Q Department

04/25/2019

Shortlist | AICP The Art & Technique of the American Commercial

Q Department Shortlisted for SOUND DESIGN on Chase & Hennessy with Droga 5

04/04/2019

Gainbridge | "Tulip" 2:00

Q Department collaborates with Bullish & Gainbridge creating a re-orchestration of Franz Liszt’s "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 for "Tulip". #qdepartment #franzliszt

12/24/2018

Honda: The Magic Snow Globe by RPA

Q Department + Psyop + RPA Advertising For the holiday season, Honda is using virtual reality to create a one-of-a-kind winter wonderland in 'The Magic Snow Globe,' an interactive world personalized for patients at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children’s). #qdepartmet #VR #spatialaudio

For the holiday season, Honda is using virtual reality to create a one-of-a-kind winter wonderland in 'The Magic Snow Globe,' an interactive world personalized for patients at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC Children’s).

12/19/2018

Advanced Imaging Society honors Mach1 with Lumiere Tech Award

Co-Founders Dražen Bošnjak Jacqueline Bošnjak on Mach1 recently being honored by the Advanced Imaging Society.

Mach1, a sound technology and IP development studio focused on VR, AR and other interactive mediums, was honored at the Advanced Imaging Society’s 2018 Lumiere Tech Awards last week (12/13) in Beverly Hills.

12/14/2018

Q Department scores immersive experience

Q Department scores immersive experience. With an extended run through December in L.A., Chained: A Victorian Nightmare has made its mark as an immersive theater VR adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, “A Christmas Carol.” Helping to drive director Justin Denton's experience is a soundtrack from audio director Drazen Bosnjak of Q Department. hashtag#spatialaudio hashtag#qdepartment hashtag#mach1 hashtag#mixedreality hashtag#vr hashtag#mr hashtag#soundtrack hashtag#immersivetheatre

With an extended run through December in L.A., Chained: A Victorian Nightmare has made its mark as an immersive theater VR adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, “A Christmas Carol.” Helping to drive the exper

12/10/2018

Sundance 2019 Announces Shorts Lineup, Including Majority From Female Filmmakers

Q Department's Feathers is going to Sundance Festival 2019, congratulations A.V. Rockwell Little Minx #qdepartment

Familiar filmmakers with new offerings include Bradford Young, Terence Nance, A.V. Rockwell, Amber Sealey, and RaMell Ross.

12/10/2018

MWM Immersive’s ‘Chained’ Combines Immersive Theater With Virtual Reality

Q Department's latest Immersive Theater & Virtual Reality experience: #spatialaudio #qdepartment #mach1

Imagine finding yourself in a Victorian-era mystery, complete with dark spirits and a haunting quest of self-discovery. Now imagine you’re doing all of that while wearing a virtual reality (VR) hea…

11/28/2018

Syfy Promotes George R.R. Martin’s ‘Nightflyers’ With VR Three-Parter

Q Department's latest collaboration with SyFy NightFlyers #VR a 3-Part Series from George RR Martin directed by Justin Denton, Here Be Dragon's. #spatialaudio #mach1

Syfy Digital is using virtual reality (VR) to promote George R.R. Martin’s upcoming sci-fi series “Nightflyers”: The network’s digital arm released a three-part miniseries o…

10/27/2018

Pilgrim | IDFA

Pilgrim - Tomorrow Never Knows + Bose + Q Department + Mach1 IDFA #AR #spatialaudio

Lauren Hutchinson - 2018 - Each year, more than 200,000 people make the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Some do it only for recreation, but most have something personal to process. The communal hardship of the walk sets the conditions for a particular kind of openness between complete s...

09/13/2018

Mach1

Mach1

DreamWorks Animation, IBM Watson Apple Google Felix & Paul & Mach1 Among AIS Tech Award Winners Advanced Imaging Society Lumiere Awards #spatialaudio #mach1spatialsystem #technologyawards2018

09/05/2018

Feathers

Q Department's latest film score and sound design collaboration premiers TIFF Feathers dir by A.V. Rockwell - Dražen Bošnjak

Present struggles and past traumas threaten to weigh down a new arrival at a school for lost boys, a place portrayed as both a ruthless battleground and a potential refuge in a time of crisis, in this uncommonly vivid and vital drama by A.V. Rockwell.

08/23/2018

Serena Williams | Mama Said Knock You Out | Chase

Q Department's latest for Droga5 Chase "Don't call It A Comeback!" dir Martin De Thurah featuring the great Serena Williams LL Cool J - Adaptation, Remastering, Sound Design and Location Record by Q Department #qdepartment #momasaidknockyouout #thismama

Subscribe to Chase here: http://full.sc/15KaG9f Don’t call it a comeback. For Serena Williams and mamas all over, motherhood isn’t something to come back fro...

07/06/2018

NYC Media TV Series A Days Work - Virtual Reality

We are on a TV Show....NY Mayors Office of Media gets behind VR with a new TV series A Day's Work.
A Day's Work is a new original TV series on NYC Life, the City's flagship broadcast network follows Littlstar, Moth & Flame and Q Department / Mach1...check out Drazen Bosnjak & Zack Rice & learn to make Matcha. #studiolife #qdepartment
https://wdrv.it/2cf6bb262

06/22/2018

Hennessy V.S | Major :90

Major! Q Department takes the Silver Lion at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Film Craft: Sound Design. Congratulations Droga5 you pushed us to the finish line! #qdepartment #sounddesign #canneslions2018 #canneslionsilverlion

At the turn of the 19th century, cycling was the world’s biggest sport, and Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor was its biggest superstar. He broke multiple world record...

06/20/2018

BMW Summer On Sales Event - “Relativity” Anthem

Q Department's latest Original Music collaboration with BMW for Goodby Silverstein & Partners directed by John Hillcoat Serial Pictures #qdepartment #originalmusic

There are only 93 days of summer. Make the most of it. Hurry in to the BMW Summer On Sales Event and receive exceptional offers on select models like the ver...

06/18/2018

HP's simple, moving Father's Day ad will have you welling up

HP continues to press our emotional buttons with its "Keep Reinventing" campaign. It's Father's Day ad is a genuine weepie that might just get you, right there. FredFarid Tool of North America dir Rachel McDonald #qdepartment #happyfathersday

Rachel McDonald directs a tale of the power of a printed photo

06/13/2018

Hunky Dory, LLC

Hunky Dory, LLC

It only takes five days to create an opioid addiction. Sound Design by Q-Department out of Haymaker #KnowTheTruthSpreadTheTruth #TruthCampaign #QDepartment #HunkyDory #KnowTheTruth

06/12/2018

Truth takes on opioid addiction in brutal ads that will make you flinch

Q Departments latest collaboration for Truth Little Minx dir Malick Sayeed Framestore Arcade Edit

The Truth Inititative is bringing unabashedly gruesome messaging to the fight against prescription drug abuse

05/15/2018

NYC Media - A Day's Work: Season 1: Ep. 4 - Virtual Reality

The New York Mayor's Office NYC Media has a new TV Series called a Day's Work, this episode on Virtual Reality features Q Department and Mach1 with Dražen Bošnjak Zack Rice Will Rosati Dylan Marcus Alex Mitchell and more. The episode also features our fellow New Yorker's and friends Littlstar & Moth + Flame VR #spatialaudio #qdepartment #mach1 #vr

The Virtual Reality episode spends a day with a leading VR product engineer, a self-taught creative developer/3-D artist, and an award-winning VR sound designer/composer.

05/01/2018

Dark Corner

Dark Corner

Take an exclusive peek behind the scenes at the Making Of CAMPFIRE CREEPERS with Engadget and Alexandre Aja https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/27/campfire-creepers-vr/
Oculus Future Lighthouse Q Department #BTS #CampfireCreepers #DarkCorner

04/27/2018

Q Department shortlisted for SOUND DESIGN @theaicp Comcast, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, director Dante Ariola. #qdepartment #aicp #sounddesign

04/27/2018

'The Last Goodbye' Wins Two Webby Awards

The Last Goodbye VR wins two Webbys!

The virtual reality film about Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter won for best branded 360 video and took home a People's Voice award for best narrative experience in the online film and video category.

04/27/2018

@droga5 @nytimes @qdepartmentstudios The Truth Is wins best vital PR campaign @thewebbyawards #qdepartment #webbyawards

04/26/2018

Q Department collaborates with Terrence Malick at TriBeCa Film Festival. TOGETHER” is a VR experience about the power of human connection. The piece fuses dance and technology, putting the viewer in the middle of an emotional narrative about breaking down barriers and bringing people closer. The experience was created in collaboration with Palme d’Or winning director Terrence Malick, Academy Award nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto sound partner Q Department and movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck along with Facebook’s creative studio, The Factory. VR challenged Malick and Prieto to rethink the traditional narrative structure and deliver a piece that uses VR to tell a timeless story about human connection. #vr #qdepartment #terrencemalick #rodrigoprieto

04/22/2018

‘The Hills Have Eyes’ Director Alexandre Aja Goes VR With ‘Campfire Creepers’

Great write up in Variety about our latest #VR #spatialaudio collaboration with Alexandre Aja :“As a director, I’m always looking for immersion,” he said. That was true even for his traditional movies, he said, but VR had the potential of bringing immersion to a whole new level. Said Aja: “VR may be the tool we have been dreaming about for so long.” Oculus Dark Corner Q Department Mach1

Longtime horror film director Alexandre Aja is getting ready to make his mark in virtual reality (VR) with “Campfire Creepers,” a new mini series of scary campfire stories. The series is premiering…

04/20/2018

Hennessy V.S | Making MajorThe flagship films of Droga5’s ‘What’s Your Wild Rabbit?’ campaign for Hennessy VS have become something of a major advertising event. Films celebrating passionate pioneers, like speed-racer Malcolm Campbell and father/son explorers the Piccards, are lushly-produced pieces of cinema and hugely inspiring. This year’s film is about the ground-breaking early 20th century cyclist Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor. Directed by Radical Media’s Derek Cianfrance. Hennessy V.S Making Major looks behind the scenes at the making of the film and yes that’s NAS at Q Department’s New York Studio in Tribeca. #sound design #qdepartment #nas #hennessy #droga5 #studiolife

04/20/2018

Q Department’s Dražen Bošnjak with Campfire Creepers (The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D, Horn’s) director Alexandre Aja. #spatialaudio

04/20/2018

#thebreakfastclub

04/19/2018

Campfire Creepers VR WORLD PREMIERE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 20TH.
From master of horror Alexandre Aja, the director of films such as The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha, and Horns, comes an original anthology series that brings classic campfire stories to life in stunning Virtual Reality. Produced by Oculus and Future Lighthouse, Campfire Creepers invites viewers to join the fire circle at a summer camp called Camp Coyote as a group of kids take turns telling spooky tales. Inspired by cult classics like Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt, every episode of Campfire Creepers is a wild ride that will have you laughing and screaming in equal measure.Sound Design & VR Mix by Q Department. Sound Powered by Mach1
12 Minutes. #qdepartment #spatialaudio #horror #campfirecreepers #darkcorner

04/19/2018

Dark Corner

Dark Corner

Only 2 days left til the CAMPFIRE CREEPERS Tribeca World Premiere...
Oculus Future Lighthouse Q Department D-BOX Technologies Inc. Facebook 360
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjZ9ynOTRyA

04/17/2018

Campfire Creepers director & horror master Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Horn’s) session for Q Department’s final spatial mix. #tribeca2018 #darkcorner #spatialaudio #vr #horror #campfirecreepers

04/17/2018

For @droga5 @hennessyus third and fourth installments, the Wild Rabbits became time travelers: 2013’s The Man Who Couldn’t Slow Down dir @martindethurah followed Sir Malcolm Campbell, who in 1935 became the first person to break the 300 m.p.h. land speed record. In 2016 Hennessy introduced The Piccards, dir Daniel Wolfe about a family whose father and son became the first to reach the stratosphere and the deepest depths of the ocean, decades apart. Major dir @derekcianfrance continues the trend of reviving long-forgotten pioneers who were icons in their day. Q Department has partnered on the Sound Design for all of the four films, we were also lucky enough to win the Gold Cannes Lion for Sound Design on The Piccard’s in 2017. While building the intricate sequence of sound design for Hennessy Vs Major - we layered 250+ channels of sound recordings, textures, foley and sound effects thus creating rich and detailed soundscape. Mixing up thunderclaps with lion roars, bending, distorting, processing and time stretching train bells, echoing and reversing cannon explosions recordings and producing sounds of heavy rubber cylinders rolling on hollow wooden floors are just some of several hundred sounds that were uniquely crafted for this project. #sounddesign #qdepartment

04/17/2018

CAMPFIRE CREEPERS Virtual Reality Experience - Official Trailer

Coming to Tribeca Q Department & Mach1's latest #spatialaudio collaboration: CAMPFIRE CREEPERS, directed by Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Horns) and starring the legendary Robert Englund, will be available for free exclusively on Dark Corner, via the Oculus Store starting April 21st. Produce by Oculus and Future Lighthouse, this original VR series invites you to join the fire circle at Camp Coyote, as a group of kids take turns telling scary stories. Inspired by cult classics like CREEPSHOW and TALES FROM THE CRYPT, CAMPFIRE CREEPERS will leave you screaming and laughing in equal measure. Oculus Future Lighthouse Dark Corner Q Department Mach1

Take a trip back to summer camp in 360º Virtual Reality with this all-new anthology horror series. CAMPFIRE CREEPERS, directed by Alexandre Aja and starring ...

04/15/2018

Dark Corner

Dark Corner

Time Out New York says #CampfireCreepers is one of the top 5 "non-film" things to catch at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/the-five-best-non-film-events-to-catch-at-tribeca-film-festival-2018-041118
Oculus Future Lighthouse Facebook 360 Q Department Alexandre Aja #Tribeca2018 #DarkCorner

04/15/2018

Dark Corner

Dark Corner

final days of BIFFF - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival ! they are showing no less than 3 #DarkCorner experiences in their first ever #VR lineup - CATATONIC, MULE, and NIGHT NIGHT. if in Brussels, do not miss! every day from 2–11pm. MPC Q Department Dark Corner The Mill http://www.bifff.net/vr-screening-room/

04/14/2018

Master of horror Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors, Piranha 3D and Horns) partnered with Oculus, Future Lighthouse, Dark Corner & Q Department to presents Campfire Creepers, a live action VR horror series starring legendary horror icon Robert Englund. This original VR series invites viewers to join the fire circle at a summer camp called Camp Coyote, as a group of kids take turns telling scary stories. Inspired by cult classics like Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt, Campfire Creepers is one of the most ambitious live action virtual reality projects to date. Campfire Creepers will be available to watch on Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Rift via the Dark Corner app starting April 20th. Dark Corner is best known as the genre platform and content studio responsible for landmark horror VR experiences like Catatonic and Night Night which Q Department also collaborated on. The Dark Corner App is powered by Mach1 Spatial Audio Technology. Campfire Creepers, Episode 2: Midnight March WORLD PREMIERE’s Tribeca Film Festival 2018 “VR Arcade” Section Friday, April 20th–Saturday, April 28th 12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
at Spring Studios, 5th Floor 50 Varick Street, NY, NY, 10013
Run Time: 10min
#qdepartment #darkcorner #poweredbymach1 #oculus #futurelighthouse #spatialaudio #horror #vr #tribecafilmfestival2018

04/12/2018

Hennessy's Latest Opus Celebrates a Forgotten Cycling Legend in This Dark, Inspiring Film

Droga5 + Hennessy+ RadicalMedia LLC Derek Cianfrance + Q Department #sounddesign

The brand rolls out its most integrated campaign to date.

04/11/2018

Hennessy V.S | The Entrance Teaser

Coming 4/14 Q Departments latest Sound Design for @droga5 Hennessy V.S | The Entrance Teaser dir by @RadicalMedia @derekcianfrance #qdepartment #sounddesign #derekcianfrance https://youtu.be/bnD-ojkAx8A via

By the turn of the 19th century, one man stood alone as the world’s most electrifying athlete. But he was still searching for one thing. Check back April 14t...

04/08/2018

Mach1 has developed the most transparent & simplified approach to spatial audio that empowers the audio professional to be in full creative control of their spatial audio mix & pre-render the highest quality directional and positional audio. Mach1 enables full 3DOF interactive spatial sound as well as 6DOF when integrated into a 3D Game Engine. Mach1 does not require any audio library or media engine & can function fully on top of any existing DAW or engine. Mach1’s sound technology has been iterated (and reiterated) while partnering with Q Department on some of the worlds most high profile VR & AR titles. #spatialaudio #mach1 #3daudio #qdepartment #dawsofperception #poweredbymach1