CASE STUDY THE VENERABLE W. AMSTERDAM Tuesday 28 November to Saturday 1 December V9 March13 th 2017

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1 CASE STUDY THE VENERABLE W AMSTERDAM Tuesday 28 November to Saturday 1 December 2017 V9 March13 th 2017

2 Production: Les Films du Losange Main Producer: Margaret Ménégoz (Les Films du Losange) Co-producers: Lionel Baier (Bande à Part) Olivier Pierre Arte Cinéma Director: Barbet Shroeder

3 Budget 1,5M Cinematographer: Victoria Clay-Mendoza Sound engineer: Florian Eidenbenz Editor: Nelly Quettier Composer: Jorge Arriagada Post-production supervisor: François Dupuy (Noir Lumière) CEO Noir Lumière: Tommaso Vergallo Colorist: Patrick Lindenmaier (Andromeda Film AG)

4 Country of origin:, Switzerland Shooting locations/countries: Burma, Thailand Language: English Release date: 7 June 2017 () Estimated length of the film/run time: 100 mn Aspect ratio: 1:1,85

5 CODENAME: DOCBU

6 In this presentation, the chronological process of the workflow of Le Venerable W is described from the perspective of François Dupuy, post-production supervisor of Noir Lumiere.

7 Barbet Schroeder CEO Noir Lumière: Tommaso Vergallo Post-production supervisor (Noir Lumière): François Dupuy

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9 2 x Sony Alpha 7S MKII HD - 25 fps Rec 709 Gamma 2.2 Students proposal INFORMATION Question: Very confidential project Need of camera settings WHICH TYPE OF RELEASE? Barbet Schroeder

10 2 x Sony Alpha 7S MKII HD - 25 fps Rec 709 Gamma 2.2 INFORMATION Very confidential project Need of camera settings Barbet Schroeder Answer:

11 What is the final destination?

12 SHOOT POSTPRODUCTION EXHIBITION

13 2 x Sony Alpha 7S MKII UHD - 24 fps XAVC-S 8-bit 4:2:2 S-Gamut3.Cine/S- Log3 Conversion Rec.709 on viewfinder 23,98 fps!!! INFORMATION Very confidential project REMINDER UHD: 3840 x 2160 pixels 4K: 4096 x 2160 pixels TOPICS: Answer: 25 fps not present in all theaters Issue with 25fps Need of camera settings Barbet Schroeder RECORDING FILE TYPES CAMERA SETTINGS PREVIZUALISATION

14 Country? 2 x Sony Alpha 7S MKII Hostile country UHD - 24 fps XAVC-S 8-bit 4:2:2 S-Gamut3.Cine/S- Log3 INFORMATION Very confidential project Need of camera settings Barbet Schroeder Question: COPIES FOR BACK-UP?

15 2 x Sony Alpha 7S MKII UHD - 24 fps XAVC-S 8-bit 4:2:2 S-Gamut3.Cine/S- Log3 Country? Hostile country INFORMATION No checksum and file integrity!! Command-C Command-V Students proposal Question: Very confidential project Need of camera settings COPIES FOR BACK-UP? Barbet Schroeder

16 2 x Sony Alpha 7S MKII HDD s in 3 different places Command-C B. Schroeder s Command-V MacBook Pro INFORMATION Data management and dailies creation Question: La Cie Rugged HDD 1To Thunderbolt Very confidential project Need of camera settings COPIES FOR BACK-UP? Barbet Schroeder

17 Camera Tests and settings INFORMATION Barbet Schroeder Exposure tests: XAVC-S codec better in highlights than in lowlights (noise) Slo-Mo (HFR menu in the DSLR) 120 fps but in HD not in 4K (Possible for certain shots) Aspect ratio 1:1,85 Camera Rental House - Paris Joël Porçu Camera operating manager 2 x Sony Alpha 7S MKII Team Barbet OTHER Schroeder SCREENINGS Victoria 360 -Clay Hologram Mendoza Noir 3D Lumière - AR/VR François Dupuy

18 EXTRACT 4

19 INFORMATION Barbet Schroeder Names issue: Alpha 7 (firmware 2016) don t give unique names to clips Solution in Pomfort 13 SD cards ( A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M ) + number: XXX. Backup process: organization of clips: <SHOOTING DATE> <CARD LETTERXXX> <CARD CONTENT> Camera Tests and settings Ex : /G100/PRIVATE/M4ROOT/CLIP/C00001.mp4. Confusion!! In case of re-using the card, we kept the letter and increase the value

20 Burma 4 weeks Feb, March 2016 Barbet Schroeder (Director, cinematographer, camera B) Victoria Clay Mendoza (Cinematographer, camera A) Emilie Bickerton (camera assistant, data manager)

21 Burma LOCAL POSTPRODUCTION FACILITIES? WEB CAFE?? Question: HOW TO SEND THE FOOTAGE TO FRANCE?

22 Burma Test SD Card 48h OK Question: HOW TO SEND THE FOOTAGE TO FRANCE?

23 Burma Barbet Schroeder s Macbook Pro Remote control of the director s computer Question: HOW TO SUPPORT THE DIRECTOR?

24 Burma NOIR LUMIERE Franc e becomes after 5 days of shooting, the: SHOOTING LAB DECISION

25 Burma NOIR LUMIERE in charge of: Franc e Dailies Check Metadata check Back up Transcoding DECISION Conformation

26 Burma DECISIONS: Franc e To use remote control of director s computer through TeamViewer DECISION To use Pomfort Silverstack for Quality Check and sealing the footage on shuttle drive

27 Burma First dailies MacBook Pro F.Dupuy

28 Burma Quantum LTO 6 drives 2 HP Z840 1 Pre-grading First dailies 4 3 First pre-grading INFORMATION First images viewed Subject of the film? This is a documentary film tests

29 Non-graded Burma Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 Pre-grading First dailies INFORMATION First images viewed Subject of the film? This is a documentary film

30 Pre-graded Burma Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 Pre-grading First dailies INFORMATION First images viewed Subject of the film? This is a documentary film

31 Non-graded

32 Pre-graded

33 Editing Story of a workflow: Le Vénérable W

34 Burma Danger! SMS!! Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 Pre-grading First dailies SMS!! Nelly Quettier, editor MULTI TYPES OF RECORDING FILES Codec Frame rate Definition Aspect ratio Avid Media Composer

35 Burma Danger! SMS!! Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 Pre-grading NGO INFORMATION Nelly Quettier, editor MULTI TYPES OF RECORDING FILES Codec Frame rate Definition Aspect ratio Avid Media Composer

36 B. Schroeder s MacBook Pro Thailand 4 weeks August 2016 Remote control of the director s computer Good bitrate 50 Mb/s Barbet Schroeder (Director, cinematographer, camera B) Victoria Clay Mendoza (Cinematographer, camera A) Nelly Quettier, editor Avid Media Composer

37 3 Thailand Quantum LTO 6 drives Data HP Z840 2 Pre-grading First dailies Local facility Data High-Speed File Transfer Software (secured FTP) 1 Data Nelly Quettier, editor Avid Media Composer

38 Thailand Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 First dailies INFORMATION Local facility or HDD 115 Pre-grading W archives 20 To will arrive To be secured in 3 days Nelly Quettier, editor Avid Media Composer

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40 Thailand Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 First dailies 8 To MONK S ARCHIVES Pre-grading INFORMATION W archives 20 To To be secured in 3 days Nelly Quettier, editor Avid Media Composer

41 Thailand Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 First dailies 8 To MONK S ARCHIVES Pre-grading INFORMATION W archives 20 To To be secured in 3 days Nelly Quettier, editor MONK S ARCHIVE 8 HDD - 8 x 2 To Window disks Huge mess Written in Burmese Impossible to read MULTI TYPES OF RECORDING FILES Codec Frame rates Definition Aspect ratios Colour spaces h of footage photos 100 PDF Avid Media Composer

42 EXTRACT 3

43 Burma Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 DECISIONS: Pre-grading To treat archives as new footage INFORMATION Nelly Quettier, editor Avid Media Composer W archives 20 To To be secured in 3 days 3 translators + 2 archivers To create a platform for 5 persons with Owncloud, allowing: MONK S ARCHIVE To log easily the footage 8 HDD - 8 x 2 To Window disks Huge mess Written in Burmese Impossible to read To reference the footage MULTI TYPES OF RECORDING FILES Codec Frame rates Definition Aspect ratios Colour spaces h of footage photos 100 PDF To exchanging with all the translators Management of the footage with tag UK

44 Editing Story of a workflow: Le Vénérable W

45 3 Burma Thailand Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z h of footage Pre-grading Shot in Burma & Thailand 4 INFORMATION W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Espagne Nelly Quettier, editor Shooting Summary Avid Media Composer

46 Burma Thailand Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z Pre-grading INFORMATION W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Nelly Quettier, editor Avid Media Composer Espagne Ecran Sony 24 Oled Editing in HD 1920 x 23,98fps 115 Very good quality Editing 6 months of editing (good display) Archives processing tests Screening tests (DNxHD 115 proxy is very good for screening tests)

47 Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z Pre-grading W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Espagne Nelly Quettier, editor VFX INFORMATION ON POST- PRODUCTION: INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION WITH SWITZERLAND grading Avid Media Composer Mixing MAGNETICS Switzerland Switzerland

48 Thailand Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 Shooting Venerable W on blue screen INFORMATION Blue screen keying Fluid Morph W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier Preparation of VFX Picture in Picture Split screen To be secured in 3 days Reframing Espagne Stabilization Nelly Quettier, editor Deinterlace VFX 115 Pre-grading grading + Motion design Avid Media Composer Titles & Motion design (Amelie Vappereau) Switzerland

49 INFORMATION W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier Blue screen keying Fluid Morph To be secured in 3 days Nelly Quettier, editor Deinterlace Avid Media Composer Thailand Shooting Venerable W on blue screen Preparation of VFX Picture in Picture Split screen Reframing Espagne Stabilization + Motion design Titles & Motion design (Amelie Vappereau) Quantum LTO 6 drives grading Switzerland The editor is highly experienced in all the creative VFX HP Z840 Pre-grading Nelly 115 Quettier possibilities of the editing systems, preparing very precisely all the VFX

50 Keying with an Alpha 7S MKII - Before

51 Keying with an Alpha 7S MKII - After

52 EXTRACT 2 + EXTRAIT 5

53 Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 INFORMATION W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Avid Media Composer Espagne Nelly Quettier, editor DNxHD 175x ) Preparation of tracks by the editor Track1: Footage A7SII Track2: Archives re-conformed in VFX Track3: VFX (Bluescreen - Fluid Morph - Stab - Reframing) AAF Track4: Motion Design grading Switzerland

54 Quantum LTO 6 drives 4 3 Re-framing finalized 2 HP Z840 Conformation 5 INFORMATION W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Espagne Da Vinci Project 5 Exchange of project Nelly Quettier, editor VFX grading 6 AAF 1 Avid Media Composer Switzerland

55 Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 Conformation 2 INFORMATION W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Avid Media Composer Espagne Nelly Quettier, editor AAF 1 VFX Mixing MAGNETICS Switzerland For each version (Different voices over): International (w/o voice over but w/ burmese dialogues) French English WAV Germans (new kid in town!) Noir Lumiére asked for: Soundtrack 23.98fps LTRT Theatrical mix grading Soundtrack 23.98fps LTRT Broadcast Mix (R128) Soundtrack 23.98fps LTRT Home Entertainment Mix (Blu-ray, OTT ) MAGNETICS + Soundtrack 25fps LTRT Theatrical mix Soundtrack 25fps LTRT Broadcast Mix ( R128 ) Soundtrack 25fps LTRT Home Entertainment Mix (BluRay, OTT ) Switzerland

56 Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 Conformation W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Espagne Production decision INFORMATION Multi languages versioning French - English - German Nelly Quettier, editor VFX grading Avid Media Composer Switzerland

57 Production decision INFORMATION W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Espagne Quantum LTO 6 drives French English German 1 2 HP Z840 Conformation 3 4 DSM Da Vinci Project Nelly Quettier, editor VFX grading 2K D.I. Avid Media Composer 23,98 fps 1: 1,85 Switzerland

58 Quantum LTO 6 drives HP Z840 Conformation 1 3 DCP 2 Production decision INFORMATION W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Espagne Rescalling to HD BROADCAST MASTER 4 5 Nelly Quettier, editor VFX grading 2K D.I. Avid Media Composer 23,98 fps 1: 1,85 Switzerland

59 SUMMARY

60 Sensitive documentary Extremely small team Shooting with a DSLR camera Dealing with archives Importants facts to understand the process: Real human risks Real risks to loose all the footage Multi-types of recording files types including archives

61 Burma FILE TYPE PARAMETERS UHD - 23,98 fps 2 XAVC-S 8-bit 4:2:2 S-Gamut3.Cine/S-Log3 7 First dailies Production decision INFORMATION W archives 20 To Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Nelly Quettier To be secured in 3 days Nelly Quettier, editor Avid Media Composer 3 17 Data management & dailies creation AA F AA F Thailand 4 Local facility Espagne Preparation of VFX + Motion design Preparation of tracks Or HDD 11 Quantum LTO 6 drives 5 8 Camera Tests and settings WAV VFX Mixing MAGNETICS Switzerland ARCHIVES MULTI TYPES OF RECORDING FILES Codec Frame rate Definition 14 Aspect ratio HP Z Conformation Confo Re-framing finalized 3 translators 2 archivers 28 DSM 16 MONK S ARCHIVE MULTI TYPES OF RECORDING FILES 29 Pre-grading Da Vinci Project 22 Rescalling to HD BROADCAST MASTER grading DCP 23,98 fps 1: 1,85 Remote control of the director s computer K D.I. 6 Switzerland 1 1

62 Workflow: Le Vénérable W Burma Thailand 4 weeks 4 weeks 5 years of research for the director Post-production duration: 9 months Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Espagne Nelly Quettier VFX grading 6 months Mixing MAGNETICS Switzerland Switzerland

63 SHOOTING POST-PRODUCTION SCREENING FILM SENSORS CHEMICAL Super 8 Super mm 65 mm 4 P 3 P 2 P Digital Still Camera DSLR Alpha 7S Standard Definition Archives High Definition From EX-3 to CANON C300 MKII, VARICAM 35 RED WEAPON, SONY F65, ARRI ALEXA 65 Telecine 2K Scan DIGITAL SD HD Standard Definition High Definition 2K DI Imax DECISION TREE Digital Cinema 4K Scan 6K Scan 4K DI

64 Workflow: Le Vénérable W Burma Thailand CONSEQUENCES OF INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Espagne Nelly Quettier VFX grading Mixing MAGNETICS Switzerland Switzerland

65 Workflow: Le Vénérable W Burma Thailand When the head of department are occupying different locations (some on-set, some off-set - in several countries at the same time, shown in the presentation by different colors) it lead to different strategies of workflows Pre-editing: Barbet Schroeder Espagne Nelly Quettier VFX Mixing MAGNETICS Switzerland grading Distances between shooting locations and lab and editing room are changing the approach to design a workflow Switzerland

66 Workflow: Le Vénérable W Is there a life after a release?

67 Workflow: Le Vénérable W The long-term preservation and dematerialized exploitation

68 Workflow: Le Vénérable W One example of service

69 Workflow: Le Vénérable W 1 - SAVE your files on our cloud storage located in (3 x replication, 100% durability). 2 - CONSULT your entire archive content via streaming us in our ultra secure application.

70 Workflow: Le Vénérable W 3 - TRANSCODE from any file type to any file type: DCP, IMF, ProRes, DNX, H264, etc. 4 - EDIT Change subtitles and audio tracks. Add logos.

71 Workflow: Le Vénérable W 5 - SHARE Streaming consultation links to your prospects. 6 - DELIVER to your customers in a dematerialized way (simple download, Aspera, Cinego theatrical delivery).

72 Workflow: Le Vénérable W ACCESS THROUGH SMART PHONE Create a new version

73 Workflow: Le Vénérable W ACCESS THROUGH COMPUTER

74 Workflow: Le Vénérable W ACCESS THROUGH COMPUTER Click on a label to filter selection

75 Workflow: Le Vénérable W ACCESS THROUGH COMPUTER Click on a label to filter selection

76 Workflow: Le Vénérable W ACCESS THROUGH COMPUTER

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78 The end A François Dupuy presentation Designed by Philippe Ros