“DaVinci Resolve eliminates all of that complication and time wasted by providing an all in one post solution that everyone can access,” added Underhill. And that's when Ace said, ‘I think I've found a solution.’”įor the company, it was a natural transition to editing in DaVinci Resolve Studio, and quickly, the facility’s in house music composers and VFX artists began embracing Fairlight and Fusion, respectively. “I'm not proud when I say I got madly frustrated at a process that seemed like it should be automated and instinctive. “The inciting incident was when I had to spend a week manually realigning the aspect ratio and all the post transforms of our entire film from another editing package to DaVinci Resolve for color grading,” explained Ward. The facility was already using DaVinci Resolve Studio for color grading, and Underhill was aware of the advancements Blackmagic Design had been making in other aspects of post, all built within the software.

Underhill began to seek an answer to this age old dilemma. “If any changes were made to editorial, then VFX, sound and color all had to be updated and re conformed.” “One of the biggest challenges of post production was all of the round tripping to and from different applications throughout the process,” noted Underhill. Yet, it has been the accepted process for anyone who isn't a big studio with a huge budget.” “Constant upgrades, mismatched software, conform issues, communication errors, VFX shot logging, deliverables, and more. “The garble of post production drove me crazy,” he added. While they found ways to achieve this in production, post production continued to elude them. “This way we streamlined our workflow for our own projects while using this knowledge to help our clients save money and time,” said Ward.

Underhill and Ward began building a one stop production facility using cutting edge technology to service an independent market, while also working on their own productions. The company moved to Los Angeles to expand operations, offering both production and post services, and now also offers a production rental division and most recently, a virtual production arm. Ward is best known for having played the bully Scut Farkus in the 1983 Christmas classic “A Christmas Story” and had since moved into producing and directing, in addition to continued acting on various projects. In 2011, Underhill met Zack Ward and the two began collaborating on projects. Established in 2005 by Ace Underhill, the facility was initially based in San Diego.

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