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Senior Colorist Alex Berman Joins Goldcrest Post

NEW YORK CITY— Senior Colorist Alex Berman has joined the team at Goldcrest Post. Berman brings more than 20 years of experience in color grading and credits across feature films, episodic television, documentaries, and commercials. His recent work includes The Family for Netflix and executive producer Alex Gibney, College Behind Bars for WETA, Washington, and […]

SMPTE Hollywood Section to Host Virtual Panel Exploring “MovieLabs 2030”

Technology experts from MovieLabs, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Pictures will describe emerging technologies that will drive the future of entertainment media production over the coming decade and beyond. LOS ANGELES  — On January 28th, SMPTE Hollywood will host senior technology executives from MovieLabs, Sony Pictures and Universal Pictures in a virtual panel discussion on […]

Goldcrest Post Helps Send Six Films to Sundance

NEW YORK CITY—January 7, 2021— Continuing its long-time support for independent film, Goldcrest Post provided post-production, sound, and/or picture services for ten films screening in this year’s Sundance Film Festival. They include four films taking part in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, and one each including in the NEXT and Shorts tracks. All are world premieres. […]

Is Affordable Virtual Production Coming Soon for Indies?

Pace Pictures Makes Virtual Production a Reality for Independent Film HOLLYWOOD— The future of independent film production in a post-covd-19 world is taking “virtual” shape at Pace Pictures in Hollywood. The boutique facility recently used groundbreaking virtual production technology to produce Match, a feature-length romantic comedy from director Sean McGinly (Silver Lake, The Great Buck Howard). Actors […]

Nice Shoes Adds Colorist Nicholas Lareau To Roster

Creative production studio, Nice Shoes, adds a new colorist to its creative roster, Nicholas Lareau, who joins following a successful run at Light Iron, and two years of building his reel further as a freelancer. With over a decade of color grading experience, Nicholas started his career in sports broadcasting, before winning an internship with […]

HBO Documentary Film “Baby God” Finished at Goldcrest Post

NEW YORK CITY—Goldcrest Post Colorist Marcy Robinson applied the final grade to BABY GOD, now streaming on HBO Max. From first-time director Hannah Olson and executive produced by Academy Award® nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, the documentary is a shocking examination of the work of a Las Vegas fertility specialist, Dr. Quincy Fortier, and the many […]

Agency Profile: Mekanism

Mekanism is an independent creative advertising agency with offices in New York, San Francisco and Chicago and Seattle. Recently, I had a chance to chat with Sarah DiLeo, Executive Producer & Managing Director at Mek Studios, Mekanism’s full service in-house production and post company, about them and the work they do. DiLeo is currently located […]

Universal Publishing Production Music Debuts New Label “RE|COVERED”

New collection features reimagined versions of classic hit songs SANTA MONICA — October 9, 2020 — Universal Publishing Production Music (UPPM), the global leader in production music, today announced the launch of the new label ‘RE|COVERED’. The label features artfully reimagined cover versions of classic hits and hidden gems from the vaults of popular music. […]

Rebecca Eskreis’ “What Breaks the Ice” to Premiere at Woodstock Film Festival

Image: director Rebecca Eskreis NEW YORK—Goldcrest Films/Saboteur Media’s coming-of-age thriller What Breaks the Ice makes its premiere at a special drive-in theater screening, October 3rd, at the 21st Woodstock Film Festival in New York. The film, about a pair of 15-year-old girls who become unwitting accomplices in a fatal crime, marks the directorial debut of Rebecca Eskreis and […]

Responding to Corona Crisis, New York Production Alliance Opens Up with Free Membership

During this time of a creeping crisis for our industry, banding together makes sense. Here’s an offer from NYPA – the New York Production Alliance, if you don’t know – that tries to do just that. What makes this more than just a pitch at an admittedly awful time, is that NYPA has kept an […]

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LA Sees 43-percent Film Permit Boost Since January

Film permit requests in the city were up 43 percent this past month compared to the top of the year.

Filming in Los Angeles is beginning to pick back up again.

FilmLA, the organization that tracks production in the city, says it received 777 film permit applications in February, representing a 43 percent increase compared to the month of January. The organization notes that a late-month surge in production took place, making February the third busiest month the city has experienced with regards to filming since last June.

For the full story in the Hollywood Reporter, click here.

Rupert Neve, the Father of Modern Studio Recording, Dies at 94

When the Seattle grunge band Nirvana recorded their breakthrough album, “Nevermind,” at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Calif., in 1991, they used a massive mixing console created by a British engineer named Rupert Neve.

The Neve 8028 console and others he made had by then become studio staples, hailed by many as the most superior consoles of their kind in manipulating and combining instrumental and vocal signals. They were responsible in great part for the audio quality of albums by groups like Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Grateful Dead, and Pink Floyd.

Read the full obit in the New York Times.

New York City Movie Theaters Can Reopen at Limited Capacity, Gov. Cuomo Says

After nearly a year of closures, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given movie theaters in New York City permission to reopen at limited capacity starting on March 5.

During his daily press briefing, the Empire State leader said cinemas in the city will be permitted to operate at 25% capacity, with no more than 50 people. Moreover, other safety measures such as masks, social distancing, and heightened sanitizing measures will be required. Last October, New York venues outside of the city were allowed to reopen with similar restrictions.

To read the full article in Variety, click here.

Stimulus Offers $15 Billion in Relief for Struggling Arts Venues

The coronavirus relief package that Congressional leaders agreed to this week includes grant money that many small proprietors described as a last hope for survival.

For the music venue owners, theater producers and cultural institutions that have suffered through the pandemic with no business, the coronavirus relief package that Congress passed on Monday night offers the prospect of aid at last.

To read the full article on The New York Times’ site, click here.

If you want to start production, here’s the latest news from the Mayor’s Office

Phase 4 production guidance is available on the Film Permit website. All production activity, whether it requires a Film Permit or not, must comply with New York Forward Industry Guidance.

For more information see, please refer to the State Department of Health’s Interim Guidance for Media Production During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Please review the guidelines and FAQ before submitting permit applications. The Film Office is operating remotely, so please allow additional time for Film Permit processing.

The above paragraphs contain links to the various FAQ – just mouse over the relevant words.

Amazon Prime Video Direct and the Dystopian Decision to Stop Accepting Docs


Chris Lindahl and Dana Harris-Bridson outlined Amazon’s position in IndieWire: “When Amazon made a unilateral decision in early February to stop accepting documentaries and short films via Prime Video Direct (a policy that also covers ‘slide shows, vlogs, podcasts, tutorials, filmed conferences, monologues, toy play, music videos, and voiceover gameplay’), the announcement also served as a quiet purge.

The above continues on to some surprising conclusions on DOC NYCs Monday Memo, 

Disney to Close Upstate Blue Sky Studios

Various sources have reported that Disney is in the process of shuttering Blue Sky Studios, the largest animation studio on the East coast. The former 20th Century Fox animation division pulled in $5.9 billion churning out 13 feature films including the Ice Age franchise.

Publications have noted how Disney – which had three animation studios including Pixar and Disney Animation – couldn’t make the case to have these many houses when the pandemic took a toll on the company’s profits.

Some 450 employees will lose their jobs, though some hope to get into one of Disney’s other animation houses.

Here’s Deadline’s report.

Here’s Variety’s report.

Epix Announces ‘Godfather of Harlem’ Season 2 Premiere Date

Epix revealed that the second season of “Godfather of Harlem” will premiere on April 18. Set in 1964, the crime drama series explores the collision of the criminal underworld and civil rights movement. The second season will follow Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) battling the New York crime families for control of the French Connection, a pipeline for heroin that runs from Marseilles to New York Harbor.

To read the full Variety article, click here.

Sony’s FX3 is a compact $3,900 camera for filmmakers

Sony has announced the FX3. As expected, the camera is essentially an A7S III with features from the company’s Cinema line crammed into a body that looks like the A7C. Its backside-illuminated full-frame sensor has an effective resolution of 10.2-megapixel when shooting video and 15 stops of dynamic range.

To read the full story on Engadget, click here.

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