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Technical Delivery without Friction
Our focus is on eliminating the technical friction that delays payments and platform onboarding, allowing my clients to focus on the next deal while I handle the pixels.
1. Content Ingest & Digitization
Securing the Masters
Whether your project lives on modern cloud servers or legacy physical media, we handle the intake with strict data-integrity protocols.
We accept secure digital ingest via Aspera, Signiant, Amazon S3, and FTP. We utilize industry-standard checksum verification (MD5/xxHash) on all transfers, ensuring every bit is mathematically identical to the source.
We specialize in high-fidelity digitization, operating professional broadcast decks to capture your archives at the highest possible quality before preservation or transcoding.
Supported Physical Formats:
- HDCAM
- Digital Betacam (DigiBeta)
- Betacam SP
- Betacam SX
- MPEG IMX
2. Spec Analysis, Processing & Conversion
The Blueprint: Before a single pixel is converted, we research and lock down the exact specifications required by your delivery platform. We analyze their technical "bible"—from bitrate caps to audio mapping—to ensure the workflow is set up for total compliance.
We don’t just convert, we inspect. We perform deep A/V analysis and signal cleaning. This includes performing "HD Blow Ups" (upscaling) for legacy footage, ensuring older media meets modern resolution standards. We treat this processing as a restoration step, ensuring the cleanest possible signal is fed into the conversion engine.
| Category | Supported Specs & Formats |
|---|---|
| Resolutions | SD, HD, 2K, 4K, 8K... |
| Framerates | 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 48, 50, 60 FPS |
| Codecs | ProRes 422HQ, DNxHR, XDCAM, H.264, H.265... |
| Aspect Ratios | 1.33, 1.66, 1.77, 1.85, 2.39... |
| Standards | PAL, SECAM, NTSC, Interlacing (Top/Bottom/Progressive) |
| Deliverables | DCP, OTT, Broadcast... |
| Audio | EBU R128 Loudness |
| Compliance | Harding FPA (PSE) |
3. Quality Check (QC)
The Hybrid Approval System: we combine ruthless automated precision with a cinematographer's judgment.
Automated Compliance Scan
We run every file through industry-standard QC software to verify technical integrity. This includes:
- PSE Check (Photosensitive Epilepsy): Ensuring flash patterns meet broadcast safety standards.
- Gamut & Luma Validity: Verifying color space (Rec.709/2020) and brightness levels stay within legal broadcast limits (EBU R103).
- Loudness & Audio Phasing: Confirming audio levels meet delivery specs (like EBU R128 or ATSC A/85) and checking for phase cancellation issues.
- Bitrate & Container Integrity: ensuring the codec profile and data rate exactly match the delivery specification.
- Digital Dropouts: Detecting black frames, freeze frames, or pixel corruption.
Manual Spot Checking
Once the machine approves the data, we personally review the image, we look for the nuances a computer misses—compression artifacts in the shadows, banding in gradients, and ensuring the overall look remains true to your creative intent.
4. Multi-Platform Delivery
We deliver compliant masters tailored to every destination—from strict broadcast playout servers to OTT platforms and VOD archives.
Localization & Versioning
Managing the complexity of international sales and localized credits for global distribution, we handle complex asset management, including:
- Multilingual Audio: We package multi-language audio stems, synchronizing and merging audio tracks to specific broadcast channels.
- Subtitles: embedding forced subtitles (burned-in) or generating separate "sidecar" timed text (SRT/VTT)
Secure Transfer Protocols
We upload directly to the broadcaster or storage of your choice using industry-standard accelerators:
Storage Optimization
Finally, when done correctly, our transcoding reduces file size (and transfer time) without any visible loss of quality.
5. Metadata Curation & Technical Onboarding
We take over the manual entries of ingestion portals and technical spreadsheets, ensuring end-to-end management of assets.
Asset Mapping
We ensure that every video file, audio stem, and subtitle track is correctly mapped to its corresponding metadata ID (EIDR, ISAN, or internal SKU).
Descriptive Metadata Audit
We organize and format your synopses, cast lists, ratings, and genre tags to meet the character limits and formatting rules of each specific platform.
Artwork & Storefront Assets
We don't just deliver video; we manage the technical resizing and metadata tagging of your posters, thumbnails, and "hero" images to ensure they display perfectly on any device.
Asset Mapping
We ensure that every video file, audio stem, and subtitle track is correctly mapped to its corresponding metadata ID (EIDR, ISAN, or internal SKU).
Descriptive Metadata Audit
We organize and format your synopses, cast lists, ratings, and genre tags to meet the character limits and formatting rules of each specific platform.
Artwork & Storefront Assets
We don't just deliver video; we manage the technical resizing and metadata tagging of your posters, thumbnails, and "hero" images to ensure they display perfectly on any device.
Regular Collaborations
Color Grading: The Final Narrative Layer
A great grade doesn’t just make an image look "nice"—it guides the audience’s eye and cements the emotional tone of the story.
Bringing a cinematographer’s perspective to the suite, we don't just "fix" shots; we re-light them digitally. Whether it’s a documentary requiring naturalism or a commercial demanding a stylized high-gloss finish, we ensure the look serves the story.
Technical Correction & Normalization
The Foundation. Before style comes balance. We neutralize color casts, correct exposure inconsistencies, and ensure every clip sits in the perfect technical pocket for broadcast legality (Rec.709, Rec.2020).
Visual Continuity
The Flow. Filming conditions change—clouds move, suns set, and lenses swap. We match every shot to create a seamless visual thread, ensuring the viewer never notices the cuts, only the content.
Creative Look Development
The Emotion. This is where the story comes alive. Working closely with the Director and DoP, we build a unique visual identity that elevates the narrative—from subtle film emulation to bold, stylized worlds.
Future-Proof Workflow: ACES
We utilize the ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) framework for every project. This ensures your color management is mathematically consistent across all cameras and totally future-proof for any delivery screen, from cinema projection to mobile HDR.
Precision regarding monitoring & Color Fidelity
Your image is only as good as the screen it’s graded on. We operate a fully calibrated, light-controlled environment to ensure absolute color confidence. When we say a black is black, the scope confirms it.
| Category | Infrastructure & Standards |
|---|---|
| Grading Software | DaVinci Resolve Studio (Latest Version) |
| Color Pipeline | ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) / DaVinci Wide Gamut |
| Monitoring | Calibrated 10-bit EIZO CG2420 (Strict Rec.709 / Rec.2020 Compliance) |
| Scopes | Hardware & Software Waveform Monitoring (Nit-accurate analysis) |
| Playback | Real-time 4K/6K/8K processing via GPU-accelerated workstation |