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Matthews

San Francisco

operations for instant in¬
terchange of video and audio materials.

Acquires

Studio Rentals
Matthews Studio

THE
POWER
POD

Equipment
Group will acquire all of the out¬
standing stock and operating rental
assets of Chicago-based Studio Rent¬
als, Inc. Matthews designs, manufac¬
tures, sells and rents grip, camera and
lighting support equipment. Studio Rent¬
als owns and operates Chicago Studio
City and Rentals on a 31-acre site encom¬
passing 33,000 square feet of office
space, three sound stages fully equipped
with grip and lighting equipment, numer¬
ous standing sets, and 300,000 square
feet of storage and lock-up area.
For information: Matthews

Studio Equipment

Group, 2405 Empire

Ave., Burbank, CA 91504, (818) 8436715, FAX (818) 842-2487.

open in fall of 1996.
look and function like
a

a complex of structures along
"main street" featuring exteriors rang¬

ing from Mission-style to early Victorian
to French colonial. The structures will

house the school and double as sets for
students' films.
The complex will include three
sound stages, a scoring stage, digital

the TransAmerica

duction division, FilmCore Editorial. The

The School of the Arts, estab¬
lished in 1963 as the first state-sup¬

facility provides vault, duplication,

ported residential arts school of its kind

and trafficking services for television and
radio commercials and supports advertis¬

in the nation, enrolls about 900 and of¬
fers high school and college Arts diplo¬
mas and bachelor's and master's de¬

broadcast traffic depart¬
facility is outfitted with two
D-2 videotape machines, six one-inch
tape machines and a variety of 34-inch,
ing

agency

VHS, Betacam, Betacam-SP and Hi-8
decks. Audio duplication is supported by
various DAT and 14-inch machines. The

facility also has a character generator for
re-slating. Same-day distribution is
available throughout the United

grees. Nearly $15 million
lion campaign has been

state of North Carolina. The school also

hopes to raise private funds for start-up
operations, student scholarships and
equipment.
The village was designed by
Backen Arrigoni & Ross of San Francisco,
whose past projects include Robert

States. International distribution and

Redford's Sundance Institute and Lucas

Film's

captioning

handled

are

on a

24-

Skywalker Ranch postproduction

hour turnaround basis.

facilities.

Vaulting and order processing
fully computerized using FilmCore's
proprietary software which controls ev¬
ery aspect of duplication, distribution,

For information: North Carolina
School of the Arts, (910) 770-1330.

Upcoming Events
March 1 DEADLINE FOR EN¬

vaulting and billing services. It also in¬
cludes a database covering every televi¬
sion and radio media outlet in the coun¬

try, which is revised and updated daily.
Vaulted elements are individually barcoded for immediate

Lankershim, No. Hollywood

CA 91602

*

Voice:

pany

(818) 752-3104 * Fax: (818) 752-3105

*

access.

The

com¬

will also be establishing a fiber¬
optic link between its Los Angeles and

(800) 5 CAMERA,

'

of the $25 mil¬
raised by the

closed

are

4655

studio movie lot,

including

post facilities, a 300-seat theater and

ments. The

THE EQUIPMENT BROKER

The complex will
a

screening rooms with mix¬
ing capabilities, a computer lab, and a
teleconferencing center. Various facili¬
ties will also be available for use by the
other arts schools on campus: the scor¬
ing stage may be used as a chamber
music hall, and all sound stages will have
sprung floors for dancing.

new

operator! Adjustable fluid-drag
give you true gear-head feel.

Arts has planned a filmmaking village for
its new School of Filmmaking complex to

two 75-seat

5,800-square-foot site in the vicinity of
Building and contigu¬
ous with the operation of its postpro¬

wheels

Expansion

North Carolina School of the

Duplication Facility
Vault Services has opened a new dupli¬
cation and trafficking facility in San Fran¬
cisco. The company, which has operated
in Los Angeles since 1983, will occupy a

Modular remote head; needs no spe¬

Film School

San Francisco

FilmCore Distribution and

cial

For information: FilmCore Dis¬

tribution/Vault Services, 545 Sansome
St., 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 941112908, (415)397-8400.

March 1995

TRIES:

April 7-9: Canyonlands Alternative
Film/Video Festival focusing on indepen¬
dent alternative film and video, Moab,
Utah. For information: (801)259-3330.
March 1 DEADLINE FOR EN¬

TRIES: Movies

on a

Shoestring at the 37th
Indepen-

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