Filmmaker/actor Mark Kassen (Puncture, Before We Go) has announced that his Like Minded Entertainment has formed an exclusive partnership with Radiant Images, Los Angeles’ largest VR camera and technology center, to form a full service virtual reality and augmented reality production arm. VP of Production Sal Alvarez will oversee all aspects of LME’s VR division.
While Radiant Images will continue to operate independently as a rental facility for all 2D, 3D and VR technology, Like Minded Entertainment will now serve as Radiant's exclusive partner on all new productions.
“We couldn't be more excited to partner with the Radiant team for our VR production arm,” said Kassen. “For 10 years, Radiant VP and co-founder Michael Mansouri and his team have been behind the scenes creating the solutions for some of the most incredible, complicated and interesting sequences in the entertainment industry – from 127 Hours to Suicide Squad. We feel very fortunate to have that level of support and know how integrated with our productions."
Mansouri said LME’s production experience offers a perfect complement to Radiant’s technical and solution-based expertise.
“Our new partnership with Like Minded Entertainment enables Radiant to truly offer an end-to-end solution for all our content creators,” Mansouri said. “Our new team is focused on developing solutions and breaking the technology barriers that give the creative depths of solution from capture and post production all the way through distribution.”
Radiant/LME finished its first project earlier this month in Chicago as part of the team (with vantage.tv and VRScout) to produce the multi-camera 360/VR live stream of President Obama’s Farewell Address. This marked the first multi-platform 360/VR live stream ever of a Presidential speech.
Radiant’s virtual reality/360 video expertise was on full display at the Sundance Film Festival this past week in Park City, Utah. In a partnership with JauntVR, Radiant and LME showcased the latest VR technology, content and solutions in capture, post and distribution in the popular JauntVR Lounge.
Radiant’s VR division is recognized as an industry leader in testing and developing virtual reality and augmented reality technology, helping filmmakers and camera operators capture 360-degree content in a compelling way. The company utilizes an in-house engineering team and rapid prototype capabilities to provide filmmakers with the latest virtual reality tools and creative solutions.
About LIKE MINDED ENTERTAINMENT
Like Minded Entertainment is a newly formed production company headed by Filmmaker/actor Mark Kassen. With a focus on multi-platform storytelling in the arenas of True Stories, Social Action, and Science, all of LME's films are created in tandem with short form digital, social media and Virtual Reality content.
About RADIANT IMAGES
Radiant Images is an award-winning digital cinema innovator and rental house providing creative solutions in 2D, 3D, VR and augmented reality, leading-edge cameras and equipment, and unrivaled client support, to the motion picture industry worldwide since 2005.
Radiant has a dedicated VR wing inside its facility at 2702 Media Center Drive in northeast Los Angeles. For more information about Radiant Images, visit online at www.radiantimages.com. Find Radiant Images on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
