Workflow 1
Serial drama
Client Facts
Client: UFA
Production: Leon – Glaub nicht alles, was Du siehst / RTL
Pipeline: Arri/GoPro/Drone – Dropbox – Adobe Premiere
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Technical equipment: 2 ARRI Alexa Mini LF (ProRes 422 HQ UHD), a drone and 1 GoPro with h.264’s. The Filmdatabox converted the footage into h.264’s (Full HD / 8 Mbit) – uploading it directly to the UFA dropbox while copying the original files onto 2 storages. All fully automatized!
The audio – delivered on SD cards – was also saved and uploaded directly. In less than 10 hours after the shoot, the editing started using Adobe Premiere Pro.
Workflow 1
Serial drama
Client Facts
Client: UFA
Production: Leon – Glaub nicht alles, was Du siehst / RTL
Pipeline: Arri/GoPro/Drone – Dropbox – Adobe Premiere
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Technical equipment: 2 ARRI Alexa Mini LF (ProRes 422 HQ UHD), a drone and 1 GoPro with h.264’s. The Filmdatabox converted the footage into h.264’s (Full HD / 8 Mbit) – uploading it directly to the UFA dropbox while copying the original files onto 2 storages. All fully automatized!
The audio – delivered on SD cards – was also saved and uploaded directly. In less than 10 hours after the shoot, the editing started using Adobe Premiere Pro.
Workflow 2
Docu Drama
Client Facts
Client: Vincent Productions
Production: Kennedys Liebe zu Europa / arte, NDR, rbb, ORF
Pipeline: Sony/GoPro – FDX Cloud – AVID
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DOP Jan Kerhart was using SONY cameras, a Drone and GoPro. Quick rushes were rendered and uploaded by the FDX Box only hours after each backup to be screened and reviewed by the crew within the FDX Player. Editing started directly after shooting.
Workflow 3
Documentary / Image
Client Facts
Client: Showcase Productions
Production: various
Pipeline: Various – Frame.io – Adobe Premiere
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Save money with the FDX Box? It’s possible, as Jörg Zinke from Showcase Potsdam shows: according to his personal estimates, he saves about 30,000 euros a year with the FDX Box! Every day after shooting, he converts the material and loads it directly into Adobe Premiere using the Frame.io widget. This saves 1.5 hours of working time on the laptop per day – for 300 shooting days x 100 euros, that’s 30,000 euros! Here you can see his workflow:
Workflow 3
Documentary / Image
Client Facts
Client: Showcase Productions
Production: various
Pipeline: Various – Frame.io – Adobe Premiere
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Save money with the FDX Box? It’s possible, as Jörg Zinke from Showcase Potsdam shows: according to his personal estimates, he saves about 30,000 euros a year with the FDX Box! Every day after shooting, he converts the material and loads it directly into Adobe Premiere using the Frame.io widget. This saves 1.5 hours of working time on the laptop per day – for 300 shooting days x 100 euros, that’s 30,000 euros! Here you can see his workflow:
Scripted Serial Fiction
Original Footage: MPEG-2-MXF
Camera Proxies: MPEG-2-MXF low res
Single Cam Shoot
Cam: Canon C300/C500
2x
1 Physical Backup
No Transcodes
Upload to DROPBOX
Live concert shoot
Original Footage: MPEG-2-MXF
PIN-TO-PORT: Source card readers are attached to 4 pre-defined ports. When cards are put in, only 2 taps are needed to start each of the processes.
Multi Cam (4 Cams) Live Concert Shoot
Cam: Canon C300/C500
2x
1 Physical Backup
No Transcodes
Upload to FTP
Documentary / Fiction
Original Footage: Prores 444 .mov
All transcodes are also saved to the physical discs.
Onlining can be performed from FDX Proxies.
Single Cam Shoot
Cam: ARRI ALEXA
2x
1 Physical Backup
FDX Transcode
DNXHD36, H.264 (Preview)
Upload of the Transcodes to
FDX CLOUD
TV report
Original Footage: Prores 444 .mov
All transcodes are also saved to the physical discs
Single Cam Shoot
Cam: SONY FX9
2x
1 Physical Backup
FDX Transcode
DNXHD36, H.264 (Preview)
No Upload
