Brian Brodeur edits un-released footage for Zappa Plays Zappa tour

Working closely with Joe Travers (the Zappa Family Trust ‘vaultmeister’) and Dweezil Zappa, Brian Brodeur completed editing of never-before-seen footage of Frank Zappa for use during the 2007-08 Zappa Plays Zappa concert tour. During the tour, Dweezil Zappa leads a band, which includes Joe Travers on drums, through a diverse catalog of Zappa music. During several song performances, the ZPZ band performs with video of Frank Zappa playing along in perfect syncronization.

Video sync is accomplished thru use of a click-track, monitored by Joe Travers on-stage, and computer playback of the NTSC footage. Songs featured include Montana, Zomby Woof, Black Napkins, Dumb All Over and Muffin Man to name a few. Along with well known footage, Brodeur worked with unseen camera angles of the well-known KCET footage from the early 70s which features George Duke, Ruth Underwood and Chester Thompson. The vintage film and video of Frank Zappa feature several of Frank’s guitar solos as well as vocal performances – all of which provide the illusion of Frank performing live with the ZPZ band.

Reviews have been very positive – especially from long-time fans. In his tour blog, Dweezil wrote: “It’s really exciting to be able to play more songs onstage with Frank on video this year. The audience reactions have been amazing.” Also, referring to the Baltimore show, DZ wrote, “Once we finished Peaches we segued into Montana, featuring Frank on video. The audience was thrilled to see him on this auspicious day.”

Fan reaction has been similar. A fan from the Paris show wrote, “The videos with Frank were so cool and moving too, my god, this solo from Muffin Man is just amazing! Gave me goose bumps!” A fan from the Boston show wrote, “ The video of Frank playing along was a spectacular new technology twist and worked flawlessly giving us a very unique opportunity to experience the master and the apprentice expressing the true merging of the generations.”

In preparation for the ZPZ editing sessions, Brodeur provided assisted in setting up a complete Final Cut Pro editing suite at the famed Utility Muffin Research Kitchen studio within the Zappa house in the Hollywood Hills. Once the suite was ready, footage was digitized from DigiBeta and audio was provided from Zappa’s famed UMRK recording studio – which was one floor above the editing suite.

For a digital photos of the UMRK studio, live performances or NewYorkDVD’s Brian Brodeur, please contact Chris Pfaff at 201-218-0262 or chris@chrispfafftechmedia.com

Disc Features Acclaimed Rush Drummer Nine-Minute Drum Solo

FOR RELEASE ON: MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2006

NEW YORK — NewYorkDVD, a leading DVD development, design and authoring firm, today announced that it has received the ‘Excellence in Music DVD’ award by the DVD Association for development for Neil Peart’s “ Anatomy of a Drum Solo‚” which was released by Hudson Music in the fall of 2005. The announcement was made as part of the DVD Excellence Awards presentation at the Spring Digital Hollywood event, at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on March 29th.

Bernie Mitchell, president of the DVD Association, presented the award to NewYorkDVD CEO, Brian Brodeur (pictured above with Bruce Apar).

Developed for Hudson Music, ‘Anatomy of a Drum Solo’ is a two-disc DVD which features Peart, the acclaimed drummer for rock group Rush, discussing the elements of his nine-minute tour de force solo, which is a highlight of each Rush performance. Brodeur completed the work for long-time client Hudson Music in the fall of 2005. The disc is a must-have for Rush fans as well as drummers, featuring more than three hours of instructional and performance material. “The DVD format is an ideal way for music fans to examine and enjoy multiple elements of the musicians they worship, and it was a treat to work with such a hard-working professional as Neil Peart,” said Brodeur. “I am extremely honored to have been chosen as the recipient of the Excellence in Music DVD award; as a long-time member of the DVD industry, this is a capstone to a career dedicated to the fusion of music and DVD.”

Using the “Der Trommler” drum solo recorded in Frankfurt, Germany in September, 2004, Peart describes the inspiration and conceptual thinking behind his solos. Included are three multi-angles of the Frankfurt solo, two “explorations” — 30-minute-plus improvised workouts on the drums — as well as a never-before-released solo recorded in Hamburg, Germany in September, 2004 (“Ich Bin Ein Hamburger”); the Grammy Award-nominated solo “O Baterista‚” (from the “ Rush in Rio”‚ DVD); two full Rush performances (“Tom Sawyer‚” and “Subdivisions‚”) from the Frankfurt, 2004 concert, shot from the point of view of the drum cameras; interviews with Lorne Wheaton, Peart’s drum technician; Paul Northfield, Rush co-producer and engineer; a previously unreleased solo from the 1994 Rush “Counterparts” tour, alternate edits, audio-only bonus tracks, and a photo gallery. “The superb design, treatment of subject matter, and overall technical brilliance of the ‘Anatomy’ disc made it a clearly superior choice for the DVD-A Excellence award,” said Mitchell. “NewYorkDVD’s work with Hudson Music is a tremendous example of the creative choices that music producers can make with DVD.”

“Anatomy of a Drum Solo” is the latest collaboration between NewYorkDVD and Hudson Music, which includes the award-winning “Creative Control‚” with drummer Thomas Lang, “Liquid Drum Theater Featuring Mike Portnoy,” and high-profile live music DVDs, including “Drummers Collective 25th Anniversary Concert‚” and the 2004 release, “Steve Gadd Tribute Concert.”

With NewYorkDVD, Brodeur has developed and produced numerous music DVD titles, including Rod Stewart’s “One Night Only” Live at Royal Albert Hall‚ for J Records as well as the “Dog” title from Mike Keneally’s Exowax Recordings label.

NewYorkDVD operates a turnkey studio for expert-level DVD authoring, menu design, and replication. The company offers record label clients – including Warner Music Group, Sony/BMG Music, EMI, and Universal Music Group, as well as leading independent labels “a true creative partner in the conception, production, design, and authoring of high-quality DVD titles.”

Brodeur has developed several innovative concepts for music DVDs, including the first integration of ACID loops into an instructional music DVD, as well as early work with Web-connected DVD functionality.

NewYorkDVD maintains several complete authoring suites, including several Sonic Solutions workstations, Surround-sound Pro Tools mixing and 1:1 Final Cut Pro motion graphics/editing stations.

About NewYorkDVD
NewYorkDVD’s principal, Brian Brodeur, has been producing music and multimedia for more than 15 years. He has created award-winning DVDs for the corporate, entertainment and instructional markets, including discs for Pfizer, Columbia/Tristar, KINO International, and Fender Guitars. Mr. Brodeur is an expert in all stages of DVD production; from audio/video compression to creative interactive design and stable DVD functionality programming that enhances the user experience. He is a sought-after DVD consultant for leading vendors, including Video Technologies Group and Sonic Solutions.
NewYorkDVD’s extensive capabilities include expert-level encoding and authoring with Sonic Solutions systems, Final Cut Pro, comprehensive graphic design and motion menu development, surround sound mixing, multi-language translation/subtitling, DVD packaging, Adobe Flash development, and full-scale production and post-production services. NewYorkDVD provides competitively priced disc replication services, in small or large quantities, and offers comprehensive warehousing/fulfillment and e-commerce distribution solutions. For more information, visit the Web site at www.NewYorkDVD.com.
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EDITOR’s NOTE: For a color photograph of screenshots the ‘Anatomy of a Drum Solo’ DVD or NewYorkDVD’s Brian Brodeur, or shots of NewYorkDVD production suites, please contact Chris Pfaff at 201-218-0262 or chris@chrispfafftechmedia.com

NewYorkDVD has announced that it completed development of the late composer and guitarist Frank Zappa’s “Dub Room Special” DVD, which is distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.

The DVD, which has been released both in NTSC and PAL formats, features rare performances from Zappa’s 1974 and 1981 touring bands, the claymation art of Bruce Bickford, as well as video clips of Zappa in the “dub room”.

Long awaited on DVD, the “Dub Room Special”‚ was previously only available on VHS and Beta through mail order. The DVD features PCM stereo audio, motion menus, and a complete official Frank Zappa discography, as well as a “Valley Girl Documentary”‚ that features Zappa’s daughter, Moon Unit.

“Dub Room Special” offers perhaps the best visual record of any Zappa performances. The 1974 performance, originally released as “A Token of His Extreme”, was recorded at Los Angeles PBS affiliate KCET-TV, and features George Duke (keyboards), Chester Thompson (drums), Napoleon Murphy Brock (woodwinds/vocals), and Ruth Underwood (mallet percussion) joining Zappa for renditions of “Montana”, “Florentine Pogen”, “Inca Roads” and others. The performance showcases Zappa’s trademark sense of humor and the remarkable complexity and avant-garde flavor of his compositions.

The 1981 performance, from Zappa’s annual New York Halloween concert, features guitar legend Steve Vai with the band. Bruce Bickford’s stop-motion claymation (also featured throughout Baby Snakes, a 2003 Zappa DVD release) is featured, as well as various bits from Italian “journalist” Massimo Bassoli.

The “Dub Room Special”‚ DVD marks NewYorkDVD’s initial collaboration with Gizmo Studios. NewYorkDVD founder and president Brian Brodeur worked with Gizmo’s multimedia team to complete production in the fall of 2005.

“The ‘Dub Room Special’ is a treasure for Zappa fans and for DVD aficionados alike. We worked closely with the Zappa family on this project, and the results should convey the value of DVD in reawakening archival music video and film performances”, said Brodeur. “The audio quality is tremendous, and the two performances, combined with the extras, offer a remarkable presentation of the Zappa experience: brilliant, unconventional, and unparalleled.”

About NewYorkDVD
NewYorkDVD’s principal, Brian Brodeur, has been producing music and multimedia for more than 15 years. He has created award-winning DVDs for the corporate, entertainment and instructional markets, including discs for Pfizer, Columbia/Tristar, KINO International, and Fender Guitars. Mr. Brodeur is an expert in all stages of DVD production; from audio/video compression to creative interactive design and stable DVD functionality programming that enhances the user experience. He is a sought-after DVD consultant for leading vendors, including VCA Fusion and Sonic Solutions.

NewYorkDVD’s extensive capabilities include expert-level encoding and authoring with Sonic Solutions systems, Final Cut Pro, comprehensive graphic design and motion menu development, surround sound mixing, multi-language translation/subtitling, DVD packaging, Adobe Flash development, and full-scale production and post-production services. NewYorkDVD provides competitively priced disc replication services, in small or large quantities, and offers comprehensive warehousing/fulfillment and e-commerce distribution solutions. For more information, visit the Web site at www.NewYorkDVD.com.

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EDITOR’s NOTE: For a color photograph of screenshots from “The Dub Room‚ DVD or NewYorkDVD’s Brian Brodeur, or shots of NewYorkDVD production suites, please contact Chris Pfaff at 201-218-0262 or chris@chrispfafftechmedia.com

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DVD developed in NTSC and PAL Versions • Production Completed From Digital Betacam Master Tapes From HD Concert Shoot

FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2004

NEW YORK – NewYorkDVD, a leading DVD development, design and authoring firm, today announced that it provided expert-level authoring, encoding, and menu design on the recently-released JRecords DVD ‘One Night Only: Rod Stewart Live at the Royal Albert Hall.’

The NewYorkDVD team worked in conjunction with Victor Campanile, associate director of DVD production for BMG, and Tom Corson, executive producer at J Records, on the 90-minute DVD, including development of DVD architecture, DVD-ROM Web links, as well as seamless motion menu design. “The team worked flawlessly, and simultaneously, on several different aspects of the DVD,” said Brian Brodeur, NewYorkDVD founder and lead producer on ‘One Night Only.’ “Prior to completing the video encoding and 5.1/2.0 mastering and encoding, we were creating all the motion menus, and seamless motion transitions. Everyone on the team knocked it out. Our motion graphic design team produced amazing menus – from scratch – in rapid succession.”

Working from Digital Betacam master tapes created from the HD concert shoot, Brodeur’s team completed an all-region DVD product – in both NTSC and PAL – in rapid fashion. The PAL version was turned around in three days, with NewYorkDVD supporting Keith Morris, coordinator of the European release of ‘One Night Only.’ The ‘One Night Only’ disc also involved collaboration between Brodeur’s team and audio mastering engineer Dave Kutch, who handled the 5.1 and stereo mastering for both NTSC and PAL versions of the title, prior to authoring.

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NewYorkDVD operates a turn-key studio for expert-level DVD encoding, authoring and menu design. Having won awards in recent years for such titles as Thomas Lang’s ‘Creative Control’ and ‘Liquid Drum Theater Featuring Mike Portnoy,’ NewYorkDVD offers record label clients – including Warner Music Group, BMG, Sony Music, EMI, and Universal Music Group, as well as leading independent labels – a true creative partner in the conception, production, design, and authoring of high-quality DVD titles.

In addition to its acknowledged excellence in instructional and studio music titles, the company has worked on high-profile live music DVDs, including’ ‘Drummers Collective 25th Anniversary Concert’ and the recently released ‘Steve Gadd Tribute Concert.’ Brodeur has developed several innovative concepts for music DVDs, including the first integration of ACID loops into an instructional music DVD, as well as early work with Interactual’s DVD Sync-like features. NewYorkDVD maintains several complete authoring suites, including several Sonic Solutions Creator workstations, Avid Pro Tools 6.2.3 and 1:1 Final Cut Pro motion graphics stations.

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About NewYorkDVD

NewYorkDVD’s principal, Brian Brodeur, has been producing music and multimedia for more than 15 years. He has created award-winning DVDs for the corporate, entertainment and instructional markets, including discs for Pfizer, Hal Leonard Publishing, KINO International, and Fender Guitars. Mr. Brodeur is an expert in all stages of DVD production, from audio/video compression to creative interactive design and stable DVD functionality programming that enhances the user experience. He is a sought-after DVD consultant for leading vendors, including VCA Fusion and Sonic Solutions.

NewYorkDVD’s extensive capabilities include expert-level encoding and authoring with Sonic Solutions Creator systems, Final Cut Pro, comprehensive graphic design and motion menu development, surround sound mixing, multi-language translations and recording/subtitling. NewYorkDVD provides competitively-priced disc replication services, in small or large quantities, and offers comprehensive warehousing/fulfillment and e-commerce distribution solutions. For more information, visit the Web site at www.NewYorkDVD.com.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For a color photograph of NewYorkDVD’s Brian Brodeur, shots of NewYorkDVD prodution suites, please contact Chris Pfaff at 201-218-0262 or chris@chrispfafftechmedia.com

BRIAN BRODEUR & NEWYORKDVD HELPS BRINGS POPULAR PBS COOKING SHOW ‘CIAO ITALIA’ TO DVD; LONG-RUNNING SHOW TO DELIVER CATALOGUE OF PROGRAMS ON DVD:

‘The Best of Ciao Italia in Umbria’ and ‘The Best of Ciao Italia in Tuscany’ Are Initial Discs; ‘Ciao Italia’ to Create Larger Series of DVD Catalogue Discs.

FOR RELEASE, DECEMBER, 2004

NEW YORK – NewYorkDVD, a leading DVD development, design and authoring firm, today announced that it has helped bring one of the most popular, and longest-running, PBS shows, ‘Ciao Italia,’ to DVD. ‘The Best of Ciao Italia in Umbria’ and ‘The Best of Ciao Italia in Tuscany’ are the initial discs in a projected series of titles, which will enable long-time and new fans of the show, hosted by Mary Ann Esposito, to learn some of the magic associated with Italian cuisine.

From its initial airing in 1989, ‘Ciao Italia’ – produced by Paul Lally and Mary Ann Esposito in conjunction with Rhode Island Public Television – has created more than 150 half-hour programs that demonstrate the fine art of Italian regional cooking, with accurate recipes, that delivers a breadth of information in an engaging manner.

“We are delighted to offer, for the first time, DVD versions of our shows, for those who want to learn the true way to cook Italian food. As part of our vision of creating an interactive library of cooking programs, we are very pleased with the first two discs, which leverage the capabilities of DVD to the utmost,” said Paul Lally, senior producer of ‘Ciao Italia.’ “Mary Ann Esposito provides an invaluable resource for the preservation of Italian regional cooking, and these DVDs will help introduce new audiences to our show and, we know, some fine Italian food.”

‘Ciao Italia’ is shot on MiniDV digital, with off-line editing performed by Lally in his Durham, New Hampshire studio. Pillar to Post and Rhode Island Public Television performed post-production for the DVDs, which were authored by Brian Brodeur’s team at NewYorkDVD.

“I have known of ‘Ciao Italia’ for years, and saw an opportunity to create a DVD franchise with one of the best-known properties in public television,” said Brodeur, founder and lead producer of NewYorkDVD. “This is an ideal show for DVD, and now we finally have it.”

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Brodeur has worked on numerous instructional DVD titles, mainly through his relationship with Hudson Music, including ‘Getting Started on Drums’ and ‘Getting Started on Electric Guitar.’

‘Ciao Italia’ airs on approximately 130 public television stations in the U.S. and can be seen in syndication, Monday through Friday, on most stations at 2:00 pm.
To order ‘The Best of Ciao Italia in Umbria’ and ‘The Best of Ciao Italia in Tuscany,’ visit the ‘Ciao Italia’ Web site at www.ciaoitalia.com or visit Rhode Island Public Television at www.ripbs.org/ripta.html.

NewYorkDVD, which has won awards in recent years for such titles as Thomas Lang’s ‘Creative Control’ and ‘Liquid Drum Theater Featuring Mike Portnoy,’ offers record label clients – including Warner Music Group, BMG, Sony Music, EMI, and Universal Music Group, as well as leading independent labels – a true creative partner in the conception, production, design, and authoring of high-quality DVD titles.

In addition to its acknowledged excellence in instructional and studio music titles, the company has worked on high-profile live music DVDs, including’ ‘Drummers Collective 25th Anniversary Concert’ and the recently released ‘Steve Gadd Tribute Concert.’

Brodeur has developed several innovative concepts for music DVDs, including the first integration of ACID loops into an instructional music DVD, as well as early work with Interactual’s DVD Sync-Link functionality.

Brodeur plans significant expansion of multi-channel DVD production and maintains several complete authoring suites, including several Sonic Solutions Creator workstations, Avid Pro Tools 6.2.3 and 1:1 Final Cut Pro motion graphics stations.

About NewYorkDVD

NewYorkDVD’s principal, Brian Brodeur, has been producing music and multimedia for more than 15 years. He has created award-winning DVDs for the corporate, entertainment and instructional markets, including discs for Pfizer, Hal Leonard Publishing, KINO International, and Fender Guitars. Mr. Brodeur is an expert in all stages of DVD production, from audio/video compression to creative interactive design and stable DVD functionality programming that enhances the user experience. He is a sought-after DVD consultant for leading vendors, including VCA Fusion and Sonic Solutions.

NewYorkDVD’s extensive capabilities include expert-level encoding and authoring with Sonic Solutions Creator systems, Final Cut Pro, comprehensive graphic design and motion menu development, surround sound mixing, multi-language translations and recording/subtitling. NewYorkDVD provides competitively-priced disc replication services, in small or large quantities, and offers comprehensive warehousing/fulfillment and e-commerce distribution solutions. For more information, visit the Web site at www.NewYorkDVD.com.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For a color photograph of ‘Ciao Italia’ DVD titles, Mary Ann Esposito, Paul Lally, NewYorkDVD’s Brian Brodeur, or shots of NewYorkDVD production suites, please contact Chris Pfaff at 201-218-0262 or chris@chrispfafftechmedia.com

FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2003

NEW YORK DVD BRINGS KINO INTERNATIONAL’S AMERICAN FILM THEATRE DVD SERIES TO LIFE

Classic 1970’s Film Adaptations of Great Plays Packaged for DVD With Extensive Bonus Material

NEW YORK, NY — NewYorkDVD, a leading provider of expert DVD authoring services, has assisted in a theatrical comeback that hasn’t been seen in New York since Carol Channing’s celebrated return to ‘Hello, Dolly.’

The recent DVD release of Kino International’s ‘American Film Theatre’ series, a three-part series of 14 film adaptations of classic plays — produced in the 1970’s by Ely Landau and featuring such renowned actors and directors as Lee Marvin, Katherine Hepburn, Glenda Jackson, Ian Holm, Tony Richardson, and John Frankenheimer — is a boon for both theatre-on-film and DVD fans alike. The films, originally released in a limited screening, subscription-ticket-only fashion, have not been seen for almost 30 years, with previously limited releases on VHS. NewYorkDVD provided encoding, authoring, and overall technical direction work for 9 of the 14 titles, including ‘The Maids,’ with Glenda Jackson and Susannah York; ‘The Iceman Cometh,’ with Lee Marvin and Jeff Bridges; ‘The Man in the Glass Booth,’ with Maximillian Schell; ‘Luther,’ with Stacy Keach, and ‘The Homecoming,’ with Ian Holm.

Best known for its collection of classic silent films, including those of Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith, Kino has discovered a rich market for specialty DVDs, with extra features packaged in a way that documents the entire production experience.

“DVD has been great for us; we’ve done bigger and better every step of the way, and it now comprises the majority of our business. It is the perfect format for us,” said Brian Shirey, director of operations for DVD and video, for Kino. “NewYorkDVD was able to work closely with us on all aspects of the DVDs, from how much content to place on each disk, to the compression rate and interactivity. NewYorkDVD was able to provide the kind of service that we needed in order to ensure the highest levels of quality on strict budgets and schedules.”

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With the American Film Theatre series, Shirey worked closely with Ely Landau’s son-in-law, Michael Kantor, a producer with flagship New York PBS affiliate Thirteen WNET-TV, to capture the essence of the series as an entity, including film trailers on 12 of the 14 discs. Shirey also produced interviews on several discs (for example, separate interviews with playwright Edward Albee and cinematographer David Watkins appear on disc for ‘A Delicate Balance’), and several discs feature a promotional film made for American Film Theatre, featuring Ely Landau, from 1974. Each disc features a stills gallery, the “American Film Theatre scrapbook,” an “AFT Cinebill” for each film, and an essay on each film by Michael Feingold, chief theater critic of the Village Voice.

NewYorkDVD’s president, Brian Brodeur, encoded the Kino American Film Theatre titles using a Sonic Solutions Creator system, working from Digital Betacam master tapes. A Berklee College of Music-trained musician, Brodeur worked in the Boston theater circuit for several years before venturing into video production, so his sense of theatrical presentation lended itself well to the Kino American Film Theatre project.

“The Kino series exemplifies what DVD is all about; they had all the elements of a jewel-box presentation. In the case of the American Film Theatre series, it was almost as if you were packaging the material for first viewing. They really understand how to present film on DVD, just as if you were receiving reels of film, with promotional materials, at a cinema,” said Brodeur. “We were able to get a quality level on DVD that is pretty stunning, and Kino’s attention to detail is impeccable. The fact that I’m several blocks away from their office certainly helped during this process. This is a benchmark project for so-called ‘lost films.’”
The Kino American Film Theatre series has been released in three volumes, as box sets and individual titles. The American Film Theatre Box 1, released in May, 2003, includes ‘The Iceman Cometh;’ ‘Rhinoceros;’ ‘Butley;’ ‘The Maids,’ and ‘Luther.’ The American Film Theatre Box 2, released in July, 2003, includes ‘A Delicate Balance;’ ‘The Man in the Glass Booth;’ ‘In Celebration;’ ‘Three Sisters,’ and ‘The Homecoming.’ In September, American Film Theatre Box 3 will be released, which will include ‘Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris;’ ‘Lost in the Stars;’ ‘Galileo,’ and ‘Philadelphia, Here I Come.’

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About Kino International

Kino International was founded in 1977, as a theatrical distribution company specializing in classics and foreign language art films. The company focuses on the distribution of high-quality contemporary world cinema, American independents, and documentaries – usually by up-and-coming directors. Kino began operation with a license to handle theatrical distribution of the Janus Collection, a library containing over 100 important European and Asian art films of the 40s, 50s and 60s, including ‘La Strada,’ ‘The Rules Of The Game,’ and ‘Rashomon.’ Chaplin films, including ‘Modern Times’ and ‘City Lights,’ The Killiam Shows Library, including ‘Son Of The Sheik’ and ‘It,’ The David O. Selznick collection, including ‘Rebecca’ and ‘Notorious,’ the Alexander Korda London Films library including ‘Things To Come’ and ‘The Thief Of Bagdad’ (1940), the Walter Wanger Collection including ‘Stagecoach,’ ‘To Be Or Not To Be’ and even some wide screen epics like ‘El Cid’ and George Stevens’s ‘Giant.’

Kino has more recently released offerings from the CIFEX, Corinth and Mosfilm libraries, enjoying many theatrical reissue successes. Among these were ‘Wages Of Fear’ (with forty minutes of restored material), Tarkovsky’s ‘Solaris,’ Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ and his brilliant ‘8 1/2,’ Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ (with ten minutes of restored material), Volker Schlöndorff’s multi-prize-winning ‘The Tin Drum’ and, most recently, a 50th anniversary reissue of Vittorio De Sica’s ‘The Bicycle Thief.’

About Kino on Video

Kino established its own label, Kino On Video, in 1987. Kino on Video has contributed significantly to the resurrection and distribution of films from the silent era,

130 silent films on video, many through our rewarding association with Film Preservation Associates, headed by film historian David Shepard.
Among the highlights of Kino’s silent catalogue are the five-part series “The Movies Begin”, consisting of 122 films made between 1894 and 1914, the ten-part series “The Art Of Buster Keaton”, released in 1995 and winner of Entertainment Weekly Magazine’s “Best Video of the Year” award, “The Slapstick Encyclopedia”, and more recently, the 1924 version of Peter Pan.

In 1999, Kino issued its first DVD release, a special edition of The Tin Drum with full audio narration by Volker Schlöndorff. Kino now has thirty-eight titles available on DVD, including the entire Buster Keaton collection. Another thirty to forty titles are scheduled for release on DVD in the next twelve months.

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About NewYorkDVD

NewYorkDVD’s principal, Brian Brodeur has been producing music and multimedia for over 15 years. He has created award-winning DVD’s for the corporate, entertainment and instructional markets, including discs for Pfizer, Hal Leonard Publishing, Music Sales Corporation, and Fender Guitars. Mr. Brodeur is an expert in all stages of DVD production from audio and video compression, to designing creative interactivity and programming stable DVD functionality that enhances the user experience.

NewYorkDVD’s extensive capabilities include motion menu design, comprehensive graphic design, expert-level multi-pass encoding, creative authoring, surround sound mixing, multi-language translations, subtitling, and multi-angle video. In addition, NewYorkDVD is capable of replicating discs in small or large quantities at competitive prices. Its alliance with Hudson Music enhances NewYorkDVD’s ability to better serve its clients by offering video post-production, comprehensive color correction, motion computer-generated graphics and effects, and creative multi-level videos.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For a color photograph of NewYorkDVD’s Brian Brodeur, as well as Kino American Film Theatre DVD promotional shots, please contact Chris Pfaff at 201-218-0262 or chris@chrispfafftechmedia.com

NewYorkDVD NEWS
FOR RELEASE 3/12/02

2002 Modern Drummer Magazine Reader’s Poll Winners Announced – NewYorkDVD Titles Win First and Second Place.

Two of the recent titles authored by NewYorkDVD for Hudson Music have won 1st and 2nd place in the Modern Drummer 2002 reader’s poll awards. “Liquid Drum Theater – featuring Mike Portnoy” – is a double DVD set featuring in-studio performances with Mike, including Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment songs. Some features included on this double disc set include multi-camera angle capability, commentary by Mike Portnoy, Photo Gallery, and Bonus Performance footage.

“Classic Drum Solos and Drum Battles” features many drums solos from great Jazz/Big Band drummers. This DVD features commentary by Peter Erskine (Steps Ahead, Weather Report, Steely Dan) – as well as Mac/PC weblink functionality.

Both of these titles were encoded and authored by Brian Brodeur utilizing Sonic Solutions DVD systems.

Look for more titles from Hudson Music developed by NewYorkDVD – including “Making Music – Victor Wooten and Carter Beauford in the studio”, “Classic Jazz Drummers”, “Fender – Getting Started on Guitar – feat. Keith Wyatt, Double DVD set”, and many more….

2002 Modern Drummer Reader’s Poll winners:

Category: EDUCATIONAL VIDEO/DVD 1st Place: MIKE PORTNOY: LIQUID DRUM THEATER DVD (client:Hudson Music; Developed by NewYorkDVD. Compression/authoring/project management by Brian Brodeur. Graphic Menu Design by Jon Ratcliff)

2nd Place: Various Artists: Classic Drum Solos And Drum Battles DVD (client: Hudson Music; Developed by NewYorkDVD. Compression/authoring/project management by Brian Brodeur. Graphic Menu Design by Jon Ratcliff).

For more information about NewYorkDVD, please email Brian Brodeur: brian@newyorkdvd.com or visit www.newyorkdvd.com.