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In the heart of London’s Shoreditch is the award winning post-
production house - Splice. Specializing in broadcast, commercial
and corporate post production, the boutique studio is home to forty
full-time employees and a grand display of state-of-the art technology
spanning three floors including: two Baselight grading theatres, Avid
DS suites and multi channel audio recording and mixing rooms. Splice
is credited for its work on such venerable UK television shows as "Jamie
Oliver’s 15 Minute Meals" and "The Midnight Beast," among other
popular TV series and commercials.
Late this year, Splice Managing Director and Co-Founder Damian
Dolniak and his team of editors began work on an 80-part series for
Jamie Oliver’s new show -"Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals." The series was
shot on ARRI Alexa cameras. Once footage was captured, his team
relied heavily on a newly constructed floor in the facility housing nine
Avid Media Composer suites equipped with KONA 3G capture cards,
all connected to the studio’s Avid ISIS shared storage solution - for
post-production.
"The series is fairly heavy in terms of effects and complex sequences,
and involves a lot of cross-cutting. Our new KONA 3Gs tied in nicely
with the new Avid suites and worked so well - especially with the AJA
KONA cards and Media Composer 6.5 ability for audio punch in and up/
down/cross-conversion capabilities. They give us the ability to tackle
those challenging sequences in real-time without hindering our work.
The cards have also been extremely consistent in terms of output
levels.", Dolniak said.
Having been a longtime user of AJA products, KONA 3G was a natural
choice for Splice. "AJA products have always worked very well and
continue to do so. I like AJA’s approach to development and the quality
of their products," shared Dolniak. "You can tell that they listen closely
to the needs of the community to release products that help ease post
production pains."
"The KONA 3G packages everything we need into a single solution.
It integrates capture and playback, support for stereoscopic 3D and
HDMI - plus all of the inputs and outputs we need," he added. "Opting
for KONA 3G has also saved us on hardware costs. The fact that we can
fit everything in a single workstation is great, because we don’t waste
rack space."
Since setting up the suites on the new floor, Dolniak has only received
great feedback from editors and customers about the upgraded set up.
"Our customers have been impressed with the new equipment and the
growing range of footage that we can accommodate, while our editors
like the fact that if someone is working in another room and they move,
they’ll be able to see the same thing in the other room."
Splice has a number of upcoming stereoscopic 3D projects slated
for the New Year - for which it plans to leverage the stereoscopic 3D
capabilities of the KONA 3G. "KONA 3G gives us the flexibility to adapt
to the needs of each project. Whether HD, 2K, 4K or stereo 3D, all of our
bases are covered."
"Opting for KONA 3G has also
saved us on hardware costs. The
fact that we can fit everything
in a single workstation is great,
because we don’t waste space
with racks."
Splice Finds Flexible
Post Workflow with
AJA KONA 3G and
Avid Media Composer
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