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Winter 2024

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M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S 63 post-production department. This allowed us to have deep integration with Mosfilm's stages for ADR, Foley, and their five re-recording stages. So, after relocating to Kazakhstan, we began establishing contacts with local production companies and studios. We planned to create a similar symbiosis with Kazakhfilm as we had at Mosfilm (during Soviet times, film studios were built in many republics). We needed ADR, Foley, and re-recording stages. Luckily, at the time of our move, Kazakhfilm had just started the reconstruction of their Tonstudio, and we were more than happy to offer our help and consultation. According to our suggestions, as of today, the reconstruction of two ADR and Foley studios has been completed. The Dolby Atmos re-recording studio is still under construction, and we hope it will be finished next year. In the newly upgraded ADR and Foley studios, we've already completed several projects. CM: Can you tell us about some of the structuring you have in place at your new facility, and in what ways it might be unique or different from the established architecture of other studios? PD: We want to make every effort to preserve and improve the structure that existed in Atmosfera Studio. Gathering the core team of employees in one place and minimizing the use of freelancers and remote work. This will take time, but this path has already been trodden, and we understand how to proceed along it. Additionally, we continue to develop our main project management tool. Right from the beginning of transitioning to Agile approach, we quickly encountered the problem of tracking work hours and the challenge of Current version of Mitra - project progress. 2022 Current version of Mitra - project progress. 2022 Work in progress for new Mitra Ui/Ux. 2023 project planning. Initially, it was a mishmash of various time trackers (each employee used whatever was convenient for them), separate planners, Kanban boards, and instant messengers. We tried many ready-made tools and despite the emergence of universal applications like ClickUp, it was not a comfortable way to manage our work. Also, no program took into account the cost of renting the studio, especially in a way that it wasn't counted twice if multiple

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