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BITS & PIECES www.postmagazine.com 5 POST NOVEMBER 2018 DELUXE UNVEILS NEW, ADVANCED COLOR GRADING ENVIRONMENT IN HOLLYWOOD LOS ANGELES — Deluxe (www.bydeluxe.com) has announced the debut of its new color grading environment, Stage One. The expansive theater is equipped with top-quality projection, including one of the world's largest RealD Ultimate Screens in a private facility, as well as advanced color grad- ing, audio and editorial systems. Located in Deluxe Audio Seward at Hollywood's historic Glen Glenn Sound building, the 4,000-square-foot space fea- tures plush seating, perfect black levels, RealD and Stewart screens, Barco projectors and advanced audio, among other amenities. "The re-creation of Stage One into North America's premier color grading environment and screening room represents Deluxe's commitment to building the largest color and post operation in the world," says William Sherak, president, Deluxe Post Production. "The scale, the technology and comfort give filmmakers an unparalleled experience in finish- ing their projects." Deluxe's Stage One features a RealD Ultimate Screen with a 45-foot x 21-foot, 7-inches maximum image and a Stewart Filmscreen SnoMatte 100 screen with 41-foot, 3-inches x 22-foot, 4-inches maximum image, and can accommodate the latest display monitors, allowing production to view content in whatever format is needed through- out production. The space is also equipped with two Christie Dolby Vision Eclipse laser projectors, capable of providing 108-nit brightness standard as well as high frame rate projection and 4K resolution; a Barco DP4K-P reference projector for theatrical grading at 48 nits in 4K resolution and a Barco DP4k-32B projector for RealD stereo theatrical grading at up to 48 nits in 4K resolution. Available color grading and editorial systems include Blackmagic Resolve, Autodesk Lustre and Flame, and Filmlight Baselight. PRAIRIE PICTURES' STORMSTOCK CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF STORMY WEATHER ARLINGTON, TX — In 1993, filmmaker Martin Lisius (photo, below) was producing and directing a series of severe weather-related programs for TV when he began receiving phone calls from other producers needing storm footage for their productions. That's when he decided to create StormStock (www.storm- stock.com), a collection of cinematic quality weather footage licensed for use in commercials, documenta- ries and feature films worldwide. "StormStock is unique among stock foot- age sources in many ways," Lisius says. "First, StormStock is not a company, it is a brand and collection of Prairie Pictures, a Texas-based media production group. We shoot our own material and license it directly to clients. It allows us to maintain the quality from start to finish. Everything we do, we believe in challenging the status quo. We believe in thinking differently." Lisius and his team of photographers capture hur- ricanes, floods, tornadoes, blizzards and other storms using premium formats including HD, 4K, Super 35mm motion picture film and even 16K. "Shooting on film and 16K presents additional challenges, but the results are magnificent. There are a lot of places to find 'just weather' footage. We know that and work hard to offer something unique," he says. Some of the hallmarks of StormStock include the largest collection of tornadoes on Super 35mm, rare HD footage of Hurricane Katrina making landfall, and extensive footage of Hurricane Harvey shot from land, air and water. Lisius, also a veteran storm chaser of 30 years, is sometimes asked about his fear of storms. "I'm not afraid of storms, I love them. I've always been fas- cinated by severe weather growing up in Texas, the only state that experiences tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards. But, I have a deep respect for nature and am very careful when I'm out there." In addition to staying safe around storms, the team faces some unusual shooting challenges when they are in the field. To that end, they've developed wind resistant microphones, customized raincoat systems to protect cameras and have invested in dust-removal tools. Footage captured by the StormStock team has appeared in thousands of television programs, com- mercials, museum exhibits, music videos and feature films including Lucy, The Giver, An Inconvenient Truth, The Current War, Cinderella, The Avengers and Terrence Malick's Voyage of Time.