Codex , the industry leader in high-end digital recording and workflow equipment for motion picture and TV production, today announced a dramatic increase in the number of motion pictures, nominated at the 2015 Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA and American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) awards, that used Codex products in their production and post production pipelines.
This year Codex systems were harnessed by 14 motion pictures, featuring in the nominations for Best Picture, plus the key craft categories involved with image creation and finishing, namely Cinematography, VFX and Editing, compared to nine movies last year.
The nominated movies range in budget from $1m art-house independents to $200m-plus VFX-laden Hollywood blockbusters. Four of the five Oscar cinematography nominees all employed Codex systems - Emmanuel Chivo' Lubezki AMC ASC for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance), Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal for Ida, Dick Pope BSC for Mr Turner, and Roger Deakins CBE BSC ASC for Unbroken. The other nominee, Robert D Yeoman, opted for celluloid on The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Codex was the main digital recording and workflow technology on all 14 productions. These variously utilised Codex On-Board, in-camera and Vault products to capture, clone/back-up, QC, transcode, deliver dailies, apply non-destructive LUTs, and archive ARRIRAW from the broad range of ARRI ALEXA cameras. Codex enabled the production and post-production teams to reap the benefits of working with the full latitude of the original ARRIRAW footage. Additionally, by making available the full quality of the digital negative, Codex proved invaluable in the workflows of this year's major VFX-nominated movies - Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Guardians Of The Galaxy and X-Men: Days Of Future Past.
Gregor Tavenner, 1st assistant camera on Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) said, The Codex recorders and Vault made for a very efficient, very low-maintenance system. We delivered the footage to editorial and to the lab using standard hard drives with no interoperability concerns. We used the most versatile, high-quality lightweight cameras [ALEXA M & ALEXA XT] that you can get today, even lighter than we could have been with film, and that allowed us to make the movie with all the finesse that Chivo and director Alejandro I rritu imagined.
For artist bio-picture Mr. Turner, the filmmakers chose the combination of ARRI ALEXA XT shooting ARRIRAW, along with dual Codex Vaults. Speaking about the Codex workflow, cinematographer Dick Pope BSC said, ARRIRAW gives you a wonderful pixel canvas and wide latitude. Codex is a wonderful tool, with which everything is now done on site. We literally have the lab with us, and the entire film production is controlled live.
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes cinematographer Michael Seresin BSC, used multiple Codex Onboard Recorders to shoot the production in native 3D. He commented, I like the Codex system, as it works closely with ARRI and it's all well-integrated. Lukasz Zal, cinematographer on the $1m Polish independent production Ida, said, During production on Ida, the great thing about Codex was that it was invisible - it just worked in the background without any problems.
Speaking about why the Codex/ARRIRAW workflow was important to his creative approach on X-Men: Days Of Future Past, DP Newton Thomas Sigel ASC said, First of all, it helps in terms of colour correction and image quality, because you're getting the highest resolution possible. And when you're colour correcting, you don't have to fight through somebody else's colour correction. Starting from scratch gives you the greatest range, and the maximum ability to manipulate and do subtle things later. It also gives greater freedom for editorial to blow-up, to move the image around.
Breakdown of the 14 movies using Codex (nominated for best picture, cinematography, editing and visual effects):
85th Academy Awards - 2015 Oscars:
American Sniper - Best Picture/Editing
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) - Best Picture/Cinematography
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - VFX
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes - VFX
Guardians Of The Galaxy - VFX
Ida - Cinematography/Foreign Language Film
Mr. Turner - Cinematography
Selma - Best Picture
Unbroken - Cinematography
X-Men: Days Of Future Past - VFX
72nd Golden Globe Awards:
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) - Best Musical/Comedy
Ida - Best Foreign Language Film
Into The Woods - Best Musical/Comedy
Selma - Best Motion Picture Drama
BAFTA 2015 Awards:
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) - Best Film/Cinematography/Editing
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes - VFX
Guardians Of The Galaxy - VFX
Ida - Cinematography/Not In The English Language
Mr. Turner - Cinematography
Nightcrawler - Editing
Paddington - Outstanding British Film
Under The Skin - Outstanding British Film
X-Men Days Of Future Past - VFX
29th ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards - 2015:
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) - DP Emmanuel Lubezki AMC ASC
Mr. Turner - DP Dick Pope BSC
Unbroken - DP Roger Deakins CBE BSC ASC
29th ASC Spotlight Award - 2015:
Under The Skin - DP Dan Landin BSC
Codex recording and workflow technology has been used on hundreds of motion picture productions worldwide. Forthcoming releases to rely on Codex include: In The Heart Of The Sea, The Fantastic Four, Pan, Jupiter Ascending, Fifty Shades Of Grey, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Point Break.
About Codex
Codex high-performance digital workflow tools are employed by independent and Hollywood motion pictures, high-end TV and commercials productions shooting worldwide. Designed for filmmakers by filmmakers, the company's renowned product portfolio includes easy-to-use recorders an
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Codex , the industry leader in high-end digital recording and workflow equipment for motion picture and TV production, today announced a dramatic increase in the number of motion pictures, nominated at the 2015 Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA and American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) awards, that used Codex products in their production and post production pipelines.
