AlphaDogs completes Post work on Sports DVDs

AlphaDogs, Inc., a post-production studio focused on keeping clients “ahead of the pack,” today announced that it has completed post-production work on five Nouveau Richards Productions sports-themed DVDs: Athens 2004 Olympic Games Gymnastics, 2004 U.S. Open, 2004 U.S. Women’s Open, 2004 U.S. Senior Open and The Best of Stars on Ice: Volume 3.

AlphaDogs editors worked closely with Tony Richards, director and producer at Nouveau Richards Productions, to ensure all five projects were completed as quickly as possible, while still maintaining the highest level of post-production quality control.

“Schedule wise, the Olympics video and golf videos were extremely demanding projects,” said Richards. “Part of that was due to the short turnaround time, but also to the volume of material that we had to sift through. We had to watch endless hours of the events and digitize it all to make sense. For the Olympics gymnastics video, we were writing scripts on a daily basis, as we didn’t have the luxury of waiting until after the events were over to tell our story. The Olympics gymnastics video was being advertised on NBC’s telecast and Web site while the games were going on.”

Richards entrusted AlphaDogs as his one-stop post-production and finishing studio. The editors at AlphaDogs were responsible for all offline, online, color correction and design work.

“Our team excelled in pulling together to meet the creative and scheduling challenges presented by this project,” said Sharon Nichols Bourassa, COO of AlphaDogs. “Our artists displayed their abilities by contributing to various parts of the process. I’m proud to say that the combined efforts resulted in the client walking away confident in the knowledge and talent of the post team at AlphaDogs.”

Continued Richards, “AlphaDogs attacked the projects from every possible angle. Rather than act like many conventional post-production houses that sit there and log the amount of hours, what machines were used, how many copies and dubs were made, they apply their entire team to every facet of the project to ensure the highest quality and to make sure that every single deadline is met on time. I had assistance in every facet of the production.”

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About AlphaDogs

Founded in 2002, Burbank-based AlphaDogs, Inc. quickly established themselves as leaders and innovators in the rapidly changing digital post arena. The company maintains an early adopters edge; testing and assimilating leading technologies to keep ahead of the pack with solutions such as the RED camera and were the first post house in Los Angeles to take delivery of the Avid Symphony HD editing system. Personal attention from a seasoned award-winning team assures client satisfaction accompanies each cost-effective delivery of superior post production services—from editing and audio re-recording to broadcast design & effects.

AlphaDogs is home to the popular Editors' Lounge and headquarters of the growing media transfer specialty service Digital Service Station; now serving California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. AlphaDogs is located at 1612 West Olive, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91506.

Visit the AlphaDogs team on the web: www.alphadogs.tv.

AlphaDogs completes Bonus Materials for Star Wars Trilogy DVD Boxed Set

Leva FilmWorks Featurettes present never-before-seen interviews and footage from Star Wars Trilogy

Leva FilmWorks, Inc., a full-service entertainment and production company specializing in DVD special features and cinema-themed documentaries, today announced the completion of documentary work on the upcoming Star Wars Trilogy DVD, scheduled for release on September 21.

Included in the Star Wars Trilogy four-disc boxed set are three featurettes by Leva FilmWorks: The Birth of the Lightsaber, The Characters of Star Wars and The Force is With Them: The Legacy of Star Wars. Each title features interviews with members of the cast and crew, including George Lucas, Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, as well as never-before-seen footage and images from each of the original three episodes. The company also produced three new Star Wars audio commentaries featuring George Lucas and Carrie Fisher, among others.

“Making the Star Wars featurettes was a treat for me,” said Gary Leva, president of Leva FilmWorks. “So many of the motifs and characters in these films are part of world culture now… I think fans are really going to enjoy learning where they came from. There are definitely some fun surprises in there.”

Leva and his production company, Leva FilmWorks, have worked with Lucasfilm on more than a dozen projects, from the acclaimed mockumentary R2-D2: Beneath the Dome to bonus material and audio commentaries for the current Star Wars DVDs, Episodes I and II. The company has also produced documentaries and DVD special features for such studios as Warner Home Video and MGM.

For the Star Wars Trilogy DVD, Leva FilmWorks worked closely with AlphaDogs, Inc., a post-production studio headquartered in Burbank. Leva entrusted AlphaDogs as his one-stop finishing and design studio. AlphaDogs was responsible for all online color correcting as well as design work, including the main titles in the Star Wars featurettes.

“Working with AlphaDogs was a big help on these projects. The schedule was very tight and there were last-minute changes, so I needed an online facility that was flexible enough and versatile enough to handle whatever challenges came up,” said Leva. “The entire AlphaDogs team is great, but the bottom line for me is always the quality of the final product—and Terry Curren is the most talented colorist I’ve ever worked with.

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About AlphaDogs

Founded in 2002, Burbank-based AlphaDogs, Inc. quickly established themselves as leaders and innovators in the rapidly changing digital post arena. The company maintains an early adopters edge; testing and assimilating leading technologies to keep ahead of the pack with solutions such as the RED camera and were the first post house in Los Angeles to take delivery of the Avid Symphony HD editing system. Personal attention from a seasoned award-winning team assures client satisfaction accompanies each cost-effective delivery of superior post production services—from editing and audio re-recording to broadcast design & effects.

AlphaDogs is home to the popular Editors' Lounge and headquarters of the growing media transfer specialty service Digital Service Station; now serving California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. AlphaDogs is located at 1612 West Olive, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91506.

Visit the AlphaDogs team on the web: www.alphadogs.tv.

AlphaDogs Launches Digital Service Station

Digital Service Station™ aims to be the Kinko’s℠ of the entertainment industry

AlphaDogs, Inc., a post-production studio focused on keeping clients “ahead of the pack,” today announced the launch of Digital Service Station™, a new division that will provide post-production professionals with the tools and services needed to complete their projects on time and on budget.

Digital Service Station offers editors a new solution to importing and exporting their material from tape to hard drive and back to tape. This competitive new alternative to renting editing equipment or hiring assistants will change the way the industry operates today.

Digital Service Station will serve as a digitizing or export solution for editors with limited equipment, time and/or budgets. The new division provides the latest cutting-edge editing equipment—from Avid® to Final Cut Pro®. Clients will save a significant amount of time and money, whether they prefer to digitize material themselves or have Digital Service Station’s experts handle the tasks.

Digital Service Station will offer the following services:

Hourly and daily station rentals

Drive rental and sales

Tape to drive (OMF, QuickTime®, Windows Media®, etc.)

Drive output to tape

Drop-off and next day pick-up

Drop-off and pick-up with one-light color correction

Assistant editor services available upon request

Tim Graser, executive producer at AlphaDogs, will head the new division.

“Today’s post-production community is filled with talented editors who are working independently or in small teams. This means they usually have limited equipment to work with or are on tight deadlines to deliver the finished project,” said Graser. “By launching Digital Service Station, AlphaDogs will enable editors to focus their attention on the more creative aspects of their project and leave the busy work to us.”

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About AlphaDogs

Founded in 2002, Burbank-based AlphaDogs, Inc. quickly established themselves as leaders and innovators in the rapidly changing digital post arena. The company maintains an early adopters edge; testing and assimilating leading technologies to keep ahead of the pack with solutions such as the RED camera and were the first post house in Los Angeles to take delivery of the Avid Symphony HD editing system. Personal attention from a seasoned award-winning team assures client satisfaction accompanies each cost-effective delivery of superior post production services—from editing and audio re-recording to broadcast design & effects.

AlphaDogs is home to the popular Editors' Lounge and headquarters of the growing media transfer specialty service Digital Service Station; now serving California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. AlphaDogs is located at 1612 West Olive, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91506.

Visit the AlphaDogs team on the web: www.alphadogs.tv.

AlphaDogs completes Post Work on full-length Motion Picture

Company completely remasters "Interview With Terror"

AlphaDogs, Inc., a post-production studio focused on keeping clients “ahead of the pack,” today announced that it has completed post-production work on Interview With Terror, a full-length feature film.

Interview With Terror, created and produced by Biotone Productions, centers around a journalist who plans to “get the story of a lifetime” from a mysterious author. The author relates three stories—each a study in horror—before revealing his own evil nature.

The film is being released in DVD format and will be available in selected retail outlets nationwide.

AlphaDogs completely remastered Interview With Terror, including audio re-recording and sweetening, color correction, and dirt and scratch removal. In addition, the company prepared the film for distribution by creating DVD menus and added features for consumer viewers.

“AlphaDogs continues to build its reputation as the post house of choice for a number of production companies,” said Terence Curren, president of AlphaDogs. “We are pleased that the market continues to recognize that we are a full-service post-production facility, capable of handling a wide range of media properties, whether they be commercials, corporate presentations, television shows or feature films.”

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About AlphaDogs

Founded in 2002, Burbank-based AlphaDogs, Inc. quickly established themselves as leaders and innovators in the rapidly changing digital post arena. The company maintains an early adopters edge; testing and assimilating leading technologies to keep ahead of the pack with solutions such as the RED camera and were the first post house in Los Angeles to take delivery of the Avid Symphony HD editing system. Personal attention from a seasoned award-winning team assures client satisfaction accompanies each cost-effective delivery of superior post production services—from editing and audio re-recording to broadcast design & effects.

AlphaDogs is home to the popular Editors' Lounge and headquarters of the growing media transfer specialty service Digital Service Station; now serving California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. AlphaDogs is located at 1612 West Olive, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91506.

Visit the AlphaDogs team on the web: www.alphadogs.tv.

AlphaDogs to host Editors' Lounge Events

Industry gurus meet to discuss the future of production, post-production, new products and trends

AlphaDogs, Inc., a post-production studio focused on keeping clients “ahead of the pack,” is hosting an ongoing series of Editors’ Lounge events, designed to help professionals in the production and post-production industries exchange ideas, discuss trends and learn about new technologies.

Editors’ Lounge events, free and open to editors and other industry professionals, are usually held at 7 p.m. on the last Friday of each month. To RSVP or learn about the next event, visit the Editors’ Lounge website.

The popularity of the Editors’ Lounge has grown rapidly since AlphaDogs began the events in fall of 2003. The gatherings provide an informal environment for discussion, and allow editors to have their questions addressed objectively—without a sales pitch.


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About AlphaDogs

Founded in 2002, Burbank-based AlphaDogs, Inc. quickly established themselves as leaders and innovators in the rapidly changing digital post arena. The company maintains an early adopters edge; testing and assimilating leading technologies to keep ahead of the pack with solutions such as the RED camera and were the first post house in Los Angeles to take delivery of the Avid Symphony HD editing system. Personal attention from a seasoned award-winning team assures client satisfaction accompanies each cost-effective delivery of superior post production services—from editing and audio re-recording to broadcast design & effects.

AlphaDogs is home to the popular Editors' Lounge and headquarters of the growing media transfer specialty service Digital Service Station; now serving California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. AlphaDogs is located at 1612 West Olive, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91506.

Visit the AlphaDogs team on the web: www.alphadogs.tv.

AlphaDogs chosen for Big Time Post Work

Post house on- and offlines episodes for WB show

AlphaDogs, Inc., a post-production studio focused on keeping clients “ahead of the pack,” has been selected to complete post-production work on Steve Harvey’s Big Time, a talk/variety show for the WB Television Network.

“When I work with AlphaDogs, I never have to worry about a thing,” said Steve Goldsby, post-production supervisor for Steve Harvey’s Big Time. “They are so good at what they do.”

The AlphaDogs team, led by President Terence Curren, has been chosen for post-production work on 12 episodes of the show. Curren and his colleagues are completing all of the “finishing work” for Steve Harvey’s Big Time, including color correction and titling of the show.

According to Curren, “Before AlphaDogs’ involvement, episodes were taken to tape-to-tape color correction, which made it difficult to maintain the tight timeline for production of Steve Harvey’s Big Time. AlphaDogs is able to save the team time and money by color correcting in Avid Symphony and applying last-minute changes without difficulty.”

Curren and Goldsby have a longstanding working relationship, most recently working together on Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! for TBS.

“Steve is an expert in the industry and a true professional—we are thrilled to be working with him on Steve Harvey’s Big Time,” noted Curren.

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About AlphaDogs

Founded in 2002, Burbank-based AlphaDogs, Inc. quickly established themselves as leaders and innovators in the rapidly changing digital post arena. The company maintains an early adopters edge; testing and assimilating leading technologies to keep ahead of the pack with solutions such as the RED camera and were the first post house in Los Angeles to take delivery of the Avid Symphony HD editing system. Personal attention from a seasoned award-winning team assures client satisfaction accompanies each cost-effective delivery of superior post production services—from editing and audio re-recording to broadcast design & effects.

AlphaDogs is home to the popular Editors' Lounge and headquarters of the growing media transfer specialty service Digital Service Station; now serving California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. AlphaDogs is located at 1612 West Olive, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91506.

Visit the AlphaDogs team on the web: www.alphadogs.tv.

AlphaDogs completes Post-Production work on Little Alvin

Feature-length DVD from Bagdasarian Productions shot and edited in high-definition

AlphaDogs, Inc., a post-production studio focused on keeping clients “ahead of the pack,” today announced that it has completed work on Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks, a groundbreaking emotional-learning DVD for children created by Bagdasarian Productions.

Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks was filmed and edited entirely in high-definition, then was downconverted to standard definition for distribution. “AlphaDogs was the right post house for this project,” said Jerry Rees, director of the project and former director and writer for Disney. “At AlphaDogs, this project isn’t just a number and a name—we get personal attention and I know that they’re not going to drop the ball.”

Terence Curren, president of AlphaDogs, and Russell Frazier, vice president of graphics, worked extensively to perfect Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks to ensure that it met the high standards of other Bagdasarian Production projects. Frazier rotoscoped a number of elements in Commotion, eliminating rods on puppets that appear in the video and in one scene, entirely eliminating an onscreen character.

“Terry and the AlphaDogs team went out of their way to make Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks amazing,” noted Rees. “They cared about the quality of our project as much as we did. They displayed a real sense of pride in their craft, which elevated the final product. Working with them was a great experience.”

During the post-production process, Rees created entire scenes in Adobe After Effects that would normally be done in a dedicated animation program. He worked closely with AlphaDogs as he completed the complex effects sequences, which sometimes exceeded 300 layers, resulting in what Curren called “incredible animation.”

“Our talented crew has years of experience working with high-definition projects, which helped us deliver the finished project quickly and to meet the budget requirements of Bagdasarian Productions,” said Curren. “In addition to our team’s talent, we are committed to keeping abreast of the latest technologies, enabling AlphaDogs to provide the best post-production solutions in the industry. We are honored to have been chosen to complete post-production work for Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks.”

Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks was created and written by Janice Karman and produced by Ross Bagdasarian. The DVD, which stars the Chipmunks and Chipettes as preschoolers, includes six new songs and combines puppetry, live action and computer animation. Karman and Bagdasarian provided the voices for the Chipmunks and Chipettes, as they have for the past 23 years.

Already, the DVD is proving to be hugely popular with parents and children. The Bagdasarian Productions team worked with noted child psychologists to ensure that a number of lessons—including telling the truth, sharing and sibling rivalry—are age-appropriate and presented honestly and directly. “The response has been absolutely incredible!” noted Bagdasarian.

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About AlphaDogs

Founded in 2002, Burbank-based AlphaDogs, Inc. quickly established themselves as leaders and innovators in the rapidly changing digital post arena. The company maintains an early adopters edge; testing and assimilating leading technologies to keep ahead of the pack with solutions such as the RED camera and were the first post house in Los Angeles to take delivery of the Avid Symphony HD editing system. Personal attention from a seasoned award-winning team assures client satisfaction accompanies each cost-effective delivery of superior post production services—from editing and audio re-recording to broadcast design & effects.

AlphaDogs is home to the popular Editors' Lounge and headquarters of the growing media transfer specialty service Digital Service Station; now serving California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. AlphaDogs is located at 1612 West Olive, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91506.

Visit the AlphaDogs team on the web: www.alphadogs.tv.