In the year since ARRI Rentals first public preview of the ALEXA 65 at Camerimage 2014, the large format system has notched up an impressive list of feature film credits. Two key elements of the ALEXA 65's success are its ability to seamlessly mix with other ALEXA camera family members on set -such as the ALEXA XT and ALEXA Mini - and a very robust and cost-effective workflow, with postproduction facilities such as Pinewood Digital in the UK putting strategies in place to assist productions shooting with the system.
During 2015 ARRI Rental has supported a total of 18 major feature films worldwide with ALEXA 65 camera systems. Pioneering productions on which ALEXA 65 cameras, Prime 65 lenses and Vault Lab 65 workflow systems were used for selected sequences, often in harsh environments, included Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (DP: Robert Elswit ASC), The Revenant (DP: Emmanuel Lubezki ASC, AMC) and Snowden (DP: Anthony Dod Mantle ASC, BSC, DFF), whilst The Great Wall (DP: Stuart Dryburgh ASC, NZCS) was the first feature film to utilize the camera on main unit throughout production.
Since then, the ALEXA 65 has seen action around the globe on a wide variety of prestigious productions, either as the A-camera on main unit or as an additional camera for sequences that require exceptionally high image quality. Feature films that have selected the ALEXA 65 as main unit camera throughout production include Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (DP: Greig Fraser ASC, ACS), Doctor Strange (DP: Ben Davis BSC) and Assassins Creed (DP: Adam Arkapaw) in the UK; Passengers (DP: Rodrigo Prieto ASC, AMC), Live By Night (DP: Robert Richardson ASC) and War for the Planet of the Apes (DP: Michael Seresin BSC) in the U.S./Canada; and Planetarium (DP: George Lechaptois) in France.
London has been a hotspot for ALEXA 65 productions all year, with one of the most successful postproduction companies to support rapid adoption of the camera being Pinewood Digital, based at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. Through its investment strategy and its previous experience with ALEXA XT and the ARRIRAW format, Pinewood Digital has been able to handle ALEXA 65 dailies and workflow for three major UK-based feature films running simultaneously.
Group Head of Pinewood Digital James Corless comments, During 2012, Pinewood Digital invested in an ARRIRAW and bespoke dailies support infrastructure at its Shepperton and Pinewood postproduction facilities. With the announcement of the open gate version of the ALEXA XT in 2014, additional investment was set in place to support productions such as Avengers: Age of Ultron. Following ARRI Rentals' ALEXA 65 camera and workflow preview at Camerimage 2014, we knew that the game was set to change and that this camera was going to drive a new standard in high-end motion picture capture.
Pinewood's Group Director of Technology Darren Woolfson says, We took the decision to go back to the drawing board and overhaul our entire dailies infrastructure and data pipeline for the ALEXA 65, investing in networking, storage and more recently 4K screening and QC services, with a view to setting in place multi-production capacity for the camera. During recent weeks the investment has proved valuable, with three ALEXA 65 productions running concurrently and an average of nine ALEXA 65 cameras in full-time use across Pinewood Studio's facilities. Were turning around peak daily data payloads amounting to 40 TB of ALEXA 65 ARRIRAW across three shows into graded dailies for editorial, verified LTO-6 tape backups, and then recycling 2 TB capture drives for the camera back to set, all within 24 hours.
Woolfson continues, The infrastructure investment has allowed us to deal with three times the image data from the ALEXA 65 compared to the ALEXA XT without passing anywhere near three times the cost back to production. And with real-time, uncompressed 4K playback and theatrical screening services now in place at the John Barry theatre at Pinewood Studios and the Adrian Biddle Theatre at Shepperton Studios, clients can see the full beauty of their ALEXA 65 images within 24 hours of capture.
Martin Cayzer, ARRI Rental CEO, notes, We are very pleased that our first year with the ALEXA 65 has gone so well, and proud of all the productions that have chosen to use the system. Many postproduction houses around the world have been servicing these projects and are well set up to manage the workflow, with Pinewood Digital setting the benchmark by installing infrastructure that has enabled it to accommodate the needs of three ALEXA 65 films at the same time. This is a great achievement, but also illustrates what a useable system it is.
About ARRI Rental:
ARRI Rental is a leading provider of camera, lighting and grip equipment to the feature film, television, advertising, broadcast and events markets. Operating through a network of rental facilities in the US and across Europe, the group's combined resources and expertise allow ARRI Rental to develop and roll out exclusive, proprietary technologies. These include the ALEXA XT B+W and now the ALEXA 65, a large-format solution for high-end theatrical motion pictures, comprising a 65 mm digital cinema camera, custom-designed prime and zoom lenses, and fast, efficient workflow tools.
Recent productions serviced by the group include: Everest', Southpaw', Insurgent', Unbroken', A Most Violent Year', Selma', Birdman', Kingsman: The Secret Service', The Theory of Everything', John Wick', A Most Wanted Man', Expendables 3', Noah', The Grand Budapest Hotel', Gravity', 12 Years a Slave', The Monuments Men', The Wolf of Wall Street', The Book Thief', 300: Rise of an Empire', Captain Phillips', Blue Jasmine' and Rush' amongst others.
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In the year since ARRI Rentals first public preview of the ALEXA 65 at Camerimage 2014, the large format system has notched up an impressive list of feature film credits. Two key elements of the ALEXA 65's success are its ability to seamlessly mix with other ALEXA camera family members on set -such as the ALEXA XT and ALEXA Mini - and a very robust and cost-effective workflow, with postproduction facilities such as Pinewood Digital in the UK putting strategies in place to assist productions shooting with the system.
