Unified Pictures Gs I O with Bluefish444 on Independent Films

Unified Pictures operates as an independent film production and distribution company dedicated to the development, financing, production and distribution of top-tier filmed entertainment. With several cutting-edge and artistically innovative films, Unified Pictures has established an impressive presence in a wide variety of film genres.

Founded in 2004 by Keith Kjarval and Kurt Rauer, Unified Pictures has rapidly become a dynamic force in the motion picture industry. Known for its amazing casts, moving stories, and beautiful photography, Unified specializes in multiple filmmaking areas, from development to release. In the last two years, Unified has produced six films.

Rauer holds the title of co-president. Rauer was instrumental in Unifieds first acquisition and distribution of Dont Move in 2004 and he helped produce and oversaw the post-production on Unifieds first completely developed, produced, and theatrically released feature film, The Perfect Sleep. He continued in these capacities on such Unified productions as Janie Jones, A Single Shot and Rudderless. In addition to his other duties, Rauer also leads the Unified Animation Department, helping develop and produce the animated musical feature Noahs Ark.

Unified Pictures has a long history with Bluefish444 having utilized the Lust and Fury cards dating back almost a decade. In more recent installations Unified Pictures has invested in the Bluefish444 Create 3D Ultra SDI video cards which have been installed in AVID Media Composer systems running both on Windows and Mac OSX. With hardware video scaling for Up/Down/Cross conversion and resolution draft quality workflows, the Create 3D Ultra is a fully featured RGB/YUV SDI I/O solution for AVID Media Composer and the ability to work with up to 16 channels of audio fulfilled Unified Pictures requirement of Surround Sound audio monitoring.

Recent films at Unified Pictures that utilized the Bluefish444 Create|3D Ultra are Rudderless (Billy Crudup, Laurence Fishburne, Selena Gomez). Rudderless film star William H. Macys directorial debut closed out the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, was acquired by Paramount for distribution, and released on October 17, 2014. In addition, The Driftless Area, starring Zooey Deschanel, will be released in 2015.

Kurt comments, We were looking for a product that would supply 5.1 on an SDI link. Prior solutions we employed had some video latency issues. We made our decision on the advice of Cutter Stevens and our history with Bluefish, and it seems to have solved our problem. It is our primary IO card for editorial. The system we use is an Avid based PC linked to a 10bit monitor and an AV receiver supplying a client monitor and a set 5.1 of passive speakers.

He continues, Our history with the Bluefish444 products we have owned have been positive overall. The longevity our company enjoyed with the original card and the flexibility of the current generation of cards indicates to me that Bluefish is amazingly focused on quality and functionality. We will continue to develop and produce independent film and animation.

About Bluefish444:

Bluefish444 is the manufacturer of the industrys highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD video cards for the Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems. Its video cards are used in broadcast, feature film and post-production markets for editing, animation, compositing, color correction, restoration, digital intermediate, 3D and IPTV applications.

Bluefish444 cards have been used on award-winning feature films, commercials, music videos and sports events worldwide. Bluefish444s range of video cards are incorporated in video servers, encoders, decoders and character generator solutions by numerous 3rd party OEM manufacturers, in addition to other niche & mainstream applications.

Founded in 1998, Bluefish444 is a division and brand name of Bluefish Technologies Pty Ltd., which is based in S. Melbourne, Australia. Its products are distributed via an extensive sales channel of OEMs, dealers, and system integrators globally. For further information, visit www.bluefish444.com

About Polar

Polar Graphics are a UK based distributor of signal processing and storage products throughout Europe. Tel: +44 (0)20 8868 2479.

Web: http://www.polar-graphics.com

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