SHORT CUTS
A52, Los Angeles, provided visual effects for Nissan’s "Side Effects," via TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles. The :30, directed by rad-ish of bicoastal Go Film, focuses on a Nissan Altima traveling down a road, giving viewers a rollercoaster-type ride, and ending with the Altima as "the cure for the common car." For A52, Simon Brewster, Mark Alan Loso and Patrick Murphy were visual effects supervisors/Inferno artists.
The Moving Picture Company, a London-based digital postproduction facility, has installed Cintel’s DSX, a new film scanner capable of image quality at 4K, 2K, HD and SD. The scanner includes "OSCAR," (Optical Scratch Concealment And Removal), an electro-optical system that works in real time to remove the effect of surface contaminants, such as dust and scratches on film.
R!OT, Santa Monica, worked on visual effects and post services for "Knoc," the debut music video for Elektra recording artist Knoc-turn’al. In the clip, the rapper portrays 21 different characters-all at the same time. Jeff Richter of Geronimo Film Productions, Los Angeles, directed the video which also features Dr. Dre and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot. For the production, Richter worked with R!OT’s Eric Mises-Rosenfeld, who served as visual effects supervisor on the project, in preparing the shot list that required each character in each shot to be filmed individually. After the video was shot, R!OT provided a full slate of post services, beginning with telecine. Colorist Clark Muller worked with Richter on the look of the clip. Additional R!OT credits go to telecine producer Darby Walker; lead compositor Verdi Sevenhuysen; compositors Stefano Trivelli, Kiki Chansamone, Patti Gannon, Jason Frank, Lisa Tomei and Vikki North; junior compositors Sean Wilson, Terry O’Gara, Manny Cubillas, Gaelon Swift, Al Lansdale, Peter King and Nabil Schiantarelli; and producer Todd Davidovich.
MUSIC NOTES
Sacred Noise composer Michael Montes teamed up with composer Pierre Foldes (L.I.E., which was directed by Michael Cuesta), to compose and arrange several orchestral pieces which were played during the Awards Ceremony at the recent 2002 Winter Olympics Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Foldes and Montes traveled to Prague to record the music, which was written for a large orchestra and children’s choir. The music was designed to accompany a dance performance choreographed by John MacInnis, which introduces the Olympic Award Ceremony each evening.
Andy Greenberg and Joaby Deal of One Union Recording Studios, San Francisco, provided sound design and final mix for Publicis & Hal Riney, San Francisco, and client Sprint PCS. The :30s "Gondola," "Ski Team" and "Low Rider" introduced some of Sprint PCS’ features, such as wireless Web mail, voice command and custom ring tones, and aired during the recent Olympics. The commercials were directed by Peter Care for bicoastal Bob Industries.
