Hollywood, CA, Nov. 1, 2007 - SonicPool, one of Hollywood‘s leading post facilities, specializing in audio and video finishing, edit suite rentals, and full post-production services, has promoted Daniel Stuart to the position of Audio Editor from his previous role as Production Assistant, and has also promoted Kristina Allison to Production Coordinator, from Production Assistant. The announcement was made by John Frost and Patrick Bird, co-founders, SonicPool.

ABOUT DANIEL STUART:

In his new position, Daniel Stuart is currently working on sound design for the feature film “Lonely Street,” specifically cutting effects, assisting with ADR and recording/editing Foley. That film was shot in Daniel‘s hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where SonicPool co-owner John Frost hails from as well.

Daniel is also working on radio spots for ABC Daytime Television, as well as engineering VO sessions for various other clients. He is the catalyst behind the development of SonicPool‘s soon to be announced SFX (sound effects) library.

ABOUT KRISTINA ALLISON:

In her new position, Kristina Allison spends her days coordinating projects between clients and SonicPool‘s audio and video finishing departments and the edit suite rental facilities. She is the navigator that keeps the facility and all of its the various projects on track. Kristina is a recent graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film and Media Studies.

ABOUT SONICPOOL:

Launched in Hollywood in 2001, SonicPool was co-founded by post production specialists John Frost and Patrick Bird. Each of the men currently serves the company as a President and CEO.

SonicPool is comprised of 14 SD & HD Offline and Online Edit Suites, 2 Theatrical Mix Stages and 2 Stereo Mix Suites, as well as complete Machine Room Services with all the standard SD & HD decks. The company‘s post production sevices include Audio and Video Finishing, edit suite rentals, and media duplication. SonicPool‘s creative services include radio production. Additionally, the company offers its clients production office space rentals to accompany Offline Edit Suites.

SonicPool‘s clients run the full gamut of the entertainment and broadcasting industries, which clients ranging from major studio releases, independent feature films, TV programs, and radio, to DVD menu sound design, TV commercials, gaming, mobile and Internet projects.

SonicPool is located at 6860 Lexington Ave, Hollywood, CA, 90038.

The phone is 323/460-4MIX, and the web address is: www.sonicpool.com

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On his most recent project for the upcoming Bollywood action feature film “Ghajni,” a Hindi remake of the classic Tamil film, Sound Designer Resul Pookutty was posed with the challenge of capturing the ambient sounds of the busy streets of Bombay. “Ghajni” is a revenge film where the main protagonist searches the streets of the city to seek revenge on the man who has murdered his girlfriend. With much of the action sequences taking place in the city, Pookutty selected the Holophone®‘s H2-PRO as part of his audio setup because of its portability and superior audio capture.

To effectively create the sense of urgency the protagonist is experiencing, Pookutty wanted a mic that would be able to stay with the overhead camera as it followed the actor as he traveled through the city. Recording usable production sound on the streets of Bombay is a challenge, but the H2-PRO was able to provide Pookutty with accurate ambient sounds.

“I‘m a great lover of natural sound and like ambient sounds available from each location to use when I‘m cutting the final product,” Pookutty explains. “In Bombay, the H2-PRO followed the camera on the protagonist as he walked through the city streets. This way I can get dramatic 5.1 sound images when the camera makes a swish pan — a sound I would otherwise have to recreate in the edit stages. Here, I get it naturally.”

The H2-PRO is able to effortlessly capture 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 channels of discreet audio with no mixing or signal manipulation required. Harnessing the way the human head receives and interprets sound, the elliptical casing of the mic houses eight microphone capsules arranged so that they correspond with the speakers typically found in a studio or home theater setup (left, right, center, sub [LFE], left surround, right surround, top, and center rear). As a result, the H2-PRO eliminates the need for complicated mic setups, while still providing a clean sonic image.

“I have used all kinds of stereo mics, made XY patterns with various shotguns, and used Double M-S mikes for surround recordings, but I have never heard such clean, wide images as I receive from the H2-PRO,” says Pookutty. “It‘s easy to record surround sound on-location with the H2-PRO because it‘s just one mic with all discrete outputs and no confusion.”

Pookutty is able to set up the H2-PRO as he would a stereo mic — following the camera. He keeps the left, center and right channels of the surround mic in line with the camera angle so the front and back sound distribution corresponds with the image size and angle. Audio from the H2-PRO is recorded to a PDR 2000 or DEVA IV multi-channel recorder.

“Ghajni” is set to release in early 2008. For more information on Holophone‘s products visit, www.holophone.com.