Interactive agency, Secret Location, has affirmed Canada’s place as a global leader in the development of large-scale digital entertainment and brand experiences with an International Digital Emmy® Award for Endgame Interactive, a highly engaging and immersive transmedia experience created for the Canadian procedural drama series, Endgame (Showcase). Just four years old, the Toronto-based agency has developed an impressive body of commercial and broadcast work, while simultaneously developing two technology-driven concepts into successful IP and venture-funded businesses. The International Digital Emmy® Awards were handed out at an invite-only event during MIPTV, a major international TV market.nn”We’re incredibly excited to win such a prestigious award,” said James Milward, President and Executive Producer, Secret Location. “It represents a significant achievement both for our team and for our brand and broadcast partners and enables us to work with a much bigger canvas.”nnnView Endgame Interactive video online here.nnWorking at the intersection of brand, entertainment and technology, Secret Location has scored digital gold for such projects as Storming Juno (History Television), Stanfield’s: The Guy at Home in His Underwear and In Real Life Interactive (YTV). The company is already a three-time Webby Awards honoree, was shortlisted for a 2011 Cannes Lion, and is a Gemini, AToMiC, Creativity, Clio and Marketing Awards winner. IP and venture-funded businesses include the mobile music discovery application, Herd.fm, and FanViewr, a Facebook distribution platform for TV properties that extends and deepens the TV experience for fans.nnEndgame Interactive, an original online episode created for the TV drama Endgame, weaves information from viewers’ Facebook profiles directly into the online narrative, plunging the audience and their friends deep into the heart of a personalized mystery. The Endgame Interactive experience also features three engaging mini-games, which can be played as stand-alone experiences. nnEndgame Interactive was produced by Secret Location and Thunderbird Films for Shaw Media’s Showcase channel. Endgame is produced by Thunderbird Films in association with Front St. Productions and is distributed in North America by Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF). The series premiered exclusively in the U.S. on the free, ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus subscription service.nnSecret Location recently announced new project wins with Astral’s The Movie Network, Entertainment One, History Television and john st. The award-winning agency is led by President/Executive Producer James Milward and partners, Creative Director/VP Pietro Gagliano and Technical Director/VP Ryan Andal. Secret Location has a full time team of 25, and another 10 to15 on freelance at all times.nnCredits Endgame InteractivennSecret LocationnExecutive Producer: James MilwardnExecutive Producer: Alan SawyernProducer: CJ HerveynCreative Director: Pietro GaglianonTechnical Director: Ryan AndalnWriter / Director: Steve CochranenDOP: Samy InayehnEditor: Dev SinghnFlash Programmers: Michael Phan, Gino FazarinSound Design: Lodewijk VosnnEndgamenCreator: Avrum JacobsonnHead of Production Thunderbird Films: Alex RaffennShaw MedianHead of Online Content: Chris HarrisnManager, Dramatics & Factual: Zach FeldbergnnSecret Location resource material:nDownload artwork here.nDownload the company press kit here.nCompany website: www.thesecretlocation.com
James Milward President/Executive Producer Secret Location Tel: + 1 416-624-0705 Contact James via email
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Goldcrest Post Speeds Delivery of “Severance” Season Two
The New York Times recently wrote that the just-released Season Two of Severance will “blow your mind”—and we couldn’t agree more. Created by Dan Erickson and Ben Stiller, the Apple TV+ drama is smart, spellbinding, distinctly original and packed with surprises. For those who aren’t already devoted fans, the show centers on Mark Scout (Adam Scott), leader of a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a “severance” procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. Goldcrest Post provided post services for both seasons of the show, including picture editorial support, sound editorial, ADR and sound mixing. Editorial for Season One began in 2020. Due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, Goldcrest supplied both onsite production offices and edit suites, and remote editing systems for individual editors, with everything linked to a central server. "Mixing at Goldcrest with our team has been a great experience,” says Stiller. “Bob and Jacob are in sync with our creative process and so good at what they do that the experience is always one where it's about how we can enhance the creative vision, with a baseline of knowing everyone is totally committed to making something as good as it can be." Diana Dekajlo, the show’s co-producer, says that the arrangement worked so well, they chose to continue the hybrid approach for Season Two. “We’re a remote friendly show,” she explains. “Whether we’re at Goldcrest, our studio in the Bronx or at home, our workflow is seamless. I conduct remote daily meetings with my immediate staff, and weekly meetings with editorial and VFX, and we talk to each other as if we were just down the hall. It makes for great staff... Read More