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In need of cash, Hollywood looks to India, China

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:12:17 +0000

This Article Originally From:Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Disney’s $4 billion purchase of “Iron Man” moviemaker Marvel Entertainment signals a possible wave of media industry consolidation, but the cash to do deals may come from India or China, not Hollywood or Wall Street.

Even before Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) and Marvel Entertainment Inc (MVL.N) made their announcement on Monday, Hollywood watchers said Indian firm Reliance ADA Group’s recent $325 million investment in Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks movie studio was a sign that opportunity exists for similar deals.

As the recession took hold in late 2007, Hollywood saw financing from U.S. hedge funds and banks dry up, and experts say Indian and Chinese firms are now in a better position to invest. For its part, Hollywood needs overseas cash to continue expanding globally where growth opportunities are strongest.

“If you have capital to invest, you can probably cut a better deal now than any time in the last ten years,” said Larry Gerbrandt, principal at consultancy Media Valuation Partners.

“A lot of Indian and Chinese companies have excess capital these days and Hollywood, aside from the fact there’s a certain glamour factor, those (Indian and Chinese) markets also need content, so there’s interesting deals to be made.”

Sky Moore, an attorney who worked with Reliance as it put together the DreamWorks financing package, said a bigger deal could be in the offing within two years.

“I think the bigger move is buying a studio, and I don’t know if it will be (a company from) India or China, but I think somebody is going to buy a studio,” Moore said.

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The Disney/Marvel deal fueled speculation DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA.O), maker of the “Shrek” movies and a separate company from DreamWorks Studios, could be next on the acquisition target list because of its solid position in the marketplace and focus on the lucrative family market.

Moore and Gerbrandt also named Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc as a potential acquisition target, although they said they had no specific information of any deal in the works.

Rumors of MGM’s potential sale have surfaced for years. The storied Hollywood studio faces looming payments on $3.7 billion of debt from a 2005 buyout of the firm, and earlier this week it replaced its CEO and hired a turnaround expert.

Chinese film studios are strengthening ties with their peers across the Pacific. The Huayi group, which Morgan Stanley called “China’s Warner Bros for tomorrow,” has said it is seeking capital to expand and has developed movies with Hollywood majors such as Sony Pictures. Its larger rival, The China Film Group, is reportedly keen on developing projects in the United States as well.

India’s expanding reach into Hollywood has included Reliance’s purchase of about 50 U.S. theaters and Indian entertainment company UTV’s investment of tens of millions of dollars over the last three years in several movies, including “The Happening” and “The Namesake,” Moore said.

“It’s not about bringing Bollywood to Hollywood, it’s about mainstream worldwide English-language entertainment,” he said.

Hollywood studios have also made big investments in India. Warner Bros, a division of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N), has signed multi-picture deals with Indian companies People Tree Films and Ocher Studios.

Twentieth Century Fox, a division of News Corp (NWSA.O), has started a joint venture with Asian broadcaster Star to create films for India under the name Fox Star Studios.

Foreign investment in Hollywood is nothing new, of course. In the 1990s, German tax credits spurred production of U.S. movies, and before that Japan’s Sony Co (6758.T) in 1989 bought Columbia Pictures. Sony also has a stake in MGM.

David Molner, managing director of Screen Capital International, a media and entertainment financing firm, said that absent foreign investment, Hollywood could simply have to endure a slowdown due to lack of capital.

“Either the Asians lead the pack or we have a lull,” he said. “Mostly because they’re probably going to be the fastest out of the blocks as the economy recovers.”

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte and Tim Dobbyn, Phil Berlowitz)

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Suggestions for Fresh Film Directors

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:25:23 +0000

This Post Originally from here.

Yu Nan, one of the jury members for the Asian New Talent Award during the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, had an exclusive interview with correspondent from Daily News yesterday. As a jury member, Yu Nan expressed her excitement to see so many spirited works, and she hoped these fresh film directors could stick to their own style, not to be distracted by material gain. Besides work, for the first time, Yu Nan replied to questions related to love in her real life and confessed that she was hoping for true love.

Yu Nan has already had some experience of being a jury member on International Film Festival overseas ahead of the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, but she told the reporter that this time she felt very familiar and a sense of achievement. “I feel honored, because to be a jury member means that people already recognized my acting; and I feel very familiar, because I can speak native language to communicate with people and meet so many old friends. The get-togethers are most exciting.”
As for the evaluating criteria to this Asian New Talent Award, Yu Nan laughed and continued, “Each jury member has his own taste, but we will get together and discuss over it. The exchanges of ideas are valuable.” Yu Nan indicated that she had viewed four pieces of works so far to compete for the award, among them two were very impressive. However, being a jury member, she declined to reveal those names. She went on to comment, “I am so glad to see vitality and creativity all over these works, and each piece of work has its own style. I hope these fresh film directors could stick to their own style and not to be lead by material gain, including the awards. I firmly believe these film directors are the promising ones on international film festivals in the future.” As for the debate on “art or business” by Wang Xiaoshuai and Lu Chuan during the forum the day before, Yu Nan smiled and said, “maybe different directors have different perspectives towards films. But from my point of view, whether it’s business film or art film, the key lies in its good quality.”

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Bright Shadow Films Sponsored Spark 2009

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 06:22:10 +0000

If you haven’t heard of Spark 2009, you can actually take a look at this Wiki Page

Spark09 was a conference in Shanghai, China that defines its mission as “Igniting new ideas, opportunities and potential in 2009″. It was created due to the negative emotional effect the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009 had on businesses and individuals.

The presentations, each 20 minutes in length, covered the four areas of Humanity, Environment, Business, and Science. Topics included “How can a pig farmer save the world?”, “How can buildings defy gravity?”, and “How does cooking with spice save the panda?”. Speakers were from 51Give, Arup, Bayer, Frog Design, Haworth (company), IDEO, Microsoft, and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Spark09 was organised by ClarkMorgan which is a corporate training company with headquarters in Shanghai, China. All 19 talks of Spark09 are provided for free viewing online.

This year’s Spark meeting was hold in the tallest building of China : Shanghai World Financial Center

We are glad that we sponsored a meeting like Spark 09, and can’t wait to see the Spark 10.

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Sound Studio Equipment List

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:43:37 +0000

So here is the list of equipment and software we have been using:

MONITORING:
surround 5.1 setup ADAM S3a + SUB12
surround 5.1 setup DYNAUDIO BM5a + BM9s
COMPRESSOR:
UNIVERSAL AUDIO 2-1176 (2 mono channels / Stereo)
SOUND CARDS:
RME FireFace 800 (with TimeCode IN-OUT & VIDEO IN) – 28 IN OUT AD/DA/DD at 24bit/48kHz (up 24bit/192kHz in Smux mode)
RME HDSP.9652 (with 8 analog output channels card) – 26 IN OUT DD/DA at 24bit/48kHz (up 24bit/192kHz in Smux mode)
CREAMWARE Pulsar II
CONVERTER:
RME ADI.8.DS (8 channels AD/DA, up to 24bit/96kHz)
analog/ADAT/TDIF-1 / DA-88 compatible
CONTROLLER:
MACKIE Control Universal Pro + 2 MCU ext. Pro
MICROPHONES:
AKG C414 B.XLII Stereo Set (for Mono/Stereo/MS micking)
OKTAVA mk-012 Stereo Set (with caps Set: hyper-cardio, cardio, omni)
RODE NT5 Stereo Set
SHURE SM57
SHURE Beta 57
SHURE Beta 52
AKG C2000B (x2)
(+ 6 Shockmounts, 2 articulated mounts & 3 stereo bars)
HEADPHONES:
Sennheiser HD 25-1
Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro
AKG K271S
SHURE Ear Monitor E2
HEADPHONE AMPLIFIERS
2 Presonus HP4 (4 stereo-channels each)
MICROPHONE STANDS:
2 Giant Stands
4 Standard Stands
2 Small Stands
2 Mini-Stands
COMPUTERS:
Proc: Intel Core2Duo E6600 Quad Core
Mother Board: ASUS P5K.E
RAM: CORSAIR TWIN.X (2Gb)
BLACKMAGIC Intensity (HDMI graphic card)
HHD 32Go Raptor [10000 r/min] system
HHD 74Go Raptor [10000 r/min] sessions
HHD 500Go [7200 r/min] data / libraries
HHD 130Go [7200 r/min] video
2 x HHD 500Go ext [7200 r/min] backup
3 SCREENS: 22″ WideScreen
APPLE MACBOOK.PRO 17″ – Intel Core2Duo 2.4Ghz – HHD 160Go.7200r/min
SCREENS:
Projector Screen 250×140 (5.1 Mixing Stage)
40″ WideScreen / HDMI (Rec Room)
VIDEO PROJECTOR:
SONY Bravia / HDMI

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