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CASE STUDY

DoP Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC and director James Mangold blend fast-paced action and character in Fox-Disney's feature, Ford v Ferrari.

COMPANY UPDATE

PIX & CODEX will continue to exist as brands, serving and supporting their respective marketplaces with world-class products, services, and support.

COMPANY UPDATE

X2X Labs will focus on developing specialized services and workflows in pre-production, on set, and throughout the post process.

CODEX PRODUCT

Take advantage of workflow efficiency, ease of collaboration, and supreme performance–all with CODEX's Network Attached Storage Solution.

CODEX Device Manager 5.0 with High Density Encoding. Trial it here.

DIT SHOWCASE

Following on from last month''s article with director James Whitaker ASC, on making Troop Zero, we showcase DIT Adrian Jebef and his contribution to this inspiring movie.

PIX PRODUCT

The virtues of dependability, security and ease of use that led to wide adoption of the PIX System for dailies are also facilitating communication in every other aspect of production from script to screen.

NEWS

Trusted on countless productions and by the world's top filmmakers, the ARRI ALEXA has set the benchmark in which all other cameras are measured. This year, ARRI celebrates the 10th anniversary of the ALEXA and CODEX is proud to be a part of that history and development.

NEWS

Boseman''s talents were apparent and dynamic, and his performances were emotionally nuanced yet powerful and fierce. He earned the moniker so rarely afforded to many of his peers of color, "Leading Man in Hollywood", a mantle that has been historically underrepresented. 

EVENTS IN FILM & TV

100 years ago last month we were introduced to Buster Keaton, one of Hollywood''s first great movie stars. One Week is the story of newlyweds who receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift. The house can be built, supposedly, in "one week".

CODEX CASE STUDY

We met up with our Dutch Partner, The Future Store, to discuss their customer, MacGyver Media Production, who use Media Vault in their facility to connect their creative team.

CODEX PRODUCT

Expanding upon the successful Media Vault Deskside storage solution and providing enterprise level configurations with storage densities up to 500TB in a single chassis.

DIT SHOWCASE

Eduardo Eguia has owned the DIT role on the Disney+ production since Season One, working alongside Directors of Photography, Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS, Baz Idoine, and joining on Season Two, Matthew Jensen, ASC.

PIX PRODUCT

We are excited to announce some great new features for our Apple TV application, PIX for tvOS, which has just been released in the App Store.

CASE STUDY

On the production of The Mandalorian, the first action streaming TV series in the Star Wars universe, director Jon Favreau teamed with cinematographer Greig Fraser to take virtual production to the next level.

MAKING DOCTOR SLEEP

Taking on Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, and the haunted Overlook Hotel making an appearance, must have been a daunting prospect for director Mike Flanagan and director of photography Michael Fimognari.

PRODUCT

Now is a great opportunity for you to spend time at home trying out our innovative ColorSynth grading plug-in for Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro. Tutorials are also available on the ColorSynth YouTube channel to help you get grading! Watch here.

CASE STUDY

Mosfilm is Russia''s leading film company producing almost all the film, television and video content in the country. X2X explores their near 100-year history, looks at recent developments, and how CODEX fits into the future workflow for the ''Russian Hollywood''.

PIX CASE STUDY

And they returned with a game-changing, automated, and bespoke VFX pipeline. Listen to a fascinating behind-the-scenes podcast to the technology and techniques employed on this movie, and particularly PIX''s involvement as not just a Dailies streaming service...

CASE STUDY

Mandy Walker, ACS, ASC chose the ARRI ALEXA 65 again for her most recent project, the live-action version of Disney's Mulan. Apart from a CODEX workflow, PIX was used on-set for continuity checks with the studio and all the department heads.

WHITETAIL PART 2

Last month we talked about how valuable CODEX Media Vault was on location with the Southern Gothic film, Whitetail. This issue we detail how the post workflow came together, keeping all the data in a single sharable, portable container.

PRODUCT NEWS

Our ColorSynth grading plug-in for Premiere Pro and FCPX currently has special pricing with our partner Toolfarm for a limited period only. Now is a great time to spend time at home on a trial or buy.

CASE STUDY

We recently talked to James Whitaker, ASC, who captured great performances from an incredible cast in Amazon Studios'' Troop Zero, the small budget feature filmed over 28 days.

CASE STUDY

The mobile, shared storage solution proves its worth through challenging times for the creative team at Future Time Pictures.

PIX REVIEW

Go to any recent conference about post-production or VFX, and you're bound to find more than one session about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it''s revolutionizing the filmmaking process.

CASE STUDY

The Invisible Man, showing in theaters now. We went behind the scenes with DP Stefan Duscio ACS and DIT Christopher Reig to gain a deeper understanding of the workflow on this project and working with the ARRI ALEXA LF and new ALEXA Mini LF cameras.

CASE STUDY

We recently caught up with Jason Starne, Producer and Post Supervisor, who shared with us how valuable CODEX Media Vault was in the production of Whitetail.

PRODUCT NEWS

KT Design recently integrated a Media Vault into their Miami facility. Owner Kristin Territo and lead VFX artist Omar Feliz create content that engages, captivates, connects, and inspires. With a reputation for excellence and passion they elevate brands around the world.

It''s clearly a perfect fit with boutique production and post facilities that need an easy-to-use, shared storage system.