Avid Technology Case Studies Mad Old Nut Enhances Post-Production Efficiency with Avid Shared Storage

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Mad Old Nut Enhances Post-Production Efficiency with Avid Shared Storage

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Functions	Facility Management
Use Cases	Time Sensitive Networking
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Mad Old Nut Productions, a boutique post-production company, was faced with the challenge of creating efficiencies in their post-production workflows to shorten schedules and enable additional services. The company, which is one of the few owner-operated post-production facilities working on network television shows, was looking for ways to be more efficient, charge customers less, and maintain the highest quality standards. They were in need of a technology investment that could help them achieve these goals. The company was also looking to expand the number of services it offers to customers and provide flat-rate pricing for a range of post-production products and services. Read More
About Customer	Mad Old Nut Productions is a California-based boutique post-production company that has defined a unique path to success by utilizing state-of-the-art technologies to streamline workflows, reduce expenses, and improve efficiency. The company, which has 17 full-time employees, provides a full range of post-production services from dailies through finishing and delivery for the CW Network’s new show, All American. In addition to this, Mad Old Nut also rents a combined 50,000 square feet of edit bays and writers’ rooms in its offices in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Currently, 17 shows are renting space for writing and editing, or utilizing Mad Old Nut’s Avid or remote editing technology rentals. Read More
Solution	Mad Old Nut Productions decided to invest in the Avid NEXIS \| E2 SSD unit to streamline their workflows and reduce expenses. This high-resolution finishing workflow solution allowed the company to do things smarter, faster, and better. The Avid NEXIS \| E2 SSD unit was implemented in collaboration with Avid Partner, Cutting Edge Audio and Video Group. The Avid SSD enabled Mad Old Nut to have a high-performance work group doing online finishing as part of the overall Avid NEXIS ecosystem with a unified set of permissions, users, and a single interface to manage the environment. The company also uses DaVinci Resolve for the final color correction. The Avid SSD allows them to remote render dailies on multiple machines, simultaneously, using the same file system. 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 Functions

Facility Management

Use Cases

Time Sensitive Networking

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Mad Old Nut Productions, a boutique post-production company, was faced with the challenge of creating efficiencies in their post-production workflows to shorten schedules and enable additional services. The company, which is one of the few owner-operated post-production facilities working on network television shows, was looking for ways to be more efficient, charge customers less, and maintain the highest quality standards. They were in need of a technology investment that could help them achieve these goals. The company was also looking to expand the number of services it offers to customers and provide flat-rate pricing for a range of post-production products and services.

About Customer

Mad Old Nut Productions is a California-based boutique post-production company that has defined a unique path to success by utilizing state-of-the-art technologies to streamline workflows, reduce expenses, and improve efficiency. The company, which has 17 full-time employees, provides a full range of post-production services from dailies through finishing and delivery for the CW Network’s new show, All American. In addition to this, Mad Old Nut also rents a combined 50,000 square feet of edit bays and writers’ rooms in its offices in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Currently, 17 shows are renting space for writing and editing, or utilizing Mad Old Nut’s Avid or remote editing technology rentals.

Solution

Mad Old Nut Productions decided to invest in the Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD unit to streamline their workflows and reduce expenses. This high-resolution finishing workflow solution allowed the company to do things smarter, faster, and better. The Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD unit was implemented in collaboration with Avid Partner, Cutting Edge Audio and Video Group. The Avid SSD enabled Mad Old Nut to have a high-performance work group doing online finishing as part of the overall Avid NEXIS ecosystem with a unified set of permissions, users, and a single interface to manage the environment. The company also uses DaVinci Resolve for the final color correction. The Avid SSD allows them to remote render dailies on multiple machines, simultaneously, using the same file system.

Impact #1	The implementation of the Avid NEXIS \| E2 SSD unit has brought about significant operational benefits for Mad Old Nut Productions. The company is now able to provide its customers with immense amounts of footage very quickly, enhancing customer satisfaction on the editorial side. The Avid SSD has also given them the confidence and speed to work on whatever computer is best for the job, with whatever operating system is best for the job, worry-free. The file system works seamlessly with all of them, which is a huge advantage for the way they work. The faster turnaround on the editorial side has also enabled them to offer more services to their customers. The Avid NEXIS SSD has been a game changer for Mad Old Nut, opening up new possibilities and significantly reducing rendering time with its network speed and data rate.

Impact #1

The implementation of the Avid NEXIS | E2 SSD unit has brought about significant operational benefits for Mad Old Nut Productions. The company is now able to provide its customers with immense amounts of footage very quickly, enhancing customer satisfaction on the editorial side. The Avid SSD has also given them the confidence and speed to work on whatever computer is best for the job, with whatever operating system is best for the job, worry-free. The file system works seamlessly with all of them, which is a huge advantage for the way they work. The faster turnaround on the editorial side has also enabled them to offer more services to their customers. The Avid NEXIS SSD has been a game changer for Mad Old Nut, opening up new possibilities and significantly reducing rendering time with its network speed and data rate.

Benefit #1	Mad Old Nut is now able to get dailies done 30 to 40 percent faster.
Benefit #2	With the Avid NEXIS SSD, they have all the storage and speed they need, allowing them to render six hours of footage on six different machines in just 15 minutes.
Benefit #3	The Avid SSD has enabled them to shave weeks off production schedules.

Benefit #1

Mad Old Nut is now able to get dailies done 30 to 40 percent faster.

Benefit #2

With the Avid NEXIS SSD, they have all the storage and speed they need, allowing them to render six hours of footage on six different machines in just 15 minutes.

Benefit #3

The Avid SSD has enabled them to shave weeks off production schedules.

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Mad Old Nut Enhances Post-Production Efficiency with Avid Shared Storage

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