Todd Haynes’ oustanding bio of Bob Dylan, I’m Not There, the first complete feature film mixed at Wildfire Studios and featuring six different actors as Bob Dylan including Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale won the Special Jury Award at this year’s Venice Film Festival. It additionally won the CinemAvvenire Award for Best Film with Cate Blanchett winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actress.
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Wildfire has upgraded all its Protools systems to version 7.3 software and installed Protools recorders on both the A and C stages. All stages include a minimum of three source HD2 Protools systems.
Jim Albert has joined Wildfire as Chief Engineer and with a responsibility for Stage engineering, the installation of new consoles, projectors, Protools systems and recorders and all else technical. Jim joins us from SSI where he was Lead Engineer and from Ascent Media/Todd AO where amongst other assignments he was Chief Engineer at the Todd AO, Burbank facility.
New 2K resolution Barco DP-90 projectors have been installed on both the A and B stages giving clients the very highest in projection quality. New 1080i HD projectors have meanwhile been installed in Stage C and on the ADR Stage.
Demolition began in late July in the Lobby and bar area as the beginning of an extensive remodeling plan. Construction continues apace with completion expected by the end of September. As a part of the remodeling, the bar will be replaced by a new look kitchen area, while the whole area involved gets a complete new wall, ceiling and floor treatment, updated lighting, new furniture, phones, TV, copiers etc.
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Completed at Wildfire in June 2007 is Todd Haynes’ remarkable bio of Bob Dylan. The film follows seven characters, each embodying a different aspect of Dylan’s life story and music and is the first biographical feature project to secure the approval of the pop culture icon. Starring, amongst others as Bob Dylan, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Christian Bale.
As a part of a complete remodel Stage C has got a new SSL C348 digital mixing console that features 256 digital inputs, 80 mix busses a new 56 track Protools recorder. Direct interface with three additional Protools systems allows the console to act both as a Protools mixing surface, with the console’s faders, mutes, aux sends, panners and plug-in controls writing directly to protools automation while at the same time still working as a traditional digital mixing console.
The console performed its first paying job on the college comedy “Transylmania” and the Print Master of Sony Screengems’ film “Southland Tales”.
The console can mix at sample rates up to 192KHz and bit rates up to 32 bit for the very highest in digital audio quality.
Wildfire opened its Digital Intermediate color grading services with color grading on the Renny Harlin directed film “Cleaner” starring Samuel L Jackson and Ed Harris for Nu Image Films. Immediately following was the Diane Keaton film, “Smother” directed by Vince Di Meglio. Both jobs were performed by Colorist Julius Friede using the newly installed Baselight 8 color grading system from Filmlight Digital Technology and the 2K resolution Barco DP-90 digital projector.
Wildfire has secured the services of Diana Blake as Director of Business Development. Diana was formerly head of Feature Film Business Development at Ascent Media.