FilmLight today announced that world leading post-production company MPC has taken the decision to purchase two new Baselight stereo grading systems for their London, Wardour Street facility. The power and versatility of the system makes Baselight the obvious creative choice, one of the many benefits being Baselight’s ability to allow the colourist to natively handle & match grades with source footage shot on multiple camera formats. This is the case for one specific feature-film project currently being shot using a range of HD acquisition cameras and destined to be graded by MPC’s award winning colour grading team. The system will integrate with their existing colour grading workflow giving the Colourists wider access to cutting edge 3D stereoscopic technologies.
Director of Colour Grading, Jean-Clement Soret, said “Thanks to FilmLight’s talented R&D team they have made huge progress in developing their creative toolset and this has improved to give me the best grading features available today”. Looking to the future, Jean-Clement continues, “With a non linear grading workflow becoming the norm Baselight is fast becoming the industry standard. I work in this way on a mix of both commercials and feature film projects; projects which can be quite challenging and require a lot of processing power as well as complex grading structures, Baselight can give me this.”
MPC’s Senior Colourist, Paul Harrison also believes the addition of two new Baselight suites will enhance their digital workflow, “It’s a really positive move for us; it already gives real time stereoscopic grading capability, the exact direction the industry is going in. Being able to grade left and right eye images on the same screen and play them in real time really facilitates both the creative and technical processes.”
Paul is particularly impressed by the open conversation with FilmLight. “They have a great habit of listening to the needs of colourists and of collaborating with us directly to create a fluid and intuitive approach to the colour grading process. I know that when I’m looking for something new and radical, the extensive Baselight toolkit will have a way to achieve what I am looking for.”
MPC looks forward to integrating the systems into their London studios where they will fit neatly into the new data colour-grading and data-lab workflows.
Contact – Deepa Parbhoo ([email protected]) +44 20 7292 0400
About MPC
MPC leads the world in postproduction and visual effects for the Advertising, Feature Film, Digital and Television industries. Working with worldwide advertising networks and international motion picture studios the company has bases in Soho, London, Santa Monica, CA and Yale town, Vancouver. The Commercials team work on high profile global TV and integrated campaigns for brands such as Evian, Guinness, Coca Cola, Toyota and Sony Bravia. Recent international feature film includes “Prince of Persia”, (Mike Newell) “Robin Hood” (Ridley Scott) and “Clash of the Titans”, (Louis Leterrier). Other 2010 releases include; “Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief”, “The Wolfman” and in 2009 “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”, (David Yates). The team is currently working on the next outings for both the Narnia and Harry Potter franchises and are completing sequences for Zach Snyder’s “Sucker Punch” and Joe Carnahan’s “A-Team”.
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