INDIE WITH FACILITY: ENTERTAINMENT
CASE STUDY GOT TO DANCE
Complete end to end in-house post is the name of the game at Princess Productions, the Shine-owned indie behind some of Sky1 HD’s biggest hit shows such as Got to Dance and Must be the Music. The philosophy, according to post
“Unity is tried, tested, reliable
and stable so you just know that it won’t let you down.”
PAUL JONES Post production manager PRINCESS PRODUCTIONS
production manager Paul Jones, is to get Princess’s technological expertise involved in the decision making process as early as possible. “We like to get involved right at the pitch stage in order to establish the best technology, techniques and workflows,” says Jones. “Then we provide on location data management services for tapeless projects, logging and sync pulling, traditional Avid offline, HD online and grade, Pro Tools 5.1 audio mixing plus final deliveries to UK and international broadcasters.”
THE KEY TO IN HOUSE POST PRODUCTION
• Make sure you involve technological expertise at the earliest stage in the decision making process
• Avid Media Access plug ins for Media Composer make workflow with Quicktime and a range of other video formats much easier to handle
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The cornerstone of Princess’s post operation is 26 Media Composer suites and a Symphony Nitris DX, a Pro Tools HD Dolby 5.1 suite plus five seats of After Effects all linked to a 48TB Unity shared storage system. Jones adds: “The key to running your own in-house post is investing in the right infrastructure. Which is why we went for Unity. It’s tried, tested, reliable and stable, so you just know that it won’t let you down, making it perfect for project managing shows such as Got to Dance and Must be the Music, where up to 12 Media Composers might be sharing content.” Shot on a range of HD formats including HDCAM, 5, P2 and RED, Got to Dance is edited on Media Composer with Avid Media Access plug ins to make workflow with Quicktime and
a range of other video formats much easier to handle. This means material from file-based cameras such as Panasonic P2 can be ingested quickly and easily. “We can create a metadata thread all the way through the production and post process, so we know where everything is, enabling our edit teams to assemble low resolution offlines before carrying out the conform, online and grade on Symphony Nitris DX. “As long as you make sure your software is up to date and you have the very best team there are lots of advantages to in house post,” says Jones. “For instance, it’s more flexibile so if we want to change something at the last minute we can, although those last minute tweaks on TX day are always a bit nerve racking!”
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