Production & Post-Production

IRT Introduces IMF Analyzer 1.0

Thu, 12/01/2016 - 11:03 -- Nick Dager

IRT has released its first IMF Analyzer 1.0 for quality control and management in the file-based production process. The Interoperable Master Format is the new standard by SMPTE for storing, exchanging and delivering A/V productions. IMF defines a package, which contains, among other, different MXF files for audio, video, subtitle and metadata.

Sixteen19 adds Second 4K DI Theatre

Wed, 11/30/2016 - 10:56 -- Nick Dager

Sixteen19 marked one year at its new headquarters in New York’s Chelsea district with the launch of its second 4K DI finishing theatre. The theatre will enable the company’s artists and technicians – led by co-founders Pete Conlin and Jonathan Hoffman, and senior colorist Andrew Francis – to build on a breakthrough year marked by physical expansion, high-profile projects and inroads into new markets.

Sony Pictures Extends Relationship with Wazee Digital

Wed, 11/30/2016 - 10:46 -- Nick Dager

Sony Pictures Post Production Services has extended its long-standing relationship with Wazee Digital through December 2017. Under the extended contract, Sony Pictures will continue using Wazee Digital Core and its automated metadata-processing technology to store, view, and manage assets from Sony Pictures' inventory of feature films, including stock footage, full-length features, and clip selects.

Your Name. Nominated for Two Awards

Tue, 11/29/2016 - 12:52 -- Nick Dager

Director Makoto Shinkai’s widely acclaimed animated film Your Name. has been nominated for top awards by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood. Your Name., from Toho Co. is being distributed in North America by Funimation Films. It picked up a nomination for Best Animated Feature – Independent and as well as a nomination for best direction of an animated feature.

Scott Gershin Relies on Nugen Audio

Tue, 11/29/2016 - 12:41 -- Nick Dager

Acclaimed sound designer and feature film supervising sound editor Scott Gershin recently joined Technicolor as its director of sound editorial, where he leads the company's expansion into sound design for gaming and immersive experiences and also continues to design and supervise sound for films. He relies on Nugen Audio's Loudness Toolkit 2 and Halo Upmix plug-ins.

Soundbreaking Finishes at Technicolor PostWorks

Tue, 11/22/2016 - 12:01 -- Nick Dager

Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music provides a fascinating portrait of the melding of art and technology in the development of popular music. The eight-part PBS documentary finished at Technicolor PostWorks New York. Produced by Show of Force and directed by Maro Chermayeff and Jeff Dupre, the series reaches back to the 1920s, when music was first committed to vinyl, but focuses in particular on the period from the 1960s to the present and the revolution that was set in motion by the late Sir George Martin and the Beatles through their innovative use of multi-tracking.

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