On June 20, the film Cinema and Sanctuary had its premiere at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. The film, by CCNY Professor Dave Davidson, charts the tumultuous and exuberant history of The Institute of Film Techniques at the City College of New York – the first documentary film school in America that was under the leadership of DADAist and pioneering experimental filmmaker Hans Richter.
The audio post-production team was lead by staff members Paul Kozel and Chris Woll, who also mixed the film. SAC fourth year students… Read More »
NBA (National Basketball Association) superstar Stephen Curry from the Golden State Warriors recently introduced a new shoe from Under Armour called the Curry 6. The commercial for the Curry 6 features Stephen and “I Ain’t Done” by SAC graduate Andy Mineo. Congrats Andy!
Curry 6 Tech Video: Ruin The Game
Over the summer the SAC staff installed and calibrated a new JBL monitoring system in the Control Room for multiple playback scenarios including stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound, and Dolby Atmos; a twelve speaker, 360˚ surround sound format. Our Atmos system employs four ceiling speakers as well as the full compliment of horizontal speakers creating a totally immersive listening experience. This system will allow students to accurately monitor surround sound projects for broadcast and streaming outlets, commercial theaters, DVD, Blu-ray, and music and game creators.… Read More »
On March 30, the vocal quartet The Manhattan Transfer released their latest album entitled The Junction. For three days in April of 2017 the Transfer was at the Sonic Arts Center recording vocal parts for The Junction with SAC director Paul Kozel engineering. Additionally, Paul recorded percussionist Luisito Quintero for the album as well. Winy Taveras provided technical assistance for these recording sessions. On April 5, 2018 The Junction reached #1on the iTunes Jazz Chart! The album is available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify… Read More »
SAC alumni Andrey Radovski, (2013) is a busy production sound mixer (location sound recording) for narrative and documentary films. Two narrative films that Andrey worked on recently premiered this week at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival; Like Me and Most Beautiful Island. Most Beautiful Island was just awarded the Grand Jury Prize for narrative film! Congratulation to Andrey and the entire cast and crew!
A recent issue of Variety Magazine featured an article on the audio crew for the Netflix show Luke Cage. The article mentions the work of SAC 2006 alum David Tirolo as Pro Tools operator. We’ve recently updated Dave’s profile on our student page to include all of the very latest work in Dave extensive catalog. Congrats Dave on the mention in Variety!
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