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