Postique and Griot Editorial, Southfield, Mich., recently completed creative editorial, telecine and finishing services on the 2009 Ford running footage package using the new daVinci Resolve R350, on behalf of JWT Team Detroit. Postique and Griot Editorial are divisions of Grace & Wild, Inc.
JWT Team Detroit was one of the first to utilize Postique’s Resolve R350 system and DI workflow. According to agency production manager Patrick Iadipaolo, “The DI workflow is most efficient. All of our media remained on a digital hard drive in their most updated state accessible by colorists, editors and Flame artists. As each operator made modifications to a scene, it was updated to the drive. At any given time, all media was available with any changes made to any scene by any operator. This is the true beauty of the system. We were able to move around from color correction to Flame to online simultaneously. We weren’t handcuffed to the traditional process, which forced us to go to tape before we could move to another room.”
For the Ford running footage, Griot editor Steve Persin and assistant editor Patrick Duffy completed the creative editorial; Postique director of telecine Eric Maurer, telecine producer Mike Diegel, associate colorist Chuck Klatt and film assistant Kevin Roberts provided telecine services; and senior editor Jeff Fleck, associate editor Michael McClelland and assistant editor Kyle Thatcher completed the online finishing. Additional Postique contributors included new media/duplication supervisor Jim Elder, project manager Jeannine Thompson, duplication technician Stacey Szostek, and duplication/shipping coordinator Michael Fronczak.
The daVinci Resolve R350 debuted at the 2008 NAB Show, and Postique was the first in the U.S. to purchase two of the highly advanced systems. At Postique, the Resolve R350 provides the bridge between a traditional telecine workflow and a commercial DI environment with traditional outputs. Film will be flat passed to the SAN D-max/D-min for auto-conform and color correction of spots in A-mode fashion. Material then will be output to a DVS SAN and rendered so that editorial eQs can be re-conformed with handles. The Resolve enables Postique clients to easily archive material to data drives, to HD, or to SD tape…..
A TASTE OF HISPANIC CAVIAR
Caviar Content, Los Angeles/Brussels/Amsterdam, has further expanded into the Hispanic arena, signing Argentinean directing team, the Puenzo Brothers (Nico and Pepe), who will work in both Hispanic and English-speaking markets. Their first job for Caviar is a Wendy’s shoot out of Vidal Partnership, NY.
Also coming aboard Caviar’s roster of Hispanic ad talent is director Rogelio Sikander. ..
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Director Lance Larson has joined Synthetic Pictures, bicoastal and Austin. The L.A.-based Larson has seen his short film Bloom gain success on the festival circuit, including best short film honors at the Hollyshorts Fest and “Directors Choice” at the Washington D.C. Shorts Festival. He has also worked with such agencies over the years as Saatchi , Slingshot and Square One….Comma, an original music house based in Chicago, has promoted Chicago composer Justin Hori to composer and creative director of its Santa Monica studio. He will oversee that new Southern California base of operations along with West Coast executive producer Vicki Ordeshook…..
“Conclave” Tops BAFTA Film Awards With 12 Nominations, One More Than “Emilia Pérez”
Papal thriller “Conclave,” which stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, leads the race — just — for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 12 categories, one more than the genre-busting trans musical “Emilia Pérez.”
But with the wildfires in Los Angeles over the past week fresh in the minds of everyone in the movie industry, Wednesday’s announcement of the latest BAFTA nominations was understandably subdued.
“We are very much thinking of our colleagues, friends, community over there,” said BAFTA chair Sara Putt. “It’s devastating what’s going on.”
She wouldn’t be drawn on whether the fires may impact the BAFTA ceremony, which is due to take place on Feb. 16.
“The ceremony is a month away, it would be inappropriate and far too early to say anything about that,” Putt said.
The five films nominated for the prestigious best film award were “Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez,” the 215-minute postwar epic “ The Brutalist,” the Palme d’Or-winning comedy/drama “ Anora “ and the Bob Dylan biopic “ A Complete Unknown.”
“The Brutalist” ended up with nine nominations, including leading actor for Adrien Brody, who faces stiff competition from Fiennes and Timothee Chalamet, who plays the young Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.”
The other actors nominated are Hugh Grant for his creepy role in the horror film “ Heretic,” Colman Domingo in real-life prison drama “ Sing Sing “ and Sebastian Stan for his portrayal of a real estate mogul — a certain Donald Trump — in “ The Apprentice.”
“Anora,” the sci-fi epic “Dune: Part Two” and “Wicked” each received seven nominations. “A Complete Unknown”... Read More