PRESS – New Hat
2010
- Adweek – Verizon “Droid X Is Here” 07.10
- Shoot- Lisa Houck 08.10
- Screen – Telecine boutique New Hat has secured Lisa Houck of Salon to represent the company on the West Coast 08.10
- Promo News - Kylie Minogue’s All The Lovers by Joseph Kahn 06.10
Xbox Halo Reach: Birth of a Spartan (Beau Leon)
- Creativity – Halo Reach: Birth of a Spartan 04.10
- Boards – Halo Reach: “Birth Of A Spartan” 04.10
- Shots – Xbox Halo Reach : Birth of a Spartan 04.10
Joseph Kahn directed this music video – colored by New Hat’s Beau Leon – for Simon Cowell’s star-studded charity single “Everybody Hurts.” Shot in several countries on multiple formats, the video was a YouTube sensation and helped raise funds for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. For more on the project, see the story on NewHatColors.
Haiti “Everybody Hurts” (Beau Leon)
- Boards - Helping Haiti “Everybody Hurts 03.10
- Creativity - Helping Haiti: Everybody Hurts 03.10
DI Theater:
- Screen – Digital Intermediate Theater Reinforces a Culture of Courage at New Hat Telecine Boutique 03.10
- TMC Net – Digital Intermediate Theater Reinforces a Culture of Courage at New Hat Telecine Boutique 03.10
- Topix – Digital Intermediate Theater Reinforces a Culture of Courage at New Hat Telecine Boutique 03.10
- Computer User – Digital Intermediate Theater Reinforces a Culture of Courage at New Hat Telecine Boutique 03.10
- International Business Times – Digital Intermediate Theater Reinforces a Culture of Courage at New Hat Telecine Boutique 03.10
- Shoot – DI Theatre press 03.10

Kia (Beau Leon)
2009
Ad and post trades take notice as Los Angeles Telecine for commercials and music videos boutique New Hat launches..
- SHOOT - New Hat Launch 04.09
- Post - New Hat Launch 04.09
- Shots – New Hat Launch 04.09
- Boards – New Hat Launch 04.09
Digital Intermediate Theater Reinforces a Culture of Courage at New Hat Telecine Boutique
SANTA MONICA, CA, March 19, 2010 – “We opened our company in the face of a terrible recession, and thankfully we’ve thrived,” said Partner and acclaimed Digital Colorist Bob Festa of New Hat, the nonlinear style color correction boutique he co-founded with Partner/Executive Producer Darby Walker last year. “Being bold is part of our DNA, I guess, so we’re inclined to stick with it.” New Hat recently completed the build-out of its million-dollar Digital Intermediate (DI) Theater, opening the door to the full spectrum of feature film work.
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