Published: November 17, 2009
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Selects FilmLight's Baselight for New Post Facility
LOS ANGELES - (BUSINESS WIRE) - FilmLight today announces delivery of seven Baselight colour
grading systems to Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The systems will
be installed at its newly-built digital intermediate facilities on the
Sony Studios lot in Culver City, California, and connected to the
studio's Digital Backbone. The package includes three Baselight EIGHT
systems that have been installed in state-of-the-art 4K digital
intermediate grading theatres designed for both standard and 3D
stereoscopic feature film work. The installation also includes two
Baselight FOURs for use in suites designed primarily for television
projects and two Baselight Assists, for pre-grading and other
preparatory work.
The colour grading systems are linked using a combination of
Filmlight's high-speed cloud network and Sony's proprietary network.
"SPE has built a post-production facility that will set the standard for
the industry for years to come, and FilmLight is extremely proud that
SPE Pictures has chosen Baselight as its grading platform," said
FilmLight Founder Wolfgang Lempp. "Baselight provides Sony Pictures with
a grading platform that allows it to work in 4K effortlessly."
FilmLight's Baselight EIGHT is the most powerful and sophisticated
software-based colour grading platform on the market today, with 96TB of
local storage and the ability to grade 4K images in real-time, even
while tracking multiple masks. At Sony Pictures' new post production
facilities, the three Baselight EIGHTs are part of a complete 4K DI
pipeline that also includes 4K film scanners, 4K visual effects systems,
film and data projection systems, and film recorders.
The theatres can service both film-originated and
digitally-acquired source media. In addition to finishing films for
theatrical release, the grading theatres will be used for mastering and
re-mastering films for home theatre and archival purposes. Central to
the design philosophy of the facility is the high-speed infrastructure
that connects everything together, reducing transfer and waiting times
to an absolute minimum.
About FilmLight
FilmLight is a manufacturer of film
scanning, colour grading and colour management systems that are helping
to transform 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 post production facilities around the globe as
essential components in their digital intermediate, commercials and
video production pipelines.
FilmLight
Mike Grieve
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7292 0400
mikeg@filmlight.ltd.uk
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