Light Iron and Quantel go 6K for Gone Girl

Light Iron and Quantel go 6K for Gone Girl 11 November 2014

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Leading Hollywood post house, Light Iron, has used Quantels Pablo Rio color and finishing system to complete the worlds first 6K feature post production on director David Finchers latest thriller, Gone Girl. Light Iron upgraded one of its six Pablo Rios with additional GPUs to support an 8K workflow and used its Quantel Genetic Engineering 2 shared workflow system to complete the 6K color correction in multiple rooms at Light Irons Los Angeles facility, all in realtime. Light Iron is home to four Pablo Rio systems in Los Angeles and a further two in New York.

Shot in 6K on the EPIC RED Dragon, Gone Girl is the third David Fincher movie posted at Light Iron, following The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Gone Girl, an adaption of Gillian Flynns 2012 novel, tells the story of a writer (Ben Affleck) who becomes a suspect when his wife (Rosamund Pike) goes missing, leading to a suspense driven plot examining dishonesty, the media, appearances and the economys effects on marriage.

Pablo Rio is Quantels high quality color and finishing system that provides the ultimate productive post workflow. Pablo Rio runs on high performance PC hardware and exploits NVIDIA Maximus multi-GPU technology to deliver true interactivity and maximum productivity, with realtime performance at 4K 60p and beyond. Pablo Rio is available as software only and as a range of Quantel-backed turnkey systems. Genetic Engineering 2 provides shared storage and workflow for up to four Pablo Rio systems, enabling better teamworking and more productive post.

Light Iron CEO, Michael Cioni said, "We had to have an 8K DI system in house to accommodate the immense size of the Gone Girl 6K workflow. Together with Quantel we boosted our Pablo Rios and built the worlds first 8K DI system, giving us 6K playback in realtime, in multiple rooms. Pablo Rio and GE2 is the future; its power and storage is unbeatable as the industry looks to 4K workflows and beyond."

Quantel Marketing Director, Steve Owen, said, "Light Iron is leading the post industry with its pioneering high resolution workflows. Michael and his team are always looking ahead to whats next in the industry - Gone Girl is the latest example of how they push the boundaries of whats possible. Its great that Pablo Rio and GE2 are supporting their vision for post."

About Quantel

Quantel is a world-leading developer of innovative, high performance content creation and delivery systems for News & Sports production and high quality Post. Quantel fast-turnaround production systems give broadcasters the creative, productive and flexible workflows they need to stay ahead in todays competitive global media market. Quantels post production systems deliver the quality, resolution and performance post houses need to capture high margin, high value work.

Also part of the Quantel Group is Snell, a world leader in enabling broadcasters and media organizations to process and manage their valuable media content. Snells expertise empowers customers to achieve greater efficiencies and increase revenue while delivering their content to multiple distribution platforms. Snell TV Everywhere and Live TV products bring tangible benefits throughout the production chain.

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