Swimming in a sea of pixels and sound waves, we looked up and realized it’s Spring. Happy Year of the Rabbit! Stuck On On just finished its 5th film of the year and we’re ready for SXSW.
Save the Date // Friday March 25th // 6th Annual Wisteria Party // Special Guests :: Coreanos Taco Truck + Businessman DJs + Vidkidz
Take Shelter
In July, we started editing director Jeff Nichols’s second feature Take Shelter, starring Mike Shannon and Jessica Chastain, shot on Super 35. We completed the edit, color correction, DI, sound design, foley and sound effects editing in January just in time for its Sundance 2011 premiere. It was purchased by Sony Pictures Classic and is scheduled for theatrical release later this year. We had the pleasure of working with the VFX team at Hydraulx in Santa Monica and Will Files’s audio team at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, CA., where the final mix was done.
Vanity Fair: …artfully choreographed by Nichols’s calm, confident directing and increasingly Malick-like eye for haunting beauty
Hollywood Reporter: ‘Take Shelter’ a Knockout Prestige Picture With Roman Polanski-Style Paranoia
Variety: widescreen cinematography is simply pristine, making poetic use of shadows
Indiewire: Nichols and Shannon Create American Epic With “Take Shelter”
Assimilate Scratch Case Study on Take Shelter: Interview with Parke Gregg and Allison Turrell
We also had the opportunity to work on two amazing films that will be making their debut at SXSW this year. Luckily, we convinced our remote Amsterdam colorist Joe Malina to extend his Christmas trip and set him up in our 2nd color suite running our new Davinci Resolve.
Blacktino
Directed by Aaron Burns. Premieres Fri, March 11th @ 9:30 PM @ The Paramount Theatre
Where Soldiers Come From
Directed by Heather Courtney. Premieres Mon, March 14th @ 2 p.m. @ The Vimeo Theatre
Restive + See You Soon Again
Teaming up with re-recording mixer Eric Friend, we completed the sound and color on director Jeremiah Jones’s narrative feature Restive (which screened at Cinequest last week). And finally, director Bernadette Wegenstein’s documentary See You Soon Again will screen later this month at The Festival of Austrian Film. The film was edited by Patrick Wright, who produced last years’ Oscar winning documentary short Music by Prudence.
Méliès
We also had the pleasure of mixing and sound designing Hubbard/Birchler’s most recent video installation Méliès which was on exhibit at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Chelsea. It makes it’s Austin debut this Sat, March 12th at the Lora Reynolds Gallery, 360 Nueces, Suite 50, and will be on view until May 7th.
Music
TXDOT Spot
We just finished music and sound design on a new TXDOT seat belt campaign for the always wonderful folks at Shiny Object.
Meet the Digits
This project was a perfect excuse for Lyman to indulge his ukulele fantasies. Ron Pippin of Shiny Object called us up and asked us to be part of this amazing fundraising video for the Ronald McDonald House of Austin. The music needed to be handmade, simple and heartfelt to match the tone and creative direction.
Datalove
In addition, we did some mastering work on the new Datalove record “Another Beat Another Buck” by Austin electronic guru Cory Allen. Check it out here.
Total Unicorn, the amalgamation between Lyman Hardy’s beats and Stephen Fishman’s subconscious, will perform at Plutopia 2011: The Future of Play, a SXSW Interactive extravaganza on Mon, March 14th @ the Mexican American Cultural Center.
