Rampant Design Founder Responds to Growing Customer Demand for Advanced Custom Elements by Creating New Studio with Latest Cameras from RED, BMD
Rampant Design Tools (www.rampantdesigntools.com) today announced the launch of its new, state-of-the-art design facility, the Rampant Digital Media Studio. Equipped with the newest camera technologies from RED and Black Magic Design, the Rampant Digital Media Studio was designed to handle the rapid growth and accelerated demand from customers for newer, more sophisticated drag-and-drop VFX elements.
“For the last four years, we’ve set up temporary studios all across the country, borrowing and bartering time on sets and setting up shop as needed,” said Sean Mullen, president and founder of Rampant Design Tools.” As the years have gone by, we’ve had a burning desire to set up a more permanent spot. We have a massive in-house list of content that we would like to create – and that list is only getting bigger. Plus, in addition to the custom work we are hired to do for some of the larger shops, we get a constant stream of requests from customers for more advanced content. We’ve been blessed with a really supportive customer and fan base and thanks to them, we can finally start building on the ideas that have been stuck in our heads for some time!”
The Rampant Digital Media Studio takes advantage of some of the more advanced camera technology on the market today. Sean continued, “We’ve invested in the RED EPIC and the Black Magic Cinema Camera systems and are amazed at how well they both play together. The BMCC has turned out to be a workhorse for us. I love the latitude of the frames – the waveforms are sick and just ideal for the kind of effects we’re creating in our new elements.”
“We are also using various lighting rigs from Nila Lights, Lite Panels and Arri; and we’re using Canon Cine Prime and Zeiss Compact Prime Cine Lenses for the ultimate ‘looks’ for our effects. I think our customers will be blown away by the leap in quality of the imagery we’re creating!”
Rampant Design Tools offers a unique, time-saving approach for budget- and time-crunched editors who need to quickly add quality VFX or design elements to their projects. Rampant Design Tools solutions are compatible with all editing platforms and compositing applications that are able to read Quicktime files, including Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects and Premiere), Sony Vegas, Media 100, Apple Motion, NUKE, Apple Final Cut Pro, FCP X and Avid Media Composer. They are also designed to complement filmmakers and VFX artists existing workflows and integrate well with pipelines comprised of industry-leading VFX and color correction solutions.
All of Rampant Design Tools newly launched solutions are available immediately and are priced at $99.00 USD each. For more information or to purchase any of Rampant Design Tools solutions, please visit www.rampantdesigntools.com.
About Rampant Design
Rampant was founded by Visual Effects Artist Sean Mullen. With over 60 credits in feature film and television, Sean has shot and created VFX elements for network shows, feature films, private Hollywood libraries and has created content for many of the major stock companies His work has touched such acclaimed Hollywood and television productions as Charmed, Ally McBeal, NCIS, Felicity, Nip/Tuck, Idle Hands, Lake Placid and Any Given Sunday. Sean was inspired by his editor friends to create the first Rampant Design Tools – elements for his friends to mix and match and drop on their timelines that would instantly add a unique look / flavor to their videos. This inspiration essentially gave birth to many of the product lines you see at Rampant today. For
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“Ǝvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of Ǝvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
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