Robert Latorre Adds High-Tech Innovation to Gold Buckle Network Western Sports and Lifestyle Programming
Award-Winning Film Director and The Big Freeze® Inventor Joins New Program Development Committee
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) December 7, 2004 -- Gold Buckle Network (GBN) www.goldbucklenetwork.com announced today that film and television pioneer Robert Latorre of Big Fish Films will advise GBN on matters relating to video production, content development, and production technology applications for its online Western sports, lifestyle and entertainment network.
Latorre invented and manufactures The Big Freeze® camera array system, which produces stop-motion 360-degree special effects similar to those seen in "The Matrix" films, only much more quickly and less expensively. The Big Freeze has been used in a host of commercial productions and has garnered a number of awards for Latorre and his Dallas-based production company Big Fish Films.
"I love the life of a photojournalist and film director where you can experience the unexpected and the spontaneous," said Latorre. "Working with GBN allows me to explore a whole new world - Western lifestyle and sports. Rodeo is the perfect showcase for my new Digital Freeze® camera system."
Latorre is currently developing another first of its kind-the Digital Freeze® Camera System. Known as The Big Freeze Digital®, the system will have the unique capability to download and playback the effect in High Definition (HD) while still on the set or other filming location within minutes-a revolutionary advancement in film and television production.
In 1995, Latorre became fascinated with the "frozen moment" and ways to use this unique effect in his films and commercials. As founder of Big Fish Films®, Latorre set out to do what had not been done and created the effect known throughout the world as The Big Freeze. The first commercials using Latorres technology won him the acclaimed Clio Award for Special Effects as well as an Emmy Nomination. The Big Freeze is by far the largest Camera Array System in the world. Incorporating over 700 cameras in the complete network, The Big Freeze is available virtually anywhere in the world.
According to Latorre, "Photography and film making is very much about the inner eye. If you can capture on film what you can see, you can tell a story to everyone who sees it. It's a marrying of science with creativity that allows an artist to really reach that higher level of perception."
Latorre has turned his twenty-eight years as an award-winning professional photographer into an equally successful career as a film director. He is known for his unique dramatic lighting and directorial approach, qualities for which ADWEEK has chosen him as Commercial Film Director of the Year and Creative All-Star Photographer twice. Big Fish Films clients include AT&T, Bank of Mexico, BBC, Disney, Heineken, Honda, HP Bang and Olufsen, Radio Shack, Samsung, and Sunny Delight.
As a member of the GBN Program Development Committee, Latorre brings his special brand of techno-artistic innovation to the Western sports, lifestyle and entertainment programming arena. GBN programming will be the first to utilize The Big Freeze Digital® Camera System, representing the earliest real-world application of the revolutionary new HD filming method. The company is currently evaluating venues to film Western sports events using The Big Freeze Digital®.
About Gold Buckle Network (GBN)
GBN is an online TV network, music source and department store for everything Western. At www.goldbucklenetwork.com visitors watch rodeos and other Western sports, classic full-length Western movies, documentaries, lifestyle programs, kids shows and more. In addition, the GBN General Store offers a great selection of unique Western-influenced products. GBN is The New Way To Access The West - an entertaining and informative online community for millions of Western enthusiasts all over the world. Businesses rely on GBN for one-to-one access to this significant consumer market. For more information about GBN, please visit www.goldbucklenetwork.com.
Gold Buckle Network and The New Way To Access The West are trademarks of Gold Buckle Network, Inc. Big Fish Films is a registered trademark of Big Fish Films; Big Freeze and Digital Freeze are registered trademarks of The Big Freeze Worldwide. All Rights Reserved.
Contact:
Liz Lawless, Gold Buckle Network
Phone (214) 929-6884
lizl@goldbucklenetwork.com
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