DESIGN STUDIO LEVIATHAN and composer/sound designer Joel Corelitz’ Waveplant, have formed “a creative alliance” that sounds like a first. With Corelitz now sharing space in Leviathan’s West Loop studio, Leviathan could be the first studio to include a music and sound component.
Putting sound into Leviathan’s visual media studio, says Leviathan partner/EP Chad Hutson, “was an organic development that came from believing that creating audio and visuals should be part of the same process, not something we seek to unite afterwards.”
Some of Leviathan/Waveplant projects include Sony’s Playstation game, “The Unfinished Swan, for which Corelitz composed and produced the score, the Kelly Blue Book/Doner Detroit broadcast campaign, a North Face/Factory Design Labs spot and HP Touchsmart computers/Design Kitchen, whose “Play Big” web videos were finalists in the 2012 One Club Entertainment Awards.
Before starting his Waveplant in 2006, Corelitz had been a composer with Steve Ford Music.
NO HOLIDAY IS COMPLETE WITHOUT ANDY WILLIAMS as distributor Questar is happily discovering. In just two weeks of its release, Questar Entertainment “Best of Andy Williams” 3-DVD Collection has charted on Billboard nationwide, reports Questar president Albert Nader.
More than 300 PBS stations, throughout December 2012, will feature “The Best of Andy Williams Christmas Shows” with the late singer’s favorite song, “It’s a Most Wonderful Time of the Year!”
LEO BURNETT WON the Ad Council’s top creative award of the year: The Gold Bell for Creative Excellence for its pro bono FEMA’s Ready campaign, at the 59th Annual Public Service Awards Dinner recently held in New York.
PRO GEAR’S NOV. 27 SEMINAR on Capture One, a new raw file processing software is deemed so important and has gotten such attention that it will be held twice, at 1 p.m., and at 6 p.m., which currently has a waiting list.
The seminar will present a complete overview on a managed and secure workflow, in conjunction with reps from Phase One, Wiebe Tech, Drive Saves and Other World Computing (OWC). at 1 p.m. a second seminar at 6 p.m.
Vendors Phase One, Wiebetech, Other World Computing and Drive Savers will be on hand to talk about their products starting at 4 p.m., at Pro Gear, 1740 W. Carroll.
SCREENWRITER VAUN MONROE speaks to the Chicago Screenwriters Network Sunday, Dec. 2. He is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, director. He is also national president of the Black Screenwriters Association and Columbia College screenwriting instructor. At the Porkchop, 941 W. Randolph, starting at 6 p.m.
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