As a result of the pandemic, for the first time ever, the 2021 Oscar ceremony has been held in different locations around the world. The main ceremony took place in Los Angeles on the 25 April, with hubs in London, Paris and Sydney, to accommodate international nominees. Feeds from each of the venues were then included in the main broadcast from Los Angeles.

South Korean film facility Live Tone Studios is celebrating the success of Parasite, the comedy satire directed by Bong Joon-ho that made Academy Awards® history in February by becoming the first foreign language film to win an Oscar® for Best Picture.

Audio post production for this remarkable movie, which also picked up three other Oscars® for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Film, was carried out at the facility using one of its two large format AMS Neve DFC 3D film consoles. A 48-channel Neve Genesys console also played its part as this was used to record and monitor Additional Dialogue Replacement (ADR).

Ralph Tae-Young Choi is CEO, Sound Supervisor and Re-recording mixer at Live Tone Studios, a facility he helped establish in 1997, says: “The sound of Parasite was so detailed and emotional that it needed the console automation to operate very efficiently and simply. This is where the Neve DFC 3D really came into its own. I mix all of my movie sound with an AMS Neve DFC 3D console because it has a much more powerful audio engine and better audio quality than other consoles or DAWs. For a mixer to be intuitive and efficient, you need the console to be reliable and the AMS Neve DFC 3D excels at that.”

Artists from around the world used media and entertainment software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) for the 22nd year to help bring 2016s most popular films to the big screen. Autodesk also received recognition from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, earning a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award (Sci-Tech) for the Arnold renderer.

Steven Tiffen, Jeff Cohen and Michael Fecik of The Tiffen Company, a leading manufacturer of award-winning imaging accessories, were honored with the Scientific and Technical Academy Award of Commendation during the Academys Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on February 7. Portions of the evenings event will be included in the Oscars telecast on Sunday, February 22. Steve Tiffen, Jeff Cohen, and Michael Fecik were recognizedfor their efforts in developing dye-based filters that reduce infrared contamination when neutral density filters are used with digital cameras.

Wuaki.tv, a leading movie and TV series streaming service, announced the company has seen a huge increase in rentals of the latest movie releases featured in this years Academy Awards.

As all eyes were fixated on the actors who graced the stage of the 86th Annual Academy Awards® at the Dolby Theatre® on Sunday night, audiences ears were tuned to the musical accompaniments of the shows orchestra, which performed remotely from Capitol Records. Since the piano was positioned among the noisy percussion instruments, the shows Orchestra Mixer and Orchestra Setup Coordinator needed a way to isolate its sound. To accomplish this for the piano, the duo used a combination of DPA Microphones d:dicate¢ 4011A Cardioid Microphones and d:vote¢ 4099 Instrument Microphones. He also positioned a pair of d:dicate 4011E Hanging Microphones for the orchestras drum kit.

Pronology, a developer of cutting-edge tapeless workflow solutions, was behind-the-scenes for this years 86th Academy Awards® telecastproviding the star-studded event with its latest asset management solutions. Pronologys user-friendly interface provided the production staff with an unprecedented level of visibility and creative control over the thousands of assets that are part of a show of this magnitude.

With awards season well underway, Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Groups Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, is in full forceproviding E! Entertainment Television with the field equipment and engineering support it requires for the live broadcast of some of Hollywoods most renowned awards shows. Bexels equipment and dedicated engineers successfully supported the networks coverage of the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and Grammy Awards, and will be behind the scenes for the upcoming Academy Awards® as well.

The Tiffen® Company, a leading manufacturer of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, motion picture, and broadcast markets, is proud to announce its support for the upcoming Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical Awards in conjunction with the Oscars®.