COMEDY DRAMA
CASE STUDY STELLA
“Through Avid Media Access you can ingest raw camera files into ISIS and start offline editing straight away”
Richard Moss Managing director Gorilla Post Production
Gorilla is one of the best know names on the Welsh facilities scene. The Cardiff-based post house – formerly Mwnci – has a wealth of credits to its name including Time Team, Bruce Parry’s Amazon, Arctic and Tribe and Sky HD’s upcoming comedy drama Stella from Tidy Productions. The 10 part series, written by and starring Gavin & Stacey actress Ruth Jones, promises an authentic slice of life in the Welsh Valleys centring around the character of a working class mum. “When Tidy brought Stella to us, our workflow needed to adapt to cope with the ProRes files from the Arri Alexa camera,” explains Gorilla managing director Richard Moss. “In this industry there are new camera formats out every week, but working with Avid it’s easy to configure our Media Composers, DS
systems and Baselight to handle files and centralise them on the Avid ISIS 5000. Avid’s openness to file formats is a huge plus,” adds Moss. “Through Avid Media Access you can ingest raw camera files into ISIS and start offline editing straight away in Media Composer. With plug-ins constantly being developed for AMA access couldn’t be quicker or simpler.” The facility now runs 60 Avid editing suites – a combination of Media Composers, Avid DS, plus four Avid ISIS shared storage systems. When it came to upgrading the post houses’ storage solutions, ISIS 5000 came out on top as the storage solution that could best cope with file-based projects and cope with emerging formats. “It’s definitely changed the way we manage media for the better,” adds Moss. “We’re able to
• Workflows easily adapted to cope with Arri ProRes files • Plug-ins are constantly developed for AMA • Access to files via ISIS speeds up edit and grade
AVID ISIS 5000 IS THE TOP SOLUTION FOR MANAGING FILE-BASED WORKFLOWS
pull up Stella rushes quickly and the workflow is streamlined because each system is pulling the data off the ISIS. For example the editor can easily take the footage into DS for the online edit and then pass it back to ISIS before our grader pulls it into Baselight for the final grade.” Bringing Stella to life, Gorilla feels it has managed to capture the essence of Jones’ character. “It’s all about using the right tools to produce seamless, provocative work,” explains Moss. “There are some moments when you see the vulnerability in Stella’s character. The stunning grade and edit really enhance this for the audience, making them sympathise with her situations even more. As you can imagine, a Ruth Jones comedy drama is going to have a lot of highs and lows.”
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