Digital film making


Through our close links with Dan Mulligan of Rogue Element Films on the recent film “The Papyrus” we were able to craft a proven digital negative workflow from camera capture to editorial and onto DI grading and vfx.


We helped record and manage uncompressed raw Viper FilmStream camera footage directly to Rogue’s S-two DFR data recorders enabling a true 2K 4:4:4 digital negative data workflow to be successfully realised.


The benefits were enormous...


Instant high-resolution playback on set enabled the DOP’s to check on crucial factors, such as focus and exposure and the director was able to check on the actors performance directly after each take.


Editorial was provided with LUT adjusted ProRez 24p QT files on a firewire drive.


The Final cut pro team were more than happy to see all the scene and take info (as logged onset) pass seamlessly into their FCP bins.


Sound recordist was happy using Lockit boxes to keep timecode in sync across the two Viper channels and into his Tascam audio disc recorders at 23.98fps.

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We invite you...


So if you would like to come and test this data workflow here at Pinewood for yourself then please contact us for kit availability and we will be more than happy to show you the entire scene to screen workflow in full 2K and or 4K without any smoke and mirrors.

Rogue’s S-two 2K DFR featured

Rogue’s Viper FilmStream featured

Back at Pinewood dpx data was ingested directly across the network via the F.Dock into the Quantel GenePool.


2K projection of the graded dailies took place each morning directly from the Pablo .


DPX files and all scene metadata was backed

up to two LTO3 tapes during the day

via the A.Dock.

The bottom line...


A true dpx uncompressed real time data workflow that worked very well.


The two DOP’s embraced the new digital workflow.


Director was happy because she had instant review of every shot and felt in control and re-assured.


Continuity retained all their notes on each scene and were able to pass that info into editorial.


Editorial team loved the new workflow and dreading ever going back to tape and digitising.


DI team were grading with the real material from the off.

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