CBS Havana Broadcasts, "Hobbit" Advances, Digital Audio Storytelling, Paul Thomas Anderson, "12 Monkeys," Sound Mix on "Exodus"

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Connect 2 Media & Entertainment, which launched in 2013, is a resource to help you as a media professional keep up with developments not only in your own business segment but across all industry sectors. Find out what's happening in TV, radio, digital media, film, event spaces, enterprise, and much more by visiting www.c2meworld.com each day. TELEVISION "CBS Evening News" EP: Havana Broadcasts Helped Pull Back Curtain on Cuba "Cuba is in so many ways is a mystery to the American audience," says Steve Capus, executive producer of "CBS Evening News." We don't get to see much from out of there; everything has been controlled. I thought it was a great opportunity to take our cameras inside Havana and get the instant reaction to the events." Read More» TELEVISION "12 Monkeys" Time Travels to 2015: The Science Fiction Tale Is Reimagined as a Syfy Series In conversations about the look of the show, the production team realized the necessity of adopting distinct thematic elements to represent each time period, helping the audience navigate the nonlinear storytelling method. Read More» RADIO As Digital Audio Takes Off, How Big Can It Get? Perhaps it's not virally inclined, but audio storytelling is crossing over from niche to mainstream. Read More» PRODUCTION/POST/SOUND How J.C. Chandor Captured NYC's Most Dangerous Era for "A Most Violent Year" To research the period and get the right look and feel of a city at the height of urban decay and rampant crime, Chandor turned to the street photography that was flourishing at the time: "I talked to a lot of people whose parents ran businesses at that time. I zeroed in on the actual business that we were dealing with, and then read a lot. But my main inspiration, visually and everything else, really came from the amazing tradition of street photography that was exploding around this time in New York and other cities." Read More» FILM Tim Burton on Depicting the Painterly Passion in "Big Eyes" "The Keanes thought they were making the Mona Lisa," explains Tim Burton about the painter subjects of his new film "Big Eyes." "I understand that passion. I wouldn't call it misguided but it's just what happens when you put your heart and soul into things." Read More» RADIO Check Out These New Audio Apps Audio apps are a hot trend that radio broadcasters need to know about, not just because they stream radio content. Thanks to their interactivity and wide availability, audio apps are becoming a popular platform for experimenting with new content delivery ideas and models. Read More» PRODUCTION/POST/SOUND Mixing the Sound of the Ten Plagues of Egypt: Paul Massey on "Exodus" A retelling of Moses' defiant uprising against the Egyptian pharaoh Rhamses, and the setting of 600,000 slaves onto a journey of escape to the Holy Land, "Exodus: Gods and Kings" from director Ridley Scott features the innovative skills of lead mixer Paul Massey, working with a sound crew at Twickenham TW1 Studios postproduction complex in London. Read More» FILM Director Peter Jackson Discusses the Force of "The Hobbit" After a long and eventful journey, the "Hobbit" trilogy has reached its bloody climax. Not a minute too soon for director Peter Jackson, who has been longing to unleash mayhem on Middle Earth. Read More» PRODUCTION/POST/SOUND Paul Thomas Anderson Reflects on "Inherent Vice," Filmmaking Influences Anderson's latest, "Inherent Vice," is an absurdist romp about a stoned, hippie detective (Joaquin Phoenix) mumbling his way through the darkening haze of post-'60s Los Angeles, after the Manson murders. It's the first big-screen adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel, so Anderson notes he's really "piggybacking" on Pynchon's obsessions. Read More» More Articles & Insights RADIO: Group Pushes FCC on Standardizing EAS Gear Response » FILM: Return to Selma: Ava DuVernay Makes History with Drama of Martin Luther King's Civil-Rights March »
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