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Bits & Pieces Metallica film posted at Hula H OLLYWOOD — Hula Post Production (http://hulapost.com) provided 3D editorial gear and workspace for the new film, Metallica: Through the Never. The 3D concert film is being presented by Picturehouse and features footage of the band, interwoven with a dramatic, fictitious storyline. Editor Joe Hutshing (Savages, Almost Famous) and his crew spent more than eight months at Hula's West Los Angeles facility, cutting together footage from Metallica concerts in Edmonton, Alberta and Vancouver, British Columbia. The film is being presented in digital 3D cinemas and IMAX theaters. Hula engineers designed and built a complete offline editorial workflow that included five Avid Nitris DX Media Composer 6.0.3 systems and a Unity shared storage device with a capacity of 40TBs. Hula also provided space for the film's music editorial team and built an on-site screening facility equipped with a JVC 3D monitor. The package also included on-site technical support, production offices and concierge services. Directed by Nimród Antal, the live concerts were shot with pairs of Arri Alexa cameras mounted in Cameron Pace Group 3D rigs. More than 30 camera set-ups were used to capture each song in the concert. "The amount of source material was almost mind-numbing," says Antal, "and we faced the additional challenge of weaving in narrative material. Most films follow a straightforward path through editorial; this was a maze." The ability to quickly review scenes in 3D helped streamline the editorial process. "I had some concerns about the technology, as this was my first 3D film," Antal explains, "but they were quickly alleviated because I was surrounded by experienced and wonderfully-talented people." CORRECTION In our July issue's Lone Ranger story, we mistakenly credited 32Ten Studios as the creator of the miniatures used in the crashing-train sequence. The miniature sequence was in fact created by the team at New Deal Studios (www.newdealstudios.com) in Los Angeles. 6 Post • October 2013 www.postmagazine.com Scale Logic focusing on scalable storage M INNEAPOLIS — Former Rorke Data management team members have come together to launch Scale Logic, Inc. (www.scalelogicinc.com), a value added global distribution company that's focused on storage and networking infrastructures. The company is working with partners to build a suite of products and services that will allow customers to scale their business effectively and efficiently. At the IBC show in Amsterdam last month, Scale Logic announced that it will open up sales and support to the European community, providing RAID, SAN, NAS, archive and workflow solutions through its strategically-selected reseller channel. Bob Herzan serves as president and cofounder of the company. Film, television and media content editors are often required to deliver content in multiple formats and bit rates, and under tight deadlines. As they look to meet increasingly difficult requirements, they find that legacy storage solutions might not be fast enough, cost-effective or scalable enough to meet their needs. Using both the Scale Logic Genesis line, along with HP server and storage products, Scale Logic can provide an endto-end, file-based platform that meets the needs of small, medium and large workflows. Scale Logic can simplify the edit process by coupling Flavorsys's Strawberry project management software, with the HyperFS high performance file system, and its Integrated Application Platform server for hosting Qstar and Atempo archiving and back-up solutions to disk, tape or out to the cloud. The solution allows for near realtime revision control across multiple desktop platforms and remote locations. It also allows for multiple editing platforms to interoperate together in one SAN, providing the ability to create content, collaborate and archive content from the online disk tier to cost-efficient and secure tape media or remote locations through the cloud.