3D feature
Mrs Smith, and Hairspray.gives the flexibility to output as
After shooting was complete, the
Now he has added anotherneeded, for the desired viewing
post-production team relied on a
dimension to his considerableenvironment and monitoring
complete Avid video, audio, and
resume - 3D. His first 3Davailable.
shared-storage workflow to create
stereoscopic feature, 2008’s Hannah
final content for digital 3D cinemas
What does the future hold?
As Media
Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of
and IMAX theatres. The picture
Both Worlds Tour, was quickly
Composer editing setup included two Media
followed by Jonas Brothers: The 3DAvid is working closely with stereo
handles
Composer Nitris DX systems and a
Concert Experience, which combines3D content creators to enhance the
metadata
Media Composer software-only
3D concert footage with 2D offstagestereo 3D post-production process.
better than
workstation connected to an 8-
sequences to give audiences aAdditional formats such as interlace
any other
terabyte Avid Unity MediaNetwork
multi-faceted look at megastarsand side-by-side, with basic depth
shared-storage solution. All 2D and
Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas. system,grading tools via AVX currently being
3D media was converted to the Avid
A sophisticated production setupinvestigated. This will allow for even
tracking left DNxHD 36 format and delivered to
enabled the filmmakers to recreategreater control in the storytelling
and right
the cutting room on hard drives,
the energy, power, and sounds of aprocess, resulting in improved
eye sources
where the editing team cut the film
live Jonas Brothers concert for 3Defficiencies to ensure the continued
can be done
in 2D. With the power of the Media
audiences. Nine specially equippedsuccess of stereo 3D storytelling.
Composer Nitris DX systems, the HD
very easily
HD cameras, including two onstage
editing process was fast and
A case in point - the Jonas Steadicams, were used to capture and smooth.
Brothers go 3D 3D material to portray the intimacy
accurately.
The speed of working in HD was
and immediacy of the concert
Content is
largely due to the efficiency of the
experience, while a combination ofVeteran film editor Michael Tronick
handled in
Avid DNxHD 36 codec, which
standard HD cameras were used toknows a thing or two about music-
separate
combines a small bandwidth rate
capture material for the 2D behind-inspired films. After starting out in
with impressive visual clarity. This
the-scenes segments. A Venue metadatathe film industry as a music editor
HD storage efficiency was crucial for
sound production system fromon seminal movies such as All That
columns. handling the large volume of dailies
Digidesign, a part of Avid, was usedJazz, A Chorus Line, and Let’s Spend
that the editing team sorted through
during the concerts to mix the musicthe Night Together, Tronick made
and shaped into structured
and sounds in the arena. Feeds fromthe transition to picture editing -
sequences. With 20 songs in the film
the Venue environment were sentbringing his picture and audio
- and up to 36 camera angles per
directly to five Pro Tools|HD systemsediting sensibilities to feature films
song - the Multicamera and Group
at the concert hall for recording.including Scent of a Woman, Mr and
Clipping options were essential.
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