Disney Digital Studio Services was thrilled to host ACE EditFest LA for the 6th consecutive year on August 24, 2019! EditFest is the perfect opportunity to gain insightful knowledge from the industry’s best Editors in film and TV. The Main Theater was filled with guests listening to multiple panelist talk about their experiences throughout their …
David Fluhr, CAS, Re-recording Mixer, was recently presented with the Sound Award at the 2015 Jackson Hole Wildlife Awards for his work on DisneyNature’s “Monkey Kingdom”. The JHW Film Festival recognizes the best work in wildlife and nature films each year. David has been part of the Disney family since January 2004. Throughout his career, …
Zootopia presents an exciting, wise and quirky world. Intricate sound design, music and mixing helps to tell this amusing story. We sat down with David Fluhr, the re-recording mixer on Zootopia, for an in-depth look at the sound behind it. Q: How was it working on the mix of Zootopia? David Fluhr: It was an amazing experience. We …
Prior to 1952 and the introduction of color film stocks, color movies were produced using a Technicolor camera which exposed three separate black and white negatives simultaneously to the red, green and blue colors of the spectrum. Prints from these negatives were made using the Dye Transfer technique. Disney used the three-strip process until around 1937 when the Studio was …
A few months ago, our Studio Mill began working on a project to renovate a couple of screening rooms in the Old Animation building. They were working hard to restore the original Kem Weber appearance of the space while upgrading to state-of-the-art technology. As they began to gut the interior of the space, they cut …
Planes: Fire & Rescue, which opens in theatres on July 18, is the latest installment in the Planes story. In the 2013 feature – Planes, audiences were introduced to Dusty Crophopper, the spunky plane that conquers his fear of heights by competing in an around-the-world aerial race. In Planes: Fire & Rescue, Dusty enters the …
As one of the oldest buildings on the Walt Disney Studios lot, the Sound Transfer Bungalow is chock full of history. The bungalow was originally located at the same place Mickey Mouse came to life – the Hyperion Studios in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. When Walt’s operation started to outgrow …
In Saving Mr. Banks, author P.L. Travers is wary of Walt Disney, animation and even the Los Angeles sunshine. But she’s particularly horrified by the idea of adding songs to the movie based on her Mary Poppins children’s books, and she isn’t shy about critiquing the tunes penned and enthusiastically played by the long-suffering Sherman …