The look: Transition to Davinci for postproduction projects

DaVinci Resolve Studio (Blackmagic Design) becomes the postproduction standard of the British films The Look, which will begin to use the solution for ethalonage, services formed and finish.

Founded by the colorist Thomas Urbye In 2007, The Look is currently composed of a Team of 23 people Specialized in Format Projects Dolby Vision (HDR) With resolution 4K For companies like Netflix, Disney, Apple, Sky, Amazon Studios, BBC, Channel 4 o ITV Studios, among others. Some of his latest works are series as prominent as Top Boy , The Sixth Commandment, Sex Education, The Gold or Renegade In the.

Recently, Mark Maltby, its technology director, has led the implementation project of New systems with Davinci Resolve Studio combining physical and cloud -based work stations to complement equipment growth. This investment allows expanding resources in the facilities as necessary: “The recent implementation included twelve systems in total; six are HP Z8 physical work stations, while the rest works under an infrastructure model as a service (IAAS) in the cloud,” explains Maltby.

Blackmagic Design already had been present in The Look in the form of work stations for several years to Remote etotalonage. "However, there have been advances in the system (such as monitoring and collaboration tools) that we were not taking advantage of not using it completely," Maltby deepens, who expects his last implementation to allow them optimize Even more its workflow: "Before, our capacity was restricted by the amount of work stations that could connect to a server. We used to expand the working hours to manage this. Now we can add more IAAS stations or acquire additional HPs as necessary."

The Look has also acquired four devices DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel For its main rooms, as well as several DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel destined for technical operations, all of them supplied by Big Pic Media. The new configuration is already in use, with a finished project for the BBC and an important film for Studio Channel in its Haber: “We currently have two large series in progress; one is a fairly complex work with multiple camera formats, and both have a lot of shots with visual effects to edit and ethalon,” concludes Maltby.