LipSync Post, the award winning London-based full-service post-production facility, has significantly added to its colour grading resources through the purchase of two Baselight systems from FilmLight. When fully operational by year’s end the Baselight systems will serve as the facility’s primary grading tools, enabling LipSync to offer a total of five grading suites that can work flexibly to suit client requirements.
Along with its industry-leading grading toolkit, Baselight offers LipSync Post the ability to work natively with all digital cinema camera formats and an improved ability to integrate with other post-production departments, notably editorial and visual effects. “We’ve been fans of Baselight for a long time and are particularly impressed with its flexibility and grading tools,” says James Clarke, Head of DI for LipSync Post. “Many of our clients have been asking to work on Baselight. The system has a great reputation.”
Baselight offers many advantages to LipSync’s independent film clients. One such is the system’s ability to work with multiple camera formats in a single time-line without proxies. The system’s unrivalled processing speed also means that work can proceed in real-time, regardless of the complexity of the grade. That results in more efficient and creatively productive grading sessions.
LipSync’s recent film credits include Now is Good, Total Recall and Shadow Dancer. It also provides post services for television series including Birdsong, Leonardo and The Churchills, as well as the forthcoming Stephen Poliakoff drama series Dancing on the Edge.
Clarke notes that LipSync Post is a long-time FilmLight client. The facility has relied on FilmLight‘s Truelight colour management system in its visual effects, editorial and grading operations for several years. It was also among the first facilities to employ FilmLight‘s Northlight film scanner. “We’ve learned a lot from FilmLight because its systems are all very open,” Clarke observes, “and its developers are always open to new ideas. That was one of the selling points for us.”
About LIPSYNC POST
LipSync Post is a complete post-production facility, providing every aspect of the post production process for film and television. Located in two sites on London’s Wardour Street, the company combines talented people with the highest quality equipment to offer the best for every project. Recent feature film credits include The King of Clubs, Byzantium, Great Expectations, Total Recall, Now Is Good, Shadow Dancer, We Need to Talk about Kevin and Shame, while television credits include the forthcoming ‘Dancing on the Edge’ as well as ‘Birdsong’, ‘Leonardo’ and ‘Hidden’. For more information, visit www.lipsyncpost.co.uk.
About FilmLight
FilmLight develops colour grading and colour management systems as well as film scanning and data management solutions, that are transforming film and video post-production and setting new standards for quality, reliability and performance. The company’s products are in use every day by leading studios, labs and post-production facilities around the globe as essential components in their digital intermediate, commercials and video production pipelines. Fuelled by some of the industry’s brightest minds, FilmLight is committed to delivering innovative tools that allow creative professionals to work at the forefront of the digital media revolution. Founded in 2002, FilmLight is headquartered in London, where its research, design and manufacturing operations are centred. Sales and support are conducted through regional service centres located in London, Los Angeles, New York, Hamburg, Bangkok, Mumbai, Sydney, Auckland and Singapore, and through qualified partners worldwide. For more information, visit www.filmlight.ltd.uk.
