Not Quite Fixed in Post by Bobby L. Hickman

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By Bobby L. Hickman

Georgia’s entertainment tax credits have been a boon to the production economy, but post production professionals report mixed results.

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eorgia’s film and television production activities have drawn plenty of attention as the state’s generous 30% tax credit has drawn major entertainment projects to the area – producing a $1.4 billion economic impact last year.

However, location filming is only part of the story. Post production houses – which offer editing, mixing, color corrections and similar services after the raw shoot – are also a vital part of Georgia’s entertainment industry. Post houses are a vital part of the infrastructure that draws moviemakers and TV producers to Georgia, offering talent and technology that brings production dreams to reality after the cameras stop rolling.

Georgia is home to 37 post houses (see sidebar), ranging from nationally known outfits like Crawford Media Services and Turner Studios to boutique shops like EditLab. While the Peach State’s post facilities are not as well known as its film locations, the growing entertainment industry is providing more and more opportunities for local editors and artists to prove they can hold their own against the best across the nation.

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Brennen Dicker

Crawford Media Services

Crawford’s 2011 move to new offices on West Druid Hills Road “has been a real benefit for us,” according to Brennen Dicker, director of post sales. With the company now located inside the Perimeter, “clients see us as someone easier to get to,” he says. “We’re five minutes from Midtown and five minutes from Buckhead.”

The new seven-story location covers 80,000 square feet, with an ADR audio studio; video suites; eight 3D-capable editing and graphics suites; a 40-seat Dolby-certified screening/mixing/color correction studio; facility-wide, file-based workflows; and multipurpose editing and audio facilities. Crawford has also formed a media management division for film archival and retrieval services.

Dicker says Crawford offers services for everyone who does post-production.

“Ad agencies are our bread and butter,” he notes, but they are also experiencing significant growth with the entertainment industry. “A couple of years ago, we identified opportunities arising from the state film incentive,” Dicker says. “We introduced ourselves to Warner Brothers and other Hollywood studios that soon began shooting movies and TV series in Georgia.” The company does dailies and ADR for “The Walking Dead” on AMC and Warner’s “The Vampire Diaries.”

Crawford is “one of the last big post houses in the country,” Dicker notes. The company’s size and diverse client base have been beneficial. “When clients went away in one area, we were able to pick up clients in entertainment. Since then, we’ve been able to build up our creative team and our editors to do spot work when agency business started picking up again.”

Crawford’s next big push will be on the entertainment side.”

Dicker says, “We’re comfortable doing the meat and potatoes of ADR and dailies. We’re also capable of finishing a show here: we have the suites and the talent to do that. So that is the next step we’re working toward: letting the studios know we have the infrastructure to do that.”

The new studios have also hosted a variety of celebrities, ranging from Ryan Reynolds to Demi Moore to Kermit the Frog.

“There’s an endless list of people coming in,” Dicker says. “They’re doing movies in Georgia and come by here to finish up dialogue on other films.” He adds Crawford “knows the Hollywood work flow. They have a certain way of doing things, especially on the audio side.”

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three to five more years” – particularly if Georgia can stay in the top five among states hosting productions. He agrees a number of productions want to return to California after they complete their shooting. However, “so much of the business is driven by money now.” Producers understand they can get the 30% tax credit on productions shot in the state, he continues, but many “don’t realize you can do your post here and get 30% off of post.”

The tax incentive is particularly appealing to independent films, an area where Crawford is getting more inquiries.

Dicker expects to see an episodic series doing its post in Atlanta within two years. He notes Crawford edited the first season of “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” as well as several years of “In the Heat of the Night.” “The issue becomes: You’ve done it a little bit but you need that one show that will really put you on the map in LA. LA tends to be skeptical until they see something, and then you become a feeder for them.”

Dicker says Crawford foresees “a good healthy growth

for episodics and feature films for the next three to five years -- as long as tax incentives stay in place.” The company is seeking opportunities to do finishing and editorial. “We have all the capabilities in place,” Dicker adds.

“It’s a matter of proving to Hollywood that we have the talent and infrastructure.”

Walter Biscardi Jr. Biscardi Creative Media

Walter Biscardi, who has been in the industry since 1990, started Biscardi Creative Media (BCM) in 2001. The company has

won 13 Emmys, 20-plus+ Telly Awards, plus multiple Peabody, Aurora and CableACE awards.

The major services at BCM are editorial, color correction, and 2D animation. “Pretty much anything to do with post production, we can turn around,” Biscardi says, “either in-house or through a network of artists we work with.” Most of their clients are outside of Georgia. “We tend to specialize in long form: documentaries

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that take six months to two years; half-hour and hour shows,” Biscardi says. “I prefer doing long-form over commercial; we like to see the story develop.”

In early 2011, BCM moved into a new 6,000-square-foot facility in Buford. Biscardi says the new facility includes up to nine editing studios; a screening room with seven-foot HD screen with DaVinci Resolve and ProTools 5.1; color enhancement suites for TV and feature films; a 1,400-square-foot facility “that could easily be turned into a studio”; a voice booth; and a full media library for format conversions and archiving. “We overbuilt the place, so we have plenty of room for expansion,” he adds. They are also considering adding a 5,000-square-foot studio.

The new facility is also set up to handle feature-length films, he notes. “We can easily have two or three feature films or episodics cutting at the same time.”

Biscardi says the new BCM home is the fifth such facility he’s designed, including redesigning Georgia Public Broadcasting’s GPB post production. “I think I’ve got everything right this time,” he says. “It’s unpretentious and comfortable. Everything you need is right here.”

At BCM, “we stress a creative atmosphere,” Biscardi says. The fulltime staff of five can grow to 12-20 depending on the task at hand by adding freelancers. Editing suites are available with or without editors. Most clients hire BCM to edit, but the company can also provide equipment, or clients can bring in their own gear and link to BCM’s servers.

“All my editors are storytellers,” Biscardi notes. “We work really well without a script.” While there are many people who “can cut really fast if they follow a script,” he says, “I always look for the editors who don’t necessarily need a script – who can look at all the material and create a story.” For example a recent documentary on foul water started with 250 hours of material and a two-page outline. “The entire first cut was made from that outline,” he explains. “The producer left me alone for six months. I cut it and presented it to him, and we worked from there.”

BCM is currently working on episodic TV: “This American Land”, a new environmental series for PBS, and “Science Nation,” a weekly series for public television in Washington, D.C. They are also working on a series of three feature documentaries on global health that are narrated by Sigourney Weaver.

BCM was part of the team that brought the Food Network into HD, Biscardi says. “Good Eats” was one of the first shows chosen for HD, so he and the show’s DP developed an HD work flow.

“I ended up doing four seasons in HD and all the animation,” he adds.

Biscardi is also one of the four co-founders of Atlanta Cutters, a post production user group that started in mid-2011. (The other three co-founders are Dan Daube, head of post at Turner Studios; freelancer Kris Merkel; and Clay Asbury, a certified Adobe and Apple trainer.) Biscardi says that not having a user group named for one specific software brand “opens it up to everyone: graphic artists, video editors, sound designers, and other Atlanta postproduction professionals.”

The next phase for the company is creating original content.

Biscardi says, “We’re currently working on a lifestyles show that we that we hope to take into production soon.”

Pete Ballard Lab 601

Lab 601 is a full service post facility, offering “everything from editorial and visual effects to digital intermediates, color

to LA or New York or Korea, wherever they’re based, to do their post-production.” He notes Georgia post facilities have “the same equipment and the same finishing systems as anywhere else.”

However, Lab 601 has been able to take advantage of the production uptick by expanding into the post-equipment equipment rental business. “We have systems and suites set up here, but what Hollywood productions want is to set up a couple of edit systems in their offices,” Ballard explains. If they decide to edit in Georgia, they fly in their own editors and rent equipment

“It took us six or seven times to figure out that people aren’t buying what we’re selling, but we could sell what people are buying,” he continues. Ballard notes rentals have gone

locally. So Lab 601 moved into rentals.

corrections and finishing -- all for digital file-based work flows,” according to Pete Ballard, vice president and COO. He says Lab 601 processes RED One, ALEXA, and other “non-film and non-tape types of projects. We specialize in the more complicated things: anybody can do the easy things.” The post house also offers stereo 3D. Their projects include feature films, television shows, commercials and corporate communications. Lab 601’s credits include post equipment rentals for “Footloose”, “The Crazies”, and a number of other Georgia-based movies and TV shows. The company did post for the first 10 pilot episodes of “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” on TBS. They also did dailies for “Van Wilder: Freshman Year,” which was shot on RED equipment. Ballard’s brother, Dave Ballard, who runs the creative and technology side of the business, is working on a feature film that was primarily shot in Florida and Switzerland.

Lab 601 also has the SpeedGrade Annex from IRIDAS, a PC platform, mobile workstation and 24/7 “super-wrangler.” “It’s an awesome computer built into suitcase. You take it with you, plug it in and start working onsite. We can also hook up to our 3D finishing suite.” Ballard notes the technology is handy on 3D projects because it is not as easy to monitor those results on the set as traditional filmmaking. Once the data comes off the cameras, Lab 601 can load data from the cameras into the mobile workstation. “You can essentially do 3D playback on the set, and see how those effects are working.”

Ballard says although Georgia’s 30% tax credit is “awesome for production, unfortunately that’s not the case for post.” He estimates 90% of the projects that come to Georgia to shoot “go back

from “a fraction of our revenue to probably 30% to 40% this year.”

There are “some good and some not-so-good reasons they’re essentially taking everything back to LA,” he says. “That’s where the executives are and for TV, that’s where writers are, so there is a lot of pull to go back to LA.” Also, the people who come to Georgia for six to 12 weeks of production “don’t want to spend another 20 weeks in Atlanta” for post. Another problem is the lack of compelling credits among the local talent. Ballard continues, “We have excellent people in Atlanta -- some of smartest guys in the post industry. But we don’t have an editor who’s edited 100 episodes of episodic TV or 30 feature films that you’ve heard of.”

Looking ahead, Ballard says it is possible filmmakers may use more of Lab 601’s services in the future. He also says Lab 601 is looking at putting in satellite facilities closer to some specific productions. “It would make more sense for them to use us rather than going back to LA,” he points out. “We want to try to keep them here as much as we can, and offer the flexibility to respond to what they need.”

Michael Curtis EditLab

EditLab started as a one-man shop a dozen years ago and has “a mantra of staying small,” founder Michael Curtis says. He is doubling his staff -- to four editors. “We come at things from a dif-

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ferent perspective than many of our competitors,” he explains. “We want to provide an intimate team…a unique team that you can’t get anywhere else.”

Curtis attributes part of that approach to “my wacky personal background.” He worked in live theater as an actor and director for many years before moving to editing and motion graphics. “Our feel is different from most post houses,” Curtis continues, “Story is king for us. We try to tell stories that create change, that carry an impact.”

He continues, “Video editing can be a very technical craft, so many editors tend to be technical guys and girls.” Curtis feels his diverse resume sets EditLab apart. “I write, produce, and direct, with lots of live theater in my background.” Clients are accustomed to “sitting down at our lunch table, and talking through an entire project from start to finish. It’s a more concentrated approach that makes us different from the way larger houses work with teams of 20 people.”

EditLab’s two-person team has won 39 creative awards thus far in 2011. The list includes 21 Telly Awards, three Marcom Awards, 5 Aurora Awards, and two New York Film Festival Awards. EditLab won seven Telly awards for promo spots for TNT Latin America for the “Fallen Skies” series produced by Stephen Spielberg. “We had nothing to work with other than four pages of web comics for each episode,” Curtis says. “We created 36 spots that drove TV viewers to the web comic, where they could get the back story before the series aired.”

Curtis notes the company also won multiple Silver Tellys for a work on an internal AT&T corporate piece. It received 17 awards for “Grounded,” a Federal Aviation Authority film on the effects of sleep deprivation. “That could have been the most boring government video in existence,” he says. “But we turned it into a tongue-in-cheek action movie – a psychological thriller that starts with a car chase.”

EditLab has also evolved beyond post work into writing scripts and directing. Curtis says some clients grew frustrated with the constant need to correct shooting problems in post, “So they asked me to come on set as an extra set of eyes for visual effects. That worked well for them, and soon they asked me to direct. Now we are doing a lot more turnkey work than we did two to three years ago.”

Curtis says he focuses more on the creative side of the busi-

“You won’t hear me talk much about what equipment we’re using. Almost everybody has good gear now, and the prices have come down so much. What separates us is our totally different approach and our willingness to do whatever the client needs.”

ness than the technical angle.

EditLab is “definitely growing,” Curtis says, and moved into larger quarters at StudioPlex in 2010. “Last year we almost tripled our revenue during a down economy.” He attributes that success to the company’s different approach, and because “we’re capable of doing so much with such a small team. We plan everything to

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the last detail to make sure things go smoothly.”

Curtis thinks the outlook for the Atlanta market is promising.

“With Turner here, there is quite a bit of broadcast work. And with so many corporations headquartered here and a lot of agencies represented, I feel like the sky is the limit for Atlanta.”

Scott Stevens Guillotine Post

Fifteen-year-old Guillotine Post is primarily a post-production facility, says co-owner Scott Stevens. The company has Avid and Final Cut suites, and uses both staff editors and freelancers.

Sometimes clients also bring in their own editors. About half of

Guillotine’s work is for television (mainly promos), with a third in corporate video and the balance with independent films and web content.

“We used to do a lot more work for Turner,” Stevens says, “but a lot of that has been pulled in-house because they have more facilities now.” Now Guillotine does more network promos for companies outside Atlanta. “It used to be that 100% of our TV work was Atlanta-based,” he explains, and they still do projects for GMC and the Weather Channel. However, some 25% of that business is now with such out-of-state clients as Discovery Networks, TLC, Home and Garden, and the Disney Channel. “It’s primarily based on relationships with producers,” Stevens says. “Also, it’s more project-driven, rather than franchise-driven or contractdriven.”

For most work, Stephens continues, “We are responsible for providing an editor and creative editorial. On probably 85% of what we do, we’re sitting in the chair editing, designing, delivering products and collaborating with clients.” The other 15% involves renting out suites where clients bring in their own editor.

In the past, Guillotine’s post work was schedule-driven.

Stephens says: “Clients booked time in a suite with an editor, and we charged by the hour.” Today the work is based on projects needs. “In the past, producers and clients “would block out time, and sit in the suite and concentrate on the project with us for a predetermined amount of time.” With the advent of digital media and the “ease of moving media around,” he says, “we’re more likely to get the media and a script, and a deadline for first cut and final delivery.” Often the clients do not come into the office, relying instead on electronic transmissions of rough cuts and final products.

Working without seeing the client “rarely used to happen; now it’s become more of the norm,” Stephens adds.

This also allows Guillotine to handle more projects and slot them more efficiently. Rather than blocking out one editor in one suite for one project per day, “editors can jump back

“Geography has become much less of a factor so our location is not as important.” and forth between projects,” he says.

Atlanta is still a good market for post companies, Stephens said. “There is a lot of competition, and it’s fairly friendly. We refer clients to others if we’re busy.” Much of the work is driven by personal relationships and “having clients who know they can rely on you,” he adds. “When we have clients move to other companies or other networks or other cities, they will still come to us.”

While Stephens thought a year ago that the region’s outlook was “completely unpredictable,” he says, “Now it feels like it is getting better.”

Often during a recession, he notes, “Advertising budgets shrink and clients expect you to deliver the same quality for less, which directly affects production and post-production.

We just roll with the punches.” He said Guillotine is often asked to deliver the same volume and quality for a lower budget. “We’re hoping that it will pay off in the long run, so we still do the work and deliver the same quality. We hope that when those budgets do turn around, we’ll be rewarded for not cutting corners today.”

Post Production Facilities in Georgia

Abracadabra Video, Inc. / North Druid A-V

www.abracadabravideo.com

Bruce Kauffman, Tim Avirett

Atlanta, GA 30329 Tel: (404) 633-6002; Cell: (404) 895-1637; bruce@abracadabravideo.com Abracadabra Video Inc./North Druid A-V studios offer green screen & field production, edit suites, CD, DVD & tape reproduction.

Diversity Training 2011 (Coca-Cola); Safety at Home (Atlanta Gas Light); Start a Career (Medix Schools); Watershed Management (City of Atlanta).

Biscardi Creative Media

www.biscardicreative.com Walter Biscardi, Jr. Buford, GA 30518 Tel: (770) 271-3427; walter@biscardicreative.com Award-Winning HD Editorial including motion graphics, 5.1 sound mix, DVD/Blu-Ray disc, duplications, screening room, gameroom, conference room, the outdoors & more.

Good Eats HD (Food Network); Assignment Earth HD (ENT/PBS); Landscapes Through Time HD (PBS); Foul Water; Fiery Serpent (Cielo Productions); Science Nation (NSF/PBS); This American Land (ENT/PBS); Guatemala; Rising from the Ruins (CNN/TBS); The Tennessean (BVTV); The Journey (Red Warrior Records).

Cat’s Eye Editorial, Inc.

www.catseyeinc.com Kitty Ray Swain Decatur, GA 30030 Tel: (404) 377-8803; kitty@catseyeinc.com SD & HD AVID suites in unique, relaxed atmosphere. Award-winning editors specializing in broadcast TV series & documentaries. Not afraid to be amazing!

Ground Breakers (HGTV); Mega Dens (DIY Network); Fresh from the Orchard (DIY Network); Herren’s: A Sweet Southern Spirit (GPTV); EcoSense For Living (Public Broadcasting); The Natural South (Turner South); Centers for Disease Control; Supreme Court of Georgia; Kimberly Clark; Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Cinema Concepts

www.cinemaconcepts.com John Price, Studio Director, Joey Tucker, Director Post-Production Services, Mike Tremble, Creative Director / Executive Producer Atlanta, GA 30339 Tel: (770) 956-7460; Fax: (770) 956-8358; info@cinemaconcepts.com Smoke 2K, Flame, Lustre, Clipster 4K, Avid DS|HD Nitris, Final Cut HD, CGI & Stereographic 3d animation. Multi-resolution conversion, D-Cinema encoding, DVD, 35mm recording, duplication.

Coca-Cola; Turner; National CineMedia; AMC Theatres; Regal Entertainment Group; Carmike Cinemas; Variety/Sundance Film Festival; JWT/US Marines.

Communic8

www.ucommunic8.com Sharon Roper, Creative Solutions, Kirk Williams, Fusion Creator Dallas, GA 30132 Tel: (770) 881-8855; Cell: (404) 903-2325 sharon@ucommunic8.com, kirk@ucommunic8.com Full service creative solutions in video production HD/SD, motion graphics, 3D animations, pre-visualization, sound design, audio production/post, website enhancements, mobile applications.

We communic8!

NFL Alumni; PGA Superstore; City of Atlanta; FSS; Turner Broadcasting.

Company 3

www.company3.com Buddy Hall, Managing Director 3399 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30326 Tel: (404) 237-9977; buddy.hall@riotatlanta.com Company 3 provides high-end color correction and DI services to the commercial, feature film and entertainment television industries using the latest in DaVinci technology.

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Craig Miller Productions, Inc.

www.craigmiller.tv Craig Miller, CEO Atlanta, GA 30318 Tel: (404) 264-0427; Fax: (404) 264-0668; production@craigmiller.tv Final Cut Pro HD suite with after effects/motion compositioning, Digital Betacam, Betacam-Sp, DV & 24p sourcing. Output to HD, SD, web & multimedia. 3 fully equipped Pro Tools audio suites.

Cingular; The Coca-Cola Company; AGCO Corp.; Eastman Kodak Company; Zagnoli McEvoy Foley; LLC; McDonald’s; The Weather Channel; U.S. Army; UPS.

Crawford Media Services, Inc.

www.crawford.com Brennan Dicker Atlanta, GA 30329 Tel: (404) 876-0333; Tel: (800) 831-8029; Fax: (678) 536-4912 info@mail.crawford.com New state-of-the-art facilities featuring tapeless & file-based workflows. Full service post with Avid & Final Cut Pro editing, motion graphics, compositing/efx, 5.1 sound design/mixing, original music, Blu-ray/DVD authoring.

JWT; BBDO; Cartoon Network; The Coca-Cola Company; The Zimmerman Agency; UPS; Bigelow Advertising.

ECG Productions

www.ecgprod.com Jason Marraccini, President Jason Sirotin, VP Business Development Marietta, GA 30067 Tel: (678) 855-5169; Tel: (678) 855-4897; Tel: (678) 855-4909 info@ecgprod.com Full service post-production, sound design, motion graphics, & 3D animation with support for RED 4K, P2, XDCAM & DSLR workflows.

Verizon Wireless; Travel Channel; Coca-Cola; GE; UPS; Saab; Georgia Southern University; InDemand Networks; The Capital Grille; Atlanta Film Festival.

Eclipse Post

www.eclipsepost.com Jennifer Mador, Jesenko Fazlagic, AnChi Pho Atlanta, GA 30318 Tel: (404) 541-9978; Cell: (404) 512-3269; Fax: (404) 541-9982 info@eclipsepost.com Eclipse is a post-production boutique that caters to TV series, documentaries, broadcast promos, commercials, advertising and corporate clientele.

Creative editing, motion graphics, compositing and audio post.

Hidden City (Travel Channel series); The Exit (MSNBC series); Mega Dens (DIY series); Boombox All Access (BMLA series). Promos: HGTV; Cartoon Network; CNN; TNT Latin America; The Weather Channel. Corporate: American Cancer Society.

EditLab

www.theeditlab.com Michael Curtis Atlanta, GA 30307 Tel: (404)220-8950; michael@theeditlab.com EditLab is an award-winning production and post-production studio, but we are really story-tellers. We find our clients’ stories and make videos that change companies.

Credits available upon request

Elevation

www.elevate.tv Stephen Cocks Atlanta, GA 30307 Tel: (404) 221-1705; Tel: (800) 813-2214; Fax: (404) 221-0037; hello@elevate.tv Elevation is an award-winning, creative design studio focused on creating compelling & entertaining solutions involving original concepts, 2D/3D animation, visual effects, live action, motion graphics & compositing.

Reel and credits available upon request

Eleven Studios

www.elevenstudios.tv Bill Robinson, EVP Business Development & Technology Operations, Tim Nunez, Sr. Production Editor Alpharetta, GA 30005 Tel: (678) 996-7272; Cell: (678) 662-2937; Tel: (800) 303-9307; Fax: (678) 455-0210 brobinson@elevenstudios.tv We produce over 700 projects for our clients every year with an awardwinning creative group. We say, “Strive for Perfection, Settle for Excellence.”

Available upon request.

Encyclomedia

www.encyclomedia.net Lance Holland Atlanta, GA 30307 Tel: (404) 527-3600; info@encyclomedia.net Complete Final Cut ProHD stations designed for carry on. Experienced crews with quick turnaround know-how. Camera crews too. DVCAM, HDV, DV. US Motivation; MC2; Saab Cars (USA); Image Zone; RJO Group; Jack Morton; Active Productions; Novartis; J&J Managed Healthcare; G.E. Equipment Services.

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Greydog Creative, Inc.

www.greydogcreative.com Jason Boucher, Owner Marietta, GA 30067 Cell: (404) 731-5618; jason@greydogcreative.com Editor-owned specializing in HD & Digital Cinema storytelling, 2D & 3D motion graphics & animation, & high-end finishing, compositing & color grading. All major network and cable outlets and the web.

Discovery HD Channel; ESPN; NBC; CBS; ABC; Golf Channel; Vs; NESN; TNT; USA.

Guillotine Post

www.guillotinepost.com Michael Koepenick, President & Senior Editor Scott Stevens, General Manager Atlanta, GA 30306 Tel: (404) 222-0522; guillotine@avidediting.com Editor-owned full service digital media boutique. 6 online/offline suites, Final Cut Pro, AVID Adrenaline, HiDef, 2D/3D graphics. Broadcast, corporate, web & film.

Disney Channel; Cartoon Network; Boomerang Latin America; Weather Channel; Gospel Music Channel; TNT; Turner Classic Movies; Coca-Cola; Blank Foundation; GO! Productions.

Hadjo Media

www.hadjomedia.com Rob Rogers Atlanta, GA 30306 Tel: (404) 249-9233; Cell: (404) 386-9932; info@hadjomedia.com Featuring (2) Avid Adrenaline HD suites & Final Cut Pro. P2 & Red Workflow, as well as DVCPRO-HD, DVCPRO-50 & BetacamSP source/record. Excellent graphics & DVD capabilities.

Apple; Earthlink; Coca-Cola; AutoTrader; CBS; LMNO; Ogilvy & Mather NY; IBM; Kimberly Clark; Holiday Inn.

iEdit Creative www.ieditcreative.tv Erich Hoberg Marietta, GA 30067 Tel: (770) 598-6749; info@ieditcreative.tv Boutique facility offering complete 2k, 4k, & HD post production services.

14 years of experience. Familiarity with RED & tapeless workflows common in today’s productions.

Road And Track (spots; Porsche); UFL (spots; University of Phoenix); Power a Community (spot; Cobb EMC); Big Girls Don’t Cry (EPK; Interscope Records); Martin vs.

Army (spot; Turner Sports); Art of Suicide (trailer; Blank Stage Productions); Art of Suicide (indie feature; Blank Stage Productions).

ImageMaster Productions, Inc.

www.ImageMasterHD.com Dan Johnson Atlanta, GA 30306-4348 Tel: (404) 231-3200; Fax: (404) 523-7874; info@imagemaster.tv Boutique style HD post production facility offering broadcast seasoned editors & directors. Uncompressed Avid & Final Cut Pro edit systems.

Creative, competent, committed!

Emory University; Fox Sports Net; Atlanta Gas Light Company; Scripps Networks; BMW of North America; General Electric Company; Bellsouth; Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Governor’s Office of Highway Safety; University of Georgia.

Inertia Films

www.inertiafilms.com A. Troy Thomas, Amy Taylor, Production Manager/Producer, Chris Marshall, Camera/editor Atlanta, GA 30312 Tel: (404) 681-3900; Fax: (404) 681-9400; troy@inertiafilms.com Located near downtown Atlanta. (2) Final Cut Pro HD systems, DVCPRO HD, Betacam SP, DVCam, DV post production. International, corporate & web projects. 900 sq. ft. studio with grid.

Chick-fil-A (various); Testimony: Profiles in Faith (Inertial Films original series); Georgia Tech (various); NFL Network (various); AMG International (various); Papa Said; We Should Never Forget (Museum of Aviation); The Real Winning Edge (Challenger Films); Siemens Competition; McKinsey & Co.

Jam Edit

www.jamedit.com Molly Baroco, Eddie Kesler, Jeff Jay, Editor Atlanta, GA 30324 Tel: (404) 888-0112; Fax: (404) 888-0118; molly@jamedit.com Creative editorial, visual effects & video finishing for nationally recognized & award-winning television commercials. HD workflow available.

Bud Light; ESPN; Delta; Capital One; Toyota; Subway; New Era; Sports Illustrated; Miller Lite; GA Pacific.

Jones & Co. Video Service

www.jonescovideo.com Rick Jones Atlanta, GA 30328 Tel: (404) 250-9671; Tel: (877) 843-3660; Fax: (404) 250-1797 videostaff@jonescovideo.com An award-winning full service Atlanta video production firm specializing in assisting companies promote their brand through cutting edge High Definition productions.

The Maury Show; Coca-Cola Enterprises; Cox Communications; Nokia; Atlantic Records; Easy Care Advertising; Kennesaw State University; Ron Clark Academy.

LAB 601, Inc.

www.lab601.com

Peter Ballard, David Ballard Atlanta, GA 30318 Tel: (404) 876-4601; Fax: (404) 876-4424; Tel: (800) 862-9742; info@lab601.com Bonded experts in post supervision, editorial, dailies, DI, 5.1 audio, graphics & VFX. Film, HD & RED workflows, stereoscopic 3D, edit system rental & remote client edit capabilities.

Footloose; Wanderlust; NeverFail; The Greening of Whitney Brown; The Crazies; Ben 10: Alien Swarm; Van Wilder: Freshman Year; The Mo’Nique Show; Tyler Perry’s House of Payne; The Signal.

Magick Lantern

www.magicklantern.com Ashley Davis, Operations Manager Atlanta, GA 30312 Tel: (404) 688-3348; Fax: (404) 584-5247; post@magicklantern.com Full service editorial, animation & audio suites. Avid DS|HD Nitris, Avid Adrenaline HD, FCP HD, compositing & 2D/3D animation, DVD & Blu-ray authoring/compression. Exceptionally trained creative staff.

Verizon Wireless; AutoTrader.com; BKV; TBS; Karastan; JWT; Cartoon Network; Ames Scullin O’Haire.

Meddin Studios

www.meddinstudios.com Jon Foster Savannah, GA 31415 Tel: (912) 944-6111; Fax: (912) 236-8796; j.foster@meddinstudios.com Final Cut edit suites, color grading suite w/tangent devices control panels, Pro Tools D-Command 5.1 suite, 5.1 screening room, SAN. Asset management, worfklow consultation services, transcoding/conversion.

Available upon request.

North Avenue Post

www.northavenuepost.com Larry Ritter, Audrey Baker Atlanta, GA 30308 Tel: (404) 733-6100; Fax: (404) 733-6109; Cell: (678) 215-8470 Tracie@northavenuepost.com Full service, creative post production facility. State-of-the-art technology: hybrid editorial, graphic design, 2D/3D animation, compositing, duplication, sound design/mixing, original music.

Aaron’s; American Cancer Society; CNN; Cartoon Network; Kia Motors; Nationwide Insurance; TBS; The Weather Channel; TNT; U.S. Marine Corps.

Omega Media Group

www.omegamediagroup.com Cefus McRae Norcross, GA 30071 Tel: (770) 449-8870; Fax: (770) 449-5463; cefus@omegamediagroup.com Uncompressed HiDef, real-time multi-layer edit suites. Audio sweetening.

DVD authoring for DVD-HD. HD to SD conversion.

Demo reel available upon request.

ON-LINE PRODUCTIONS

www.on-lineproductions.com Steven Panayioto Atlanta, GA 30329 Tel: (404) 634-5572; Cell: (404) 293-9409; esptv@mindspring.com Creative, award-winning editing services, also multi-cam & green screen.

Conversion services of videotapes & DVDs to Internet ready digital files (Rich Media).

Available upon request.

Outpost Pictures, LLC

www.outpostpictures.tv Chris Tomberlin Atlanta, GA 30319 Tel: (404)-260-5420; Tel: (205) 822-4060; kristi@outpostpictures.tv Emmy® Award-winning film/video post-production company specializing in visual storytelling. Offices in Atlanta & Birmingham.

The Weather Channel; Smithfield; Red Giant Software; John Deere; Subway; Atalon Winery; American Cancer Society; Southern Progress Corporation; Lowe’s; United States Postal Inspection Service.

Plump Pixel

www.plumppixel.com Edgardo Santiago Atlanta, GA 30316 Cell: (404) 822-3757; info@plumppixel.com Plump Pixel is a creative post production shop specializing in: Graphics, Motion Graphics, Animation, Video, & Multimedia for web.We offer fast, adapting & reliable creative services.

Dreamworks; Warner Bros.; Paramount Pictures; Pixar; Disney; Universal Pictures; Columbia Pictures; 20th Century Fox; Cartoon Network; Adult Swim

R. Neely Media

www.rneelymedia.com, www.reeltransfers.com Rick Neely Atlanta, GA 31139-1128 Cell: (404) 273-4814; neelyre@comcast.net AVID, Final Cut Studio, Photoshop, After Effects. Complete DVCam, HDV & uncompressed Betacam SP edit facility with great rates. MACBook Pro FCP workstations. Video & film transfer services to DVD. CNN; Coca-Cola; Home Depot; GPTV; American Cancer Society; Artisan Pictureworks; Magick Lantern; Crawford Communications; The BIG Idea; The Wow Factory.

RGBtv

www.rgbtvinc.com Jonathan Sargent Atlanta, GA 30308 Tel: (404) 963-2415; jonathan@rgbtvinc.com RGBtv is a co-op of talented artists ready to make your project come alive. It’s all about the relationship, talent and trust. Come by, lunch is on the house!

Cartoon Network; TLC; Speed; Comedy Central; AT&T; TBS; HGTV.

RIOT Atlanta

www.riotatlanta.com Buddy Hall, Managing Director, Beth Helmer, Executive Producer Atlanta, GA 30326 Tel: (404) 237-9977; Fax: (404) 237-3923; buddy.hall@riotatlanta.com RIOT Atlanta is a creative studio providing editorial, broadcast design, visual effects, animation, finishing, compositing, sound design, 5.1 mixing, original music & web services.

22squared; BBDO; Coca-Cola; Discovery Networks; Halogen TV; JWT; Mullen Advertising; Planet Green; Turner Networks; The Zimmerman Agency.

Rocket Post

www.rocketpost.net Spencer Adams Atlanta, GA 30324 Tel: (404) 486-8300; spencer@rocketpost.net Rocket Post of Atlanta is located within Cinefilm’s complex. We offer custom workflows, media management strategies, post-production services and support, as well as facility rental. Edit suites are available with and without editors.

Credits and reel available upon request.

Showcase Photo & Video

www.showcaseinc.com Eric Shipley Atlanta, GA 30324 Tel: (404) 325-7676; Tel: (800) 886-1976; Fax: (404) 321-3636 kenny@showcaseinc.com Full service video production company & post production editing facility.

Non-linear editing & duplication. Specializing in corporate & broadcast video.

Available upon request.

VTA

www.vta.com Kat Adkins, Brett Player, Kelly Dellinger Atlanta, GA 30324 Tel: (404) 634-6181; Fax: (404) 835-8474; kat.adkins@vta.com Final Cut Pro, Avid, 3D Animation & Graphics, Film Transfer/Color Correction for all formats, Insert Stage, DVD & Blu-ray Authoring, Standards Conversions, Closed Captioning & Duplication.

Turner Networks; Bacardi; Ford; Dell; Home Depot; InterContinental Hotels; Scripps Networks; Emory; Zoo Atlanta; Spanx.

Wolff Bros Post

www.wolffbrospost.com Wayne Overstreet Atlanta, GA 30324 Tel: (404) 881-0020; Fax: (404) 881-1240; info@wolffbrospost.com Final Cut Pro HD, smoke HD, Avid Express Pro, Adrenaline HD, Pro Tools Audio 5.1, ADR, Dolby E Encoding, original music,writers/producers, graphic design & duplication.

TNT; TBS; Discovery; TLC; ESPN; Speed Channel; Disney; Noggin; Nickelodeon; Gospel Music Channel.

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