AlphaDogs Visits Jay Leno’s Garage

Burbank, CA—Burbank based AlphaDogs Post Production is pleased to announce completion of work on Jay Leno’s Garage: The Ultimate Car Week where audiences will be taken deep into the heart of Monterey Week, America’s ultimate automotive event. Along the way Jay scouts for vintage gems, gets exclusive first looks at outrageous concept cars, and takes an exclusive first drive of the 2015 Corvette Z06 at Laguna Seca.  The show premieres Sunday, August 31st at 10PM ET/PT on CNBC.

Executive Producer Tod Mesirow (Joe Rogan Questions Everything and Richard Hammond’s Crash Course) chose AlphaDogs as a trusted partner based on their stellar reputation in the community for talent and technical aptitude in delivering a quality product. "Alpha Dogs delivered in their usual top-tier, producer-friendly, 100% skilled fashion as they always do,” said Mesirow.   

Color correction was completed with use of Avid’s Symphony Nitris DX hardware under the skilled eye of President and lead colorist at AlphaDogs, Terence Curren.  As with most reality shows, footage is shot in uncontrolled environments with less than ideal production lighting. Curren comments, “One of the challenges I encountered during color correction was the constant change of weather at Pebble Beach between sunny and overcast skies. This also added to the difficulty of maintaining the proper colors of the exotic cars.” A veteran colorist by trade, Curren’s extensive experience with color correcting in these sort of situations allowed the show to deliver on time and within budget. “I love it when the client is happy with the final product. It’s why I do what I do.”

Re-recording mixer Erik Valenzuela completed the audio mix for the show using Avid’s Pro Tools.  Shot entirely on location this type of environment brings a fair share of challenges to the audio mix with the nuisance of noise such as wind and airplanes flying overhead that get in the way of the dialogue on the show. Valenzuela used Izotope RX and RX de-noiser to repair the audio removing any unwanted sounds while restoring clipped audio. “It’s extremely unpleasant to watch a show with annoying background noises.  It’s important to make sure even the slightest nuances are removed so that the audience isn’t distracted and jolted out of the moment of the story.”  

More than just a conventional post-facility, AlphaDogs has been providing personalized service for the Hollywood post community for the past 12 years working one-on-one with clients in providing the same services as larger companies without the inflated costs. Working in a collaborative environment with a team of talented artists, clients are made to feel at home with the personal service and attention that has become the hallmark of AlphaDogs.

Jay Leno's Garage: The Ultimate Car Week is produced for CNBC by Open 4 Business Productions in association with Big Dog Productions. Jay Leno and Tod Mesirow are the executive producers.
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About AlphaDogs:  Founded in 2002, AlphaDogs is an independently owned full service post-production facility located in the center of Burbank’s media district.  AlphaDogs gifted team brings a combination of both creative talent and technical expertise paying extra attention to detail in delivering projects with a personal touch. State of the art editing bays, color correction, audio mixing, visual effects, production offices and equipment rentals are available. To learn more visit www.alphadogs.tv

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AlphaDogs Dishes Up Final Audio for Last Supper

Burbank, CA—With all the attention focused on a film’s visuals, its audio sometimes receives insufficient attention. The best cinematography and visual finish can be ruined by inadequate audio post-production, an outcome that separates the amateur from the professional filmmaker.

When filmmaker Param Gill recognized that the audio on his new film Last Supper needed extra attention, he followed a colleague’s recommendation and turned to AlphaDogs. Gill comments, “AlphaDogs is very professional with respect for deadlines and economical for indie filmmakers like myself.”

Last Supper had a variety of audio challenges to contend with, including an insufficient number of microphones used on set, noisy backgrounds in the production audio, and temporary visual effects. AlphaDogs Audio Engineer, Curtis Fritsch was quick to recognize that in order to work efficiently within the tight delivery deadline, a good workflow and timeline design would be crucial to make sure the quality of work would not be compromised.

Fritsch devoted roughly 60 percent of his time to cleaning up location audio and dialogue. Corruption in the lavalier recordings and noisy rooms presented a big problem in scenes where only one microphone was used. In order to make the dialogue as clear as possible, Fritsch used the Izotope Denoiser plug-in to reduce the offensive background noise while simultaneously boosting characters’ voices that were recorded low. Fritsch then used Soundminer Pro to search through AlphaDogs’ extensive library to find sound effects that could enhance the story. Fritsch explains, “One of the biggest mistakes of post-audio is sound effects being over-designed for the project. Often you get background ambience that is too loud or footsteps that are higher than the dialogue level. This can be caused by production audio restrictions, but it shouldn’t be an issue caused by the post-process.”

AlphaDogs has been providing clients with quality audio and re-recording mixing for film, television, gaming and new media content, as well as sound design and audio restoration since 2002. The facility uses shared Terrablock storage that allows for audio services to integrate seamlessly with other post-production services, including online editing and color correction. Pro Tools 5.1 surround sound mix stages feature HD monitors and expansive sound effect libraries.

Gill comments, “The sound mix turned out very well and we were extremely happy. The team had total respect for our deadline and realistic goals. I will definitely use AlphaDogs again for my next film.”

Last Supper is a funny, touching fairy tale about two romantic and ambitious lunatics (played by Eddie Griffin and Josh Meyers) who escape a mental institution with a video camera and set out to make a movie about a romantic quest to rescue a princess, with the reward being a magical kiss. Directed and produced by Param Gill, Last Supper also features Mindy Robinson, Yves Bright and Penny Marshall. Last Supper will be the opening night film at the annual San Francisco Global Movie Fest August 15-22nd.  To watch the trailer visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=znpnPmaJ-f0&spfreload=10

For more information visit www.lastsuppermovie.com/

About AlphaDogs: Founded in 2002, AlphaDogs is an independently owned full service post-production facility located in the center of Burbank’s media district. AlphaDogs gifted team brings a combination of both creative talent and technical expertise paying extra attention to detail in delivering projects with a personal touch. State of the art editing bays, color correction, audio mixing, visual effects, production offices and equipment rentals are available. To learn more visit www.alphadogs.tv