In Broadcast - April 2020 - 68

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DaVinci Resolve Studio Delivers
For Science Fiction Show Spides
B

lackmagic Design has announced
that the edit, grade and finishing
for sci-fi series, Spides, was completed
with DaVinci Resolve Studio.
Coproduced
by
Don't
Panic
Productions, Katapult Filmproduktion,
Red Sun Films, Palatin Media and
Baby Giant Hollyberg, the eight-part
alien invasion thriller is showing
internationally across the SYFY
network.
Potsdam-based
content
studio
Baby Giant Hollyberg led on postproduction, managing the offline and
online edit through DaVinci Resolve
Studio, as well as all the VFX
compositing for the series.
"It was a slightly unusual set
up, but one that fit the nature of
this project perfectly," says Heiko
Nemmert, Baby Giant's CEO. "VFX
can often be the element that
requires final adjustments and
polishing, so bringing the edit inhouse on a series with substantial
VFX gave us a huge amount of
flexibility in post."

Having worked with DaVinci Resolve
Studio in his personal projects,
supervisor Nico Ostermann understood
how it would form the perfect NLE
solution for the project.
"By using DaVinci Resolve Studio
as the edit platform, the team was
able to use the different layers in the
timeline to keep track of shots with
and without VFX, to ensure our editors
understood if it required more work,"
Nico explained.
The main challenge for Baby Giant
Hollyberg was keeping track of a huge
amount of footage, as well as the

length and requirements for each shot
to be worked on throughout the eight
episodes.
"We'd previously worked on other
NLEs, and so inevitably, there was an
adjustment as we learned a new UI
and transitioned away from a more
sequential workflow," continues Nico.
"However, it became immediately
clear that we could make massive
advances in terms of speed and
collaboration.
"With the producer and director
involved throughout post-production,
Resolve's intuitive nature made the

whole process much smoother."
Nico explains that DaVinci Resolve
Studio's collaborative features allowed
the grade, worked on in Hamburg
by Digital Straik, to be completed
simultaneously alongside the Berlin
team's tasks.
Post-production for 'Spides' was
an 18 month project, and Nico credits
DaVinci Resolve Studio for keeping
the project running smoothly. "The
ability to jump between grade and
edit without having to render out
each time was essential in helping
us keep to deadline, despite working
across multiple disciplines within
a complex, multi-layered project."
Set and filmed in Berlin, Spides
follows Nora, played by Rosabell
Laurenti Sellers (Game of
Thrones), who wakes from a coma
with no memory of her previous
life after taking a mysterious drug.
She begins to unravel a conspiracy
of aliens who are using a synthetic
drug to infiltrate humans to use as
host bodies.

Audinate Wins Emmy Award for
Audio-over-IP Innovation
A

udinate, the developer of the
industry-leading audio visual
networking technology Dante, has won
a Technology & Engineering Emmy
Award for its contributions in enabling
the production industry's transition
of analogue audio and video onto the
network.
Used in thousands of products
from hundreds of manufacturers,
Audinate's Dante is the de facto
standard for modern AV connectivity.
Dante has revolutionized the AV
industry by replacing legacy audio and
video connections with easy-to-use,
ultra-high-performance
computer
networking.
"The title of the award speaks
directly to the core of Audinate's
innovation and engineering goals from
the founding of the company in 2003
and on to today," said Aidan Williams,
Co-Founder and CEO of Audinate.
"We remain focused on improving
the way the world sounds in every

application where audio matters. From
the local performance space to the
voice conferencing solution you use for
work, there is a good chance Audinate
touches your life to provide better
audio.
"Our work in the broadcast and
television space is critical: we want all
audio to be more effectively utilised
by the people who have a message
to share. It's an exciting time and
we greatly appreciate the National
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
recognizing the importance of our
work."
Dante's ability to handle hundreds
of uncompressed audio channels
over a single network cable is why
the protocol has become so popular
in media production. Television is
evolving with demand for additional
audio as viewers seek an immersive
experience.
Producing a reality TV show
might require dozens and dozens

of microphones to capture all of
the action going on simultaneously.
Likewise, live sporting events are
incorporating more audio as players
and coaches are now employing live
microphone feeds. Managing all of
that audio would be cumbersome at
best with traditional solutions - but it is
seamlessly managed with Dante.
Dante is used in high-profile
television
productions,
including

this year's Super Bowl LIV halftime
show and the 2020 Grammy awards.
It is used extensively in stadiums,
performance halls, concert tours and
commercial buildings worldwide.
The National Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences recognised the
company's work with an Emmy Award
for the "Development of Synchronized
multi-channel uncompressed audio
transport over IP Networks."

"It's an exciting time and we
greatly appreciate the National
Academy of Television Arts
& Sciences recognizing the
importance of our work"
Aidan Williams, CEO, Audinate
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