With its Meyer Sound system, the 30-year-old LaboFilms has provided a prime THX-certified mixing stage for filmmakers in Mexico. To date, 10 full-length films have been made at LaboDigital including Quinzaine des Realisateurs, a Cannes Festival film; the Spanish, English, and Portuguese versions of El Delfin, as well as the Spanish adaptations of Fantastic Mr. Fox and Tooth Fairy. LaboDigital is also the chosen site for creating the print master for Los Herederos a film sponsored by UNICEF.
"The creation of LaboDigital was intended to improve the standard of moviemaking in this country," says manager of LaboFilms, Carlos Cortes, who coordinated the Meyer Sound installation with LaboDigital Directors Charles Bathe and Guillermo Alagón and Acoustic Worksolutions Group. "Mexico has successfully demonstrated that we have the directing and acting talent to make high-quality cinema productions, and with LaboDigital, we have the resources to support these efforts."
The installed system includes three Meyer Sound CQ-1 loudspeakers in a left-centre-right configuration behind a custom-made projection screen by Torrance, Calif.-based Stewart Filmscreen. Two X-800 subwoofers provide undistorted bass power, and a surround system of ten UPJ-1P VariO loudspeakers completes the system.
(Jim Evans)
