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6 Post • February 2010 www.postmagazine.com Bits & Pieces CR Sound (816-756-3575) in Kansas City has upgraded its main studio with a Fairlight Constellation XCS console. The unit features Fairlight's Xynergi center panel and runs on the manufacturer's latest Crystal Core (CC-1) engine. The new Constellation replaces a Fairlight MFX3plus that owner Craig Rettmer (pictured) inherited when he bought the busi- ness from partners five years ago. CR Sound handles commercials and feature film work. Virals promote PSP title N EW YORK — Manic direc- tor/VFX ar tist Nick Sasso shot, edited and handled post production on a series of five Web virals that promote the new Sony Playstation Por table title Beat- erator, from Rockstar Games. The videos were created in col- laboration with agency Wax Poetics and feature musicians creating new mixes using the PSP. Sasso drew on the energy of the underground music scene and both Brooklyn and Jersey City landmarks to visualize the spots, which feature ar tists such as Chico Mann and Spree Wilson. In each, the musician is immersed in the por table gaming experience, creating beats using the handheld PSP's interface, and then moving into their own project studio to complete the track. Animated EQ graphic pat- terns bring each spot to a close and reveal the Beaterator logo. Sasso shot the videos over the course of three days using a Red One camera. According to Manic (www.nyc- manic.com) managing director Bob Cagliero, the videos were offlined using Apple Final Cut Pro. Autodesk Flame was used for color correction and finishing. Fran Rober ts ser ved as creative director/designer for Manic; Ben Hill also handled design. C ULVER CITY, CA — Digital production and visual effects com- pany Zoic Studios (www.zoicstudios.com) has opened an edito- rial operation within its facility. Zoic Editorial will serve the com- pany's VFX clients as well as out- side projects. Zoic Editorial is the creation of Zoic senior editor Dmitri Gueer, who has been with the studio since its inception. Gueer is skilled in the use of Avid, FCP,After Ef- fects and Photoshop tools. He also has extensive expertise in format and video conversion standards. On the commercial front, Gueer has worked on spots for Tropi- cana, SeaWorld, Citgo, Ask.com, Craftsman,Toyota and Dodge. His vi- sual effects editorial credits include Killzone 2, the CSI: Crime Scene In- vestigation title sequence, Linkin Park's Points of Authority music video, and promos for American Idol, last year's Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles and ESPN. These Rockstar Games virals were edited in Final Cut and finished in Flame. Zoic Editorial welcomes outside client work. Zoic opens editorial arm