Digital Film is one of the most exciting forms of content delivery to emerge from the film and television communities in recent years. It has enabled advertisers to reach millions of people through thousands of movie screens and helped democratize the filmmaking world by allowing filmmakers to acquire material on multiple formats and deliver a high quality film print. The Digital Film department at PostWorks NY produces 35mm motion picture film negative with extraordinary contrast range, and at scalable resolutions to provide beautiful imagery from any input resolution.
The alchemy involved in transferring video to film has been completely demystified by new technologies and the accessibility of High Definition Data as an intermediate. The use of 24p or data as the step prior to recording film offers the ability to previsualize elements in real-time that are the closest representation to the final film. Working in a 24p environment ensures that the transition from the highly controlled world of digital tools to the more unpredictable world of film is as precise a transition as possible.
SUMMARY OF SERVICES:
Film Recorders
ARRILASER • The ARRILASER bridges the gap between digital film production and analog film projection. It is the first cine film recorder to use three solid state lasers as the light source, setting an industry standard in productivity and reliability, while significantly increasing the quality of recording digital images onto fine-grain intermediate film.
LASERGRAPHICS • The Lasergraphics film recorder exceeds the 2K and 4K resolution requirements of military, medical and digital photography clients, and the equally demanding needs of the motion picture industry. The software interface offers a great deal of control over color, contrast, gamma and image geometry with the additional benefits of recording to camera negative film for imparting a distinctly filmic look to digital sources.
Deliverable Requirements
A firm understanding of distributors’ deliverable requirements is a critical and often underestimated aspect of post production. Moreover, deliverables vary from distributor to distributor. It is therefore important to understand what and how elements need to be created prior to signing a distribution agreement. To this end, PostWorks NY serves as liaison for the client, seamlessly pulling together all elements necessary for the final delivery to the distributors, including the creation of optical sound track negatives and laboratory services, as well as the highly clerical aspects of working with the distributors to handle the complex orchestration of all completed elements.