HOLLYWOOD — Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is very proud to present “Monkey Island,” an original animated short created specifically to introduce the company’s Summer 2009 Reel. The new content can be viewed on the company’s website at www.monkeyhead.com.

In the humorous original “Monkey Island” short, which was created entirely in-house at Monkeyhead under the guidance of founder and creative director Josh Sahley, a fire-dancing tribal monkey tries to impress his elders by lighting a beach fire. Music and sound design for the project are courtesy of Eric Stolz of LA-based Oddio.

“Normally we just put a montage together showing the work we’ve done and that’s it,” Sahley began. “This year, we took some time to come up with a story and bookend our reel with a hilarious little character animation that really shows another side to us. more

NEW YORK, HOLLYWOOD, PARIS, LONDON and MUNICH — Framepool, the footage collection run by filmmakers, is making great strides within all facets of the visual media industries in North and South America, reports the company’s founder and CEO, Dr. Stephan Bleek. more

SANTA MONICA, CA. and NEW YORK - (May 29, 2009) - Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled “The Summer State of Mind” were created by Stardust under the direction of creative director (CD) Brad Tucker, in association with DDB Chicago’s SVP and group CD Mark Gross, VP CD/art director Chris Roe, VP CD/copywriter Chuck Rachford, and VP executive producer Will St. Clair. Each of the spots debuted on May 10 during high-profile U.S. primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely.

With the goal of presenting all the great aspects of Summer in a bottle, the spots feature a seamless, stylized blending of high-speed cinematography of Bud Light Lime pouring into a bottle with many other live-action elements — including shots of young adults dancing, playing volleyball and enjoying a picturesque sunset on a beach — all united by artful editing, compositing and CGI design. From the appearance of the pouring liquid at the beginning through the final presentation of Bud Light Lime bottles, design flourishes and the sunset beach party, Tucker’s unique fusion of talents in filmmaking, design and storytelling shine through. more

SANTA MONICA, CA. and NEW YORK - (May 20, 2009) - Under the direction of EVP and senior creative director Sig Gross and his colleagues from ArnoldNYC, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) recently produced a colorful spot for Hershey Canada’s Ice Breakers Mints. Stardust West creative director Brad Tucker directed, and Jonathan Wu served as Stardust’s art director, for the :15 spot entitled “A State of Mouth,” which debuted exclusively in Canada in April, where it will continue to run for the foreseeable future. The spot can be viewed online at http://www.vimeo.com/starduststudios . more

NEW YORK and LA JOLLA, CA.—(Apr. 6, 2009)—The filmmakers from creative production company Shilo (www.shilo.tv) recently directed and produced a dramatic new spot for senior creative director Marcus Stephens, art director Brian Boring and brand manager Colin Clark, the in-house creative team of performance apparel originator Under Armour (NSYE:UA). The national :30 ad, in which New York Mets All-Star shortstop and base-running phenom Jose Reyes introduces Under Armour’s new Heater lightweight baseball cleat, debuted in Texas last month and began airing in the Northeastern U.S. at the end of March. The spot can currently be viewed online at http://baseball.underarmour.com. more

NEW YORK, PARIS, LONDON and MUNICH — March 30, 2009 — Framepool, the footage collection run by filmmakers, has entered into a sales and representation agreement with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Canada’s public film producer and distributor. Framepool now offers content from the NFB via its online portal, to make it accessible to filmmakers and new media professionals from all industries. The NFB produces and distributes innovative, socially relevant documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions. It has earned international acclaim for the imaginativeness as well as the artistic and technical excellence of its work. In total, the NFB has produced over 13,000 productions which have won over 5,000 awards so far including 12 Oscars. more

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. – Feb. 13, 2009 – INTERDUBS, the customizable client-approval and reel-building solution for production and post-production companies, was used by its client companies to gain client-approvals on 30 of the approximately 50 commercial spots which aired during NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII on Sunday, Feb. 1. According to published reports, nearly 90 million viewers watched this year’s Super Bowl broadcast. more

Company Executives to Co-Host Park City’s New York Lounge and Co-Sponsor Alumni Event for NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts

NEW YORK and HOLLYWOOD - Digital motion picture and post-production companies PostWorks and Orbit Digital today detailed their support of numerous feature films and shorts selected for the annual Sundance Film Festival, which kicked-off yesterday in Park City, Utah. more

NYC Post Veteran Also to Retain Role as Chief Operating Officer for PostWorks’ Lab

NEW YORK - Digital motion picture and post-production company PostWorks (www.postworks.com) today announced that Domenic Rom, who has served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of PostWorks’ lab since its acquisition by PostWorks three years ago, has been appointed to the newly created position of SVP/General Manager of Post-Production Services for PostWorks’ main New York facility in Soho. The announcement was made by PostWorks’ President and COO Rob DeMartin, and is effective immediately. more

SANTA MONICA, CA. and NEW YORK-(Nov. 14, 2008)-Bicoastal creative production company Stardust Studios (www.stardust.tv) recently produced a high-definition (HD) 3D animated spot for the creative team from advertising agency RPA and their clients at Honda. The :30 spot directed by Stardust’s Santa Monica-based art director Jonathan Wu debuted across the U.S. last month, and can be seen online here.

“RPA’s creative team approached us with the idea of creating a yearbook-themed cross-promotional spot for the Honda Odyssey as part of Honda’s promotion of Walt Disney Pictures’ ‘High School Musical 3: Senior Year,’” Wu explained. “The main points were to make sure it was photo-real and authentic to a high school yearbook. The guys at RPA gave us great input, and we applied their ideas throughout the process, which really made the piece come together well. It was a great collaboration.” more