Avid Technology Case Studies Films at 59 Leverages Avid NEXIS | E5 for Advanced Production

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Films at 59 Leverages Avid NEXIS | E5 for Advanced Production

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries	Buildings Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions	Product Research & Development
Use Cases	Inventory Management Virtual Reality
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Films at 59, a leading UK post house, was faced with the challenge of needing a flexible, expandable storage platform to support increasing frame rates, more complex formats, and a growing roster of activity. The company, which has grown organically alongside clients whose work spans all genres, from feature films to drama, natural history, daytime, and VR, needed a system that could accommodate increasingly more complex requirements and technically demanding productions. This included greater frame sizes and rates, as well as the capacity to expand to handle more projects while storing and managing ever higher volumes of media. The chosen storage platform needed to complement Films at 59’s existing workflow and third-party editing tools, and also support innovative new technologies like VR. Read More
About Customer	Films at 59 is the largest post house outside of London. They approach each project with equal parts passion and a goal to make productions run as smoothly as possible. They back that quality-driven attitude with technological innovation that allows clients to take advantage of cutting-edge pre- and post-production services, including virtual reality. Since its founding in 1990, the busy Bristol-based post house has grown organically alongside clients whose work spans all genres, from feature films to drama, natural history, daytime, and VR. Their history also includes a long relationship with Avid, from its days as an early adopter of Pro Tools, the S6 console, and Avid shared storage. Read More
Solution	Films at 59 chose to integrate Avid NEXIS \| E5 into their workflow. This software-defined storage platform provided the collaboration capabilities, performance, power, and scalability needed to take Films at 59 into the future. The Avid NEXIS \| E5 was integrated into an existing Avid-driven workflow that includes Media Composer, Pro Tools, and Interplay \| MAM. The main challenge of the upgrade was selecting a storage platform to work reliably and efficiently with all systems, including Avid audio solutions and third-party editing tools. The team was pleased to experience better integration and improved performance with third-party systems as well as with sound. High shoot ratios and very large files, from acquisition to delivery, are creating a tremendous amount of media to track, access, share and manage. Through media management tools including Interplay, Films at 59 can now track media all the way through and easily manage and link from low res files to high res files. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Applicable Industries

Buildings

Equipment & Machinery

Applicable Functions

Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Virtual Reality

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Films at 59, a leading UK post house, was faced with the challenge of needing a flexible, expandable storage platform to support increasing frame rates, more complex formats, and a growing roster of activity. The company, which has grown organically alongside clients whose work spans all genres, from feature films to drama, natural history, daytime, and VR, needed a system that could accommodate increasingly more complex requirements and technically demanding productions. This included greater frame sizes and rates, as well as the capacity to expand to handle more projects while storing and managing ever higher volumes of media. The chosen storage platform needed to complement Films at 59’s existing workflow and third-party editing tools, and also support innovative new technologies like VR.

About Customer

Films at 59 is the largest post house outside of London. They approach each project with equal parts passion and a goal to make productions run as smoothly as possible. They back that quality-driven attitude with technological innovation that allows clients to take advantage of cutting-edge pre- and post-production services, including virtual reality. Since its founding in 1990, the busy Bristol-based post house has grown organically alongside clients whose work spans all genres, from feature films to drama, natural history, daytime, and VR. Their history also includes a long relationship with Avid, from its days as an early adopter of Pro Tools, the S6 console, and Avid shared storage.

Solution

Films at 59 chose to integrate Avid NEXIS | E5 into their workflow. This software-defined storage platform provided the collaboration capabilities, performance, power, and scalability needed to take Films at 59 into the future. The Avid NEXIS | E5 was integrated into an existing Avid-driven workflow that includes Media Composer, Pro Tools, and Interplay | MAM. The main challenge of the upgrade was selecting a storage platform to work reliably and efficiently with all systems, including Avid audio solutions and third-party editing tools. The team was pleased to experience better integration and improved performance with third-party systems as well as with sound. High shoot ratios and very large files, from acquisition to delivery, are creating a tremendous amount of media to track, access, share and manage. Through media management tools including Interplay, Films at 59 can now track media all the way through and easily manage and link from low res files to high res files.

Impact #1	The integration of Avid NEXIS \| E5 into Films at 59's workflow has positioned the company to not only support new workflows but also to embrace future technologies. The company has been able to retire some older systems and use a single Avid NEXIS platform, offering the best value for the money. The upgrade has resulted in better integration and improved performance with third-party systems as well as with sound. The company is now able to handle high shoot ratios and very large files, from acquisition to delivery, more efficiently. Through media management tools including Interplay, Films at 59 can now track media all the way through and easily manage and link from low res files to high res files. This has made the process of managing a tremendous amount of media easier.

Impact #1

The integration of Avid NEXIS | E5 into Films at 59's workflow has positioned the company to not only support new workflows but also to embrace future technologies. The company has been able to retire some older systems and use a single Avid NEXIS platform, offering the best value for the money. The upgrade has resulted in better integration and improved performance with third-party systems as well as with sound. The company is now able to handle high shoot ratios and very large files, from acquisition to delivery, more efficiently. Through media management tools including Interplay, Films at 59 can now track media all the way through and easily manage and link from low res files to high res files. This has made the process of managing a tremendous amount of media easier.

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Films at 59 Leverages Avid NEXIS | E5 for Advanced Production

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