Screen Magazine: Vol. 28, Issue 16

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When the founders of Nolo Digital Film decided
to open a new post-production facility in
Chicago, they wanted to offer state-of-the-art
equipment to their clients. “It’s been pretty
exciting [and] production has been doing well
in Chicago,” says Joe Flanagan, producer. “It was
about a year [ago] that we started talking about
the facility. We included ARRI right off the bat.”
By employing the ARRISCAN film scanner, the
Nolo team was able to build flexibility into their
new company. “We wanted to build a facility
without the burden of the video workflow
and be completely data-centric,” says engineer
Boris Seagraves. “Doing so provides the ability
to handle projects of all types from digital
intermediates to color correction for television
to restoration work.”
Nolo can offer film scanning in 2K, 4K and 6K
resolutions. Through the data-centric pipeline, a
range of tools are available for creatives to push
visual boundaries with color control, visual effects,
digital opticals and dust busting. The facility is also
able to provide 4K, 10-bit log digital intermediates.
To certify the ARRISCAN was the right choice for
Nolo, the team went through careful evaluations
and comparison testing.
“We did test scanning in both 2K and 4K
[and] found the image quality to be excellent,”
says Seagraves. “One of the things that made
the ARRISCAN stand out was the capability to
be able to scan at up to eight frames a second.
That, along with [the] availability of the dailies
package – and how well suited the scanner is
for restoration jobs dealing with damaged film
– definitely tipped the scales toward ARRI.”
While Nolo serves the resurgent industry in
Chicago, the post house is ready to accommodate
filmmakers from any location. “We designed
a facility from the ground up [and] we can do
things very efficiently, allowing our clients to
focus on the creative part of the process instead
of the technical,” says Seagraves. “Our aim was
to bring high-end digital intermediate tools
to Chicago and now that we’ve opened, we’re
confident that we can attract business from out
of town as well.”
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