PICTORION das werk Berlin used SGO's Mistika to post produce
Digital Cinema Projection for Cannes award-winning World Premiere
"Life, Above All"
July 26, 2010
Source: SGO
SGO, is thrilled to reveal that PICTORION
das werk Berlin GmbH completed all DI post production work
for the Dreamer Joint Venture filmproduktion titled "Life,
Above All" using Mistika. Mistika was used for the entire
offline and online editing throughout the high profile project.
"Life, Above All" was a world premiere, awarded
the Prix Francois Chalais Award at the Cannes Film Festival
2010.
Filmed in South Africa, "Life, Above All" was directed
by South African filmmaker Oliver Schmitz, produced by Oliver
Stoltz with Bernhard Jasper as Director of Photography using
the ARRIFLEX D-21 Camera.
The "truly anamorphic" footage was recorded in dual
stream on Sony HDSR tapes, known as the "Mscope"
format. A key technical challenge and requirement facing Christian
Tröger,
Mistika Artist at PICTORION das werk Berlin, was to maintain
and reproduce the unique "Mscope" format from the
very first capture to the very last render, without losing
any resolution or colour data in the process. "Mistika
and its open architecture enabled us to choose a workflow
that delivered the required results that the client expected
in this case, and we achieved it with ease due to Mistika’s
capability and openness." Christian states.
In addition to the online post work, Mistika was also used
in this project, to create and administer a camera chip pixel
native source pool as DPX files. This in turn enabled the
grading and finishing to function seamlessly with the same
files in the SAN network. After Senior Colourist, Philipp
Orgassa, had completed grading the film, Mistika was also
used to then create the final, logarithmic, 1920 x 1634 true
anamorphic format and digital master.
Christian confirms: "Due to the typical challenges that
take place in the post process and high production levels,
I am certain, without a doubt, that Mistika should be classified
as one of the world’s top post production systems in
the way it handled a project like this - effortlessly and
fast with sheer power and stability!"
"Life, Above All" is an
emotional and universal drama about a young girl, played by
first-time-actress Khomotso Manyaka, who fights the fear and
shame that have poisoned her community. The film captures
the enduring strength of loyalty and a courage powered by
the heart. It is based on the international award winning
novel "Chanda’s Secrets" by Allan Stratton.
The film’s official website summaries the plot: "In
the dusty small town of Elandsdoorn, a South African township
not far from Johannesburg, life is simple and serene. A prevailing
sense of deep pride tightly bonds together the entire community
- but beware to those who step out of line…"
Submit
a Company
Submit News
Submit a Job
Submit an Event
|
