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BITS & PIECES MUSIC VIDEO: THE GEORGIA THUNDERBOLTS - IT'S ALRIGHT ROME, GA — The Georgia Thunderbolts recently released the music video for It's Alright, the fourth single from their forthcoming debut album, "Can We Get A Witness". The album from Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group is due out October 15th. Jim Arbogast directed the video for It's Alright, which features the band per- forming outdoors in front of a bonfire, barbequing and boating on a nearby lake. "There were actually two locations," Arbogast explains of the shoot. "One was at [singer TJ Lyle's] house, which was awesome! Such a great property, and so much help being there. We were able to set the big bonfire up with wood and whatever else we could find on the property, and ended up shooting from 7:00pm until about midnight. TJ was driving the tractor, getting wood from all over their property." The second location was a friend of guitarist Riley Couzzourt — a lake house, complete with two pontoon boats for use during the shoot. "There were lots of challenges, as always," says Arbogast. "The weather being one of the main challenges, as always with an outdoor shoot, but at the lake house, it cleared up beautifully right when we got there. Blue skies and white puffy clouds — it was incredible." A Sony FX 6 with Xeen cinema lenses served as the main camera for the shoot. "One of my favorite lenses is the 85mm T1.5," says Arbogast. "Also used was a Sigma 35mm 1.4 lens and 50mm 1.2 Sony lens. I love the old-school Lowell DP 1000W tungstens — they have such a great look. I used those for both locations." A Phantom Four Pro V2 drone was used for the aerial shots. Arbogast cut the video in Final Cut Pro X and colored it using Cinema Grade. "I have a 27-inch iMac with 96GBs of RAM, and a 30-inch LG monitor for editing the timeline." The band's roadie, Haiden Brown, assisted with the location shoots. N E X T I S S U E NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER OUTLOOK 2022 Special year end issue, industry pro's weigh in on upcoming challenges, opportunities in directing, editing, audio, remote workflows and more! MARI KOHN 818.291.1153 | mkohn@postmagazine.com CO N TACT U S A B O U T P R I N T & O N L I N E A DV E RT I S I N G O P P O RT U N I T I ES : ISSUE DATE: N OV E M B E R / D EC E M B E R 2 0 2 1 SPACE CLOSE: N OV E M B E R 17 T H MATERIAL CLOSE: N OV E M B E R 24 T H SUMMER MOVIES JUNGLE CRUISE, BLACK WIDOW, F9 AND MORE! W H E R E T E C H N O L O G Y A N D TA L E N T M E E T S M www.postmagazine.com POST JULY/AUG 2021 PLUS: ANIMATION: DISNEY-PIXAR'S LUCA BUSINESS: DIVERSITY IN VFX DIRECTOR'S CHAIR: PATRICK HUGHES EDITING: THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION MUSIC & FIRSTCOM MUSIC MERGE SANTA MONICA, CA — Universal Publishing Production Music has announced that two of its companies — Santa Monica-based Universal Production Music and Dallas-based FirstCom Music — are merging to create a new US-based production music power- house. The combined entity will operate as Universal Production Music and will take ad- vantage of its world-class production music library, search technologies, creative teams and streamlined licensing capabilities. As part of the global Universal Production Music family, which has op- erations across more than 30 countries, the combination will also draw upon the resources of its parent company, Universal Music Group, a leader in music-based entertainment. "The marriage of these two US-based production music superstars high- lights Universal Production Music's place as the industry's finest, truly global brand," says Michael Sammis (pictured), president of Universal Production Music. "Our newly combined US team will partner with colleagues around the world to pursue new talent, develop innovative services and use trend insights to benefit our customers' projects. Together, they will continue to drive innova- tion while delivering superior music and services to our client base." The company's merged catalogue will be available through the single, expand- ed Universal Production Music website (www.universalproductionmusic.com). The Georgia Thunderbolts www.postmagazine.com 10 POST SEPT/OCT 2021