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www.postmagazine.com 4 POST OCTOBER 2018 FILMMAKER CHRISTIAN STREVY RELIES ON BLACKMAGIC TO POST BOY SCOUT WEB SERIES PHILADELPHIA — Christian Strevy isn't going to let age stop him. The filmmaker has started a new adventure as an 'Old Scout' — a 30-year-old Boy Scout to be exact. In Strevy's new weekly Web series, Old Scout, he takes on the challenge of be- coming a Boy Scout as an adult, going through the various levels and challenges, including everything from climbing trees to tying knots and whittling. Strevy explains, "When I was a little kid I joined Cub Scouts and I really liked it. Recently I realized I was missing some of the adventure. I never made it through all the ranks when I was younger and I've always regretted quitting, so I decided to set a new goal: I'm going to do the entire curriculum of Scouts, from Cub to Eagle, in one year. Combining the new adventure with my profession and passion, filmmaking, is how Old Scout was born." Serving as the series co-creator, DP, post super- visor and star, Strevy has committed to completing his Boy Scout challenge within a year, document- ing the whole process in the weekly Web series. Strevy also works full time on professional projects, leaving him very little time to produce a brand new episode every week — not to mention to get his merit badges! "Old Scout's co-creator Julie St. John and I knew from the very beginning that time was going to be our biggest hurdle with this project. We're just two people and we only have one week to shoot all of the content, as well as edit, add music, color correct, sound mix, do any compositing needed and add titles/graphics — and then have to do it all again the next week," says Strevy. "We knew we'd need a workflow that could handle and help with the turnaround, so we chose to shoot the series with Blackmagic Design cameras and use DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio across the full post spectrum." PRODUCTION & POST WORKING TOGETHER Old Scout's setup includes an Ursa Mini Pro, an Ursa Mini 4.6K EF for studio shots, a Pocket Cinema Camera as a B camera and a Video Assist as a monitor/recorder. Strevy uses two lens mounts for the Ursa Mini Pro, EF and PL, so he has the flexibil- ity to use different lenses depending on the shot, and he equips the camera with an Ursa Viewfinder and Ursa Mini Shoulder Kit. By using the cameras together with DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio, Strevy can move quickly and save time. "In a matter of minutes, I can shoot something in ProRes in my studio, transfer the footage, edit it in the timeline and be ready to export," says Strevy. "One small thing that makes my workflow smoother is having a simple folder structure on the cameras' memory cards. Transferring footage is so much easier when I can just copy the clips and not have to deal with a complex folder structure." "A bigger example is LUT management," Strevy continues. "It's really nice to be able to build a LUT for a project in DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio, transfer that LUT to my camera, easily toggle the LUT while shooting in the field and then quickly apply the LUT when I have transferred the footage back into DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio for post." BEATING THE CLOCK IN POST Strevy relies on DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio for the series' complete post production and uses a DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel for speed and ease when grading. "The control panel makes color correction extremely fast and fun. Having physical controls for color correction is indispensable. It is really nice to have a control panel that is perfectly integrated for DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio," Strevy explains. "We rely on DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio to make the process fast and frictionless," continues Strevy. "In terms of organization, I heavily depend on the metadata from the Blackmagic Design cameras and DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio's Smart Bins that read that data and organize my footage for me. I create each episode of our show in a new project, so I rely on the software's Power Bins to maintain what I call our 'intershow assets,' which are all of the graphics, BITS & PIECES