Archive for July, 2008

&Nuts Commercial – Shot on Phantom HD

Posted by gbalaji in Digital Cinema, Phantom HD camera on July 5, 2008

I recently completed a commercial for which I worked as Digital Cinema Consultant which was shot on Phantom HD Digital Cinema Camera (capable of capturing up to 1000 fps). I managed the On shoot media management and Post-production workflow for the project and used Phantom’s raw file format “cine” till final film print & digital exhibition.

You can view the commercial (web version) here,

http://s3.amazonaws.com/MeDiA/NUTS%2051.mov

Snaps & Information from the commercial below.

Nuts commercial shot on Phantom HD Digital Cinema Camera

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Digital Cinema Lab

Posted by gbalaji in Digital Cinema, Phantom HD camera, RED on July 3, 2008

Digital Cinema Lab 

Sorry for the self promotion post. I am setting up a Digital Cinema Lab in Chennai, India.

Our Digital Cinema Lab facility provides data management for entire project as well as workflow management for Digital Cinema Cameras RED ONE, Phantom HD, Silicon Imaging SI2K and various HD Videos Cameras like Sony Cine Alta F23 and Panasonic Varicam. Our workflow caters complete file based workflow from shoot to final output either as digital release or film print.

Digital Cinema Lab facility provides the following offerings

  1.  On-Set Backup
  2.  Off-Set Backup to Multiple RAID-5/6 Storage solutions
  3. LTO 3 Tape Backup (Archiving)
  4. Offline Dailies as Quick Time movies in Pro RES422 codec for FCP based editing / MXF files (ready to use) for AVID based editing. Both formats will be delivered in 720p HD format in 10-bit, which can be used to finish for broadcast without the so called process called Online. Optional 1080p output also be delivered based on client request.
  5. Offline Dailies in Blu-ray also be delivered based on client requisite.
  6. Conform for final edit decision will be done and delivered as 10-bit DPX log files for DI finish.
  7. DI & CG solution also provided with better understanding of file based management from shoot to finish.

The Reason for starting own Digital Cinema Lab are due to lack of offerings and understanding of the medium at present in India. Present Labs not ready to provide archiving solutions for Digital Cinema shoots. Data management is an herculean task for Digital Cinema Cameras which can acquire upto 4K till date. Knowledge technicians and team scare to find. Above all huge money involved for film shoot which needs to be taken that extra care.Note: People who want shoot and finish on Digital-Digital, Digital-Film can avail the above service and we are eager to provide solutions at affordable price. Expertise:

  • Worked on Commercial from pre-production to finish on Phantom HD Digital Cinema Camera shoot (Even Phantom doesn’t have post-production workflow clear cut solution).
  • Worked on Commercial and Music Video for RED ONE Digital Cinema Camera.
  • Worked on trial shoot on SI2K (Silicon Imaging Digital Cinema Camera).

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