Manhattan-based audio mixing and music supervision company, Sonic Union, tackled more than their usual sound work last week. They planned and executed their 4th Annual “Assistants Party” that doubled as both a mixer for budding industry professionals and a relief event for areas hit the hardest by super-storm Sandy.
Assistant producers and assistant editors from over 30 different editorial houses and ad agencies gained entrance to the event by bringing along at least one item to donate to relief efforts. Sonic Union also pledged a donation of $20.00 per attendee of the event, and with over 150 attendees, $3,000.00+ was donated by Sonic Union.
Charities receiving monetary and material aide from the social benefit included recovery organization site Staten Island Recovers, volunteer-based direct action group Rockaway Renegades and NYC umbrella animal welfare organization NYC Animal Alliance.
To see more photos from the fundraising mixer, please visit Sonic Union’s Facebook page HERE.
About SONIC UNION
Steve Rosen, Michael Marinelli, and Adam Barone got together for some pints in 2007. After way too many of those, they hatched an audacious plan that would eventually give rise to Sonic Union in late 2008 โ their 8,000 foot treehouse and audio mix playground overlooking Union Square.
Over a short period, they’ve grown both staff and capabilities to include: music supervision, motion design production, and voiceover/on-camera casting to their established role as the premiere audio boutique in New York. Award-winning agencies, editorial firms, visual effects studios, and production houses routinely collaborate with Sonic Union for sound and motion expertise.
Swing on by and let’s play.
Contact:Adam Barone Sonic Union Contact Adam via email Media: Virginia Scripps Press Kitchen (310) 392.6682
“ฦvolution” 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 ฦvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? ฦvolutionย suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence,ย ฦvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating โin the blink of an eyeโ the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called โprogressโ may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
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