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Bits & Pieces The Track Team takes on The Legend of Korra L OS ANGELES — Music and sound production company The Track Team (www.thetrack- team.com) has been working closely with Nickelodeon Studios for the better part of seven years. Originally brought on to create the score and sound design for the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Track Team co-founders (pictured, L-R) Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn continue their work on the Avatar spin-off The Legend of Korra, and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. Zuckerman and Wynn collaborate on the Kung Fu Panda show music together, however for Korra they have separate duties: Zuckerman handles music com- position and Wynn creates the sound design. "[It's] probably the most unique project I've ever worked on," says Zuckerman of Korra. "The show is set in a fictional, Asia-like world in a time period much like the 1920s. The musical inspiration is rich with contrasting styles: traditional Chinese music and Dixieland for example." "You have to make it land in all the right places in the spectrum to 'feel' right," Wynn notes about the sound design. "It's a bit like mixing a record." On Korra, Zuckerman works with musician Hong Wang to perform the delicate instrumentations of the erhu, zhonghu, matouqin, dizi, xiao, xun and bawu. Together they record out of Zuckerman's home studio in Mount Washington. Both Wynn and Zuckerman generally have five days to turn around a new episode after the initial spotting session. The duo founded their company in 2004 after landing the job on Avatar: The Last Airbender. They met while attending CalArts, where they formed a professional collaboration. Their history of work has led them to excel in ethnic instrumentation. In the studio, Wynn creates his sounds using Nuendo, while Zuckerman composes music in Logic Audio with the addition of live instrumental- ists whenever possible. Lucky Post opens in Dallas D ALLAS — Lucky Post (http://lucky- post.com) has launched in Dallas, offering creative editorial, graphic design, compositing, sound design, audio mixing, and creative finishing services. The studio is a sister company to production compa- nies Directorz and Lucky Twenty One. Russ Berger Design Group provided the studio design, and Alice Cottrell Inte- rior Design conceived the interior, blend- ing high design and comfort. Lucky Post has five flexible offline suites that can accommodate either Avid or Final Cut editing set-ups. Autodesk Lustre is available for color correction, and Smoke and Inferno are used to handle finishing and visual effects. The studio can also pro- vide 2D and 3D graphics. Audio post is made possible via an Avid Pro Tools suite that's surround sound capable. Ikan offers HD monitor/recorder H OUSTON — Ikan (www.ikancorp.com) has introduced the MR7, a high-definition field monitor with built-in H.264 recording abilities and 4GB of internal memory. The MR7 features an HD-SDI LCD and offers instant playback. An optional wireless transmitter allows for unteth- ered monitoring capabilities. Users can view 2K footage via 3G-SDI in high definition. The monitor offers a 170 degree viewing angle. Waveform and vectorscope fea- tures allow users to monitor signal for accuracy, and an internal headphone jack helps confirm audio recording. The built-in H.264 recorder writes at 1280x720 resolution. Support is offered for a 32GB SD card for expanded memory. A daytime button improves outdoor use. HDMI and CVBS connectors are included. Pricing is $2,299 and additional options will be available later this summer. 4 Post • July 2012 www.postmagazine.com Movie industry veteran Barbara Freedman Doyle has released "Make Your Movie: What You Need to Know About the Business and Politics of Filmmak- ing," a new book from Focal Press that explains how a movie makes money and who makes it happen. Freedman Doyle has worked for Tri-Star Pictures, CBS, NBC, Disney, TNT and Showtime, among others. She is currently chair of the film division of Chapman University. Her book provides an overview of today's movie business, while also diving into topics that address both people skills and practical skills. Readers will learn about agents, casting directors, and financiers, as well as the professional positions within the industry. It can be purchased through the Amazon Website.