Technicolor Creative Studios

PROJECT

Incorporate cutting-edge data management into post-production workflows. Manage and protect incoming rushes, expertly handle video editing, mixing, and sound effects.

WHAT WE DID

Guaranteed Data Protection (3 - 2 - 1) with Streamlined and Automated Data Archiving and Verification, all backed by Automation and Teamwork (24x7).

CLIENT

Technicolor Creative Studios (www.technicolorcreative.com)

TIMELINE

2017

PROJECT INFORMATION

The project originally started at Mikros Image which was a leading company digital visual effects, animation and post-production located in Paris, Liège, London and Montreal.

These high experience is now integrated into Technicolor Creative Studios, which is a leader in the worldwide media entertainment. The company operates visual effects, motion graphics and animation units for films, episodic series and video games under their subsidiaries: Moving Picture Company (MPC), The Mill, Mikros Animation, and Technicolor Games.

A typical day is extremely hectic for the individuals involved in managing the generated data.

What implications does this have for their day-to-day operations?

Regardless of the camera and settings chosen by the producer, the results of his hard work are stored on several memory cards filled with files.

The very first thing that is done as soon as a card has been removed from the camera is to protect the contents.

Because the workload consists of various tasks aimed at protecting the original footage and delivering a finalized production, time constraints become increasingly demanding.

To cope with this, they are actively seeking to automate as many activities as possible, allowing them to efficiently manage a large volume of productions simultaneously with their existing team.

CHALLENGES

Technicolor Creative Studio utilizes a combination of Hybrid Storage and Archiving Systems, with Dell technologies PowerScale (Isilon) serving as the primary storage solution and the Oracle Tape Library as the secondary storage option.

Their post-production workflows required an intensive access to their digital media production.

Currently, the post-production teams are required to archive the dailies rush to the secondary storage on a daily basis throughout their post-production workflows.

Furthermore, the Datalab team reloads the required files daily for the subsequent steps, such as montage, sound effects, Postsynchronization, studio dubbing, and ultimately sound mixing and editing.

For every stage, the digital content needs to be supplied in the primary storage where the applications are operating.

Given the size of their assets, they are in need of an extremely automated and high-performing solution.

Ensure that all master copies of are identical and significantly reduce delivery time to the customer

RESULTS

Nodeum provides Technicolor Creative Studio with a solution that effortlessly automates the movement of their content, regardless of the storage type and the ability to reload specific content on tape.

No more wasting time reloading the entire tape. Simply select the specific content you need and reload only those.

Additionally, the software efficiently manages multiple copies on different storage media by providing checksum verification and copies verification. This ensures that the secured files remain identical across all final destinations.

Our team closely collaborates with Datalab team from Technicolor Creative Studio to validate their business workflow and continuously improve it for faster processing with Nodeum.

Their business workflow is today fully automated by Nodeum, enabling them to have complete control over post-production costs while accelerating delivery to their customers.

“In the past, production time was 12 months of shooting, today, a shooting is about 3 months in average. It is why the dailies and rushes post-production has to be done faster than ever, and this in keeping the same qualify of delivery.”

Datalab TeamPostproduction

Technicolor Creative Studios

Boost productivity in post-production through effective data management.

PROJECT INFORMATION

TASK AUTOMATION

CHALLENGES

RESULTS

Archiving - Verification - Delivery

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