Disney Digital Studio Services was thrilled to once again host ACE EditFest LA August 26, 2023. EditFest is the perfect opportunity to gain insightful knowledge from the industry’s best Editors in film and TV, some of whom we’ve had the pleasure of hosting in our DDSS editorial facilities through various projects. The Main Theater was …
Disney Digital Studio Services was honored to host an editing workshop for the Academy Gold Program on Saturday July 23rd, 2022. The workshop took place on the Disney Studio Lot at the Frank G. Wells Quads and Theater. The day began with acclaimed Editor Kelly Soll sharing her valuable career experiences and advice for breaking …
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 …
Disney Digital Studio Services has been thrilled to host Ryan Coogler and the post production crew as they created Black Panther, a film now about to make movie history. Read the Variety article here
Disney Digital Studio Services (DDSS) had the honor of hosting the 2017 American Cinema Editors (ACE) Nominee Reception within the Digital Studio on Wednesday, January 25th. Editors from all different media platforms and ACE Board members gathered together to celebrate all ACE nominees prior to the awards gala on Friday, January 27th. Fun was had …
Leon Silverman, General Manager of Disney Digital Studio Services, was recognized with the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA)’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to post production on November 12, 2015, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. During the event, people spoke not only of Leon’s contributions within the industry, but also focused on …
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 …
In between a search for Nemo, adventures with Goofy and Tea Time with Alice, many beloved characters of Disney and beyond have stopped by Stage B to visit Doc Kane. “Where else could you work with Woody and Buzz in the morning and Black Widow in the afternoon?” Doc says. Filmmakers come to Doc when …
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 …
Just a year after audiences sang along with Elsa, Anna, and friends in the #1 animated film of all time, Frozen, Walt Disney Animation Studios brings to the screen their newest story, one of friendship, courage, and the power of underdogs – in the latest extravaganza, Big Hero 6! Directed by Don Hall (Winnie The …
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 …
Congratulations to Walt Disney Animation’s Frozen for winning the OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING for an Animated Feature at the 50th Annual CAS Awards on February 22, 2014, at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Among the award recipients are Walt Disney Sound’s own David Fluhr and Feature Animation’s Gabriel Guy. David and Gabriel mixed the box …
Make believe is at the heart of the Disney magic, and with a new short film Make Believe, Disney Studios took a significant step into the future of “computational cinematography.” A 3D live-action film about a young girl who discovers the power of imagination found in studying science, Make Believe was shot using Disney’s 3D …
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 …
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible,” said Walt Disney, a quote is quite literally painted on the wall at Disney’s Digital Studio Distribution Services. For the six-person team that stocks the world’s digital shelves, doing the near-impossible is a job they do every day with gusto. And it is a herculean task: at …
Its Official ! At 12:12 PM on 12/12/12, we cut the ribbon to open the new Digital Studio Center.