The Post New York Alliance & 

the Visual Effects Society New York, 

in cooperation with 

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 

present:

The ACES Pipeline Primer: 

Post & VFX

July 16, 7pm

Venue- The School of Visual Arts Theatre

333 West 23rd Street

After years of research and development, the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) 1.0 has arrived! It is becoming the standard for color management and image interchange for motion pictures, television, commercials and other forms of professional content. This session will deliver an overview of the engineering and science as well as practical information needed to understand and implement ACES into postproduction and VFX pipelines.

ACES enables DPs and directors to better preserve their creative intent from on-set monitoring and look management, to dailies, editorial, VFX, the DI and on into archiving. It does this by addressing the long-standing color management issues facing today’s productions. ACES expands the creative palette with its high dynamic range and wide color gamut capabilities, while streamlining collaboration with standardized encodings and file formats.

Alex Forsythe, Academy technical lead on the ACES project, is traveling to New York to speak about the development of, and latest innovations in, ACES and how it helps color management and workflows. His presentation will be followed by a discussion about practical, real-world implications with several key members of the New York post production and VFX community.

Hear how ACES is being implemented with today’s tools on-set and at leading facilities in VFX, post and mastering. Seating is limited so please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org to reserve your place.

PNYA & VES members are free- $10 non members.

Post New York Alliance members introduced our group to the wider production community during this year's Content & Communication World convention in the Jacob Javits Center. The annual two-day show brings together some 300 technology vendors to present their latest gear, while also offering a wide range of training and talks relevant to the city’s production and post communities. Post Production Supervisor Jennifer Lane organized the booth, making sure there were plenty of PNYA’s position papers and other explanatory material.

Joining Jennifer in the booth was another PNYA volunteer, Dan Ochiva, with Technicolor’s Clark Henderson and Jay Rubin pitching in too. Over the two days of the show, a number of PNYA members stopped by to say hello, while Jennifer led outreach to potential members with her detailed explanations of our group’s initiatives and member benefits.

This is the first year that the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) was involved with the annual show: the Washington, D.C. based advocacy group purchased CCW late last year, which also includes a co-located show, SATCON, for the satellite industry.

NAB, of course, holds its huge annual conclave in Las Vegas in April. So why have they bought into a show that had, by some opinions, lost steam over the past years?

"We’ve had our eye on New York and the New York media market for some time, given the number of organizations and all the activity that’s centered in the city’s media and entertainment side,” says Chris Brown, Executive Vice President of NAB’s Conventions & Business Operations. Brown, who calls CCW a "perfect complement” to its April show, said the group plans to grow both the attendee and exhibitor base of "what has emerged as an important East Coast venue for the content community.”

Denise Brassé, NAB’s VP of Convention Education, spoke with PNYA members at the show, and expressed enthusiasm for the outreach work PNYA has been doing. Brassé said she expects to work with PNYA prior to next year’s show so that some version of our educational evenings will be an integral part of CCW 2015.

Technicolor PostWorks New York
110 Leroy Street
New York, NY 10014

November 6, 2014 @ 7pm 

The final session in the popular Turnover Series is Turnover to VFX, a conversation between a visual effects editor and visual effects supervisor about what goes into their work together. Technicolor again hosts us in their comfortable Leroy Street ground floor theatre. If you can’t make it, be sure to check out our podcast recording.

This Turnover to VFX workshop will cover the full visual effects editorial process. We’ll hear from top working pros just how visual effects shots move through their workflow from editorial versions to finishing.

Seating in the theatre is limited to 30. Don’t be disappointed by not securing a seat! Please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org as soon as you can. Seats will be allocated on a first-come basis.

Speakers on the night are:

Zana Bochar has been working in postproduction in NYC since graduating from Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts. Zana joined the Editors Guild as an apprentice on A Serious Man. Her feature film work includes Black Swan and Men In Black 3. Zana started in visual effects editorial as a visual effects assistant editor on The Bourne Legacy and Noah. Most recently she was the visual effects editor on Chris Rock's upcoming Top Five.

Chris Healer’s varied career includes finishing a film degree at University of Colorado/Boulder, building a 16mm projector out of Legos and writing a 3D graphics library in DOS, Chris transitioned from web design to motion capture and 3D animation while in Denver. He moved to New York in 2002 to complete work on Below the Belt (Sundance 2004). By 2005 Chris founded visual effects house The Molecule (http://www.themolecule.com). At The Molecule, he splits his time as CEO, CTO, Visual Effects Supervisor, VFX Consultant, Creative Designer, Software Developer, Producer, and Chief Scientist.

Chris has worked on a variety of film and television projects, including The Affair, Nurse Jackie, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, The Americans, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Rescue Me, Damages, 30 Rock, Rubicon, Royal Pains, Smash, Blue Bloods, Golden Boy, A Walk Among the Tombstones, The Giver, Hellbenders, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and many more.

Ben Baker, series’ moderator and PNYA Education committee chair, has worked across a broad range of studio and independent films in both the UK and US as an executive producer, post supervisor, project consultant, workflow designer and manager. His work has covered areas as diverse as on location dailies and editorial for digital cinematography, high-end digital intermediate mastering, feature film restoration and digital asset management over the life-cycle of an entire project, from development to distribution.

Ben’s credits include his work on Casino Royale, The Narnia Chronicles Trilogy, and Generation Kill (HBO). His film and digital restoration work is extensive, including mastering hundreds of films. While living in the UK, Ben ran the Digital Lab at noted facility Framestore. He now lives in the New York area.

The workshop is free for members- non members can sign up on the night!

TURNOVER TO SOUND and TURNOVER TO PICTURE - Both Now Available on the PNYA Podcast!

Workshop: Turnover to Picture 

Technicolor PostWorks New York

110 Leroy Street 

New York, NY 10014
Theatre

October 14, 2014 @ 7pm

The workshop will cover picture turnover from editorial to a picture finishing/ DI department. Seating in the theatre for this event again is limited, so please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org to avoid disappointment. Seats will be allocated on a first-come basis.

Speakers this evening are:

Ian Blume has worked in feature film postproduction for 15 years, spanning such films as CHOCOLAT, DOUBT and THE BOURNE LEGACY.

A graduate of Emerson College (Film Studies, 99), he started out in NYC by building a strong foundation at Sound One. There he established close ties in the industry, and quickly became part of a tightly knit family.

Ian has climbed the ranks as an assistant editor, working on 14 features of all budget levels, in the US and abroad. He has collaborated with many top-tier, award-winning editors, directors, writers and producers, and accumulated valuable experience, technique and guidance from all of them.

Ian is currently working as editor on his 2nd narrative feature film, DRAWING HOME.

Matthew Schneider leads the research and workflow development effort at Technicolor - PostWorks through the Test Lab. He assists clients in workflow design and implementation, and other issues related to digital camera systems and formats. He also serves as liaison to Avid and other technology manufacturers to assist in product development and customer support.

Prior to joining Technicolor - PostWorks New York in 2003, Schneider worked as a support engineer for Avid Technology, where he assisted with large-scale broadcast network deployments, and workflow design for feature film and television clients. He is an active member of SMPTE New York and the Sony Cine-Alta User Group.

Ben Baker has been across a broad range of US and UK studio and independent films as an executive producer, post supervisor, project consultant, workflow designer and manager, in areas as diverse as on location dailies and editorial for digital cinematography, high-end digital intermediate mastering, feature film restoration and digital asset management over the life-cycle of entire project, from development to distribution. He lived in the UK for 10 years and ran the Digital Lab at Framestore during that time. He now resides in New York.

The workshop is free for members- non members can sign up on the night!