Continuing its support for innovative and emerging filmmakers, Technicolor PostWorks New York provided post-production services for 10 films screening at this month’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The films span narrative, documentary and animation categories and include five world premieres.

Technicolor PostWorks projects include:

  • First Match (Narrative Feature Competition/World Premiere). Director/Screenwriter Olivia Newman’s story of a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood who wrestles boys as her only way back to her estranged father.

PostWorks provided sound editorial, sound mixing and ADR services; Marlena Grzaslewicz, Supervising Sound Editor; Ruy Garcia, Re-recording Mixer; Chris White, ADR Recordist; Christine Andrews, Sound Project Manager.

  • A Quiet Place (Headliners/World Premiere). Director John Krasinski’s supernatural horror film about a family that lives in utter silence for fear of an unknown threat that follows and attacks at any sound.

Technicolor PostWorks provided dailies services; John Vladic, Dailies Colorist; Michelle Morris, Dailies Project Manager.

  • The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (Narrative Spotlight/World Premiere). Director Jody Hill’s tale of hunter Buck Ferguson and his trusted cameraman who set out for an epic weekend adventure to reconnect with Buck’s young son.

Technicolor PostWorks provided dailies, facility rental, editorial conforming, color grading and deliverables services; Jack Lewars, Colorist; Josh Olive, Dailies Colorist; Jeff Cornell, Online Editor; Peter Boychuk, Digital Intermediate Producer.

  • The Dawn Wall (Documentary Spotlight/North American Premiere). Directors Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer follow legendary free climber Tommy Caldwell as he tries to get over heartbreak by scaling the impossible rock face, the Dawn Wall of El Capitan.

Technicolor PostWorks provided editorial conforming, color grading and deliverables services; Keith Jenson, Colorist and Finishing Editor; Brian Woos, Assistant Editor; Dylan Puchala, Digital Intermediate Producer. PostWorks provided sound mixing services; Eliott Taylor, Re-recording Mixer; Christine Andrews, Sound Project Manager.

  • Elvis Presley: The Searcher (Films 1 and 2) (24 Beats Per Second/World Premiere). Director Thom Zimny’s two-part documentary focuses on Elvis Presley as a musical artist.

Technicolor PostWorks provided editorial conforming, color grading and deliverables services; Jack Lewars, Colorist; Jeff Cornell, Online Editor; Joey Handy, Digital Intermediate Producer.

  • Rapture (24 Beats Per Second/World Premiere). Directors Sacha Jenkins, Ben Selkow, Geeta Gandbhir, Steven Caple Jr., Marcus A. Clarke and Gabriel Noble showcase the definitive impact of hip hop on global culture.

Technicolor PostWorks provided editorial conforming, color grading and deliverables services; Anthony Raffaele, Colorist; George Bunce, Online Editor; Michelle Morris, Digital Intermediate Producer. PostWorks provided sound editorial and sound mixing services; Christopher Koch, CAS, Supervising Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer; Kahlin Whatley, Sound Design; Bryn Neuenschwander Sound Project Manager.

  • Eighth Grade (Festival Favorites). Director/Screenwriter Bo Burnham tells the story of 13-year-old Kayla who endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school.

Technicolor PostWorks provided dailies, editorial conforming, color grading and deliverables services; Jack Lewars, Colorist; Josh Olive, Dailies Colorist; Jeff Cornell and Ryan McMahon, Online Editors; Andrew McKay, Digital Intermediate Producer. 

  • First Reformed (Festival Favorites). Director/Screenwriter Paul Schrader’s film centers on the pastor of a small New England church, who spirals out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

PostWorks provided sound editorial, sound mixing and ADR services; Michael McMenomy, Supervising Sound Editor; Ruy Garcia, Sound Designer/Re-recording Mixer; Martin Czembor, Re-recording Mixer; Allen Lau, Assistant Sound Editor; Chris White, ADR Recordist; Christine Andrews, Sound Project Manager.

  • Sorry to Bother You (Festival Favorites). Director/Screenwriter Boots Riley presents an alternate present-day version of Oakland, where telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success that propels him into a macabre universe.

PostWorks provided sound editorial services; Ruy Garcia and Michael McMenomy, Supervising Sound Editors; Angela Organ, ADR Editor; Lidia Tamplenizza, Dialogue Editor; Allen Lau, Assistant Sound Editor; Christine Andrews, Sound Project Manager.

  • The Shivering Truth (Animated Shorts). Directors Vernon Chatman and Cat Solen explore an omnibus of painfully riotous day-mares dripping with dream logic, lovingly animated in stop-motion.

PostWorks provided sound editorial and sound mixing services; Paul Furedi, Dialogue Editor/Re-recording Mixer; Kahlin Whatley, SFX Editor; Chris White, Additional Voice Recordist; Christine Andrews, Sound Project Manager.

About Technicolor PostWorks New York
Technicolor PostWorks New York is the East Coast’s most comprehensive digital motion picture and post-production facility, employing an exceptional team of creative artists, engineers and project managers to serve our clients through the film and TV finishing process.

Technicolor PostWorks New York offers one complete source for every post requirement, including in-context digital dailies, film imaging and restoration, collaborative non-linear editorial and HD/UHD broadcast finishing, 4K digital cinema, global content lifecycle support, and comprehensive film and TV sound services on nine mix stages. For more information, visit http://www.technicolorpwny.com