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**Post New York Alliance Podcast**

The Post New York Alliance supports and promotes the Post Production community in New York. This podcast is the collection of talks, seminars and events from the PNYA calendar.

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Fix It In Prep Mar 16, 2022

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FIX IT IN...PREP? THE VALUE OF POST PRODUCTION ARTISTS EARLY IN THE PROCESS..

sponsored by Nice Shoes, Filmlight, and SONY

Most producers have a strong concept of what they want their project to look like, but they don’t always consider editorial, visual effects, music or color grading during the pre-production phase. Bringing post artists into the conversation at the onset of a project leads to enhancing imagery rather than "fixing” in post. In this session, producers will speak directly about the nature of their collaboration with their post team, and share how the early reliance on their skills and experience expanded the possibilities for their projects. Incorporated during prep or on set, your post artists have all kinds of ways to get the most out your of budgets and schedules, as well as that final cut.

Speakers

Alison Beckett
Post Production Supervisor

Kill The Messenger, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Bessie

Brad Carpenter
Co- Producer

Vinyl, Boardwalk Empire, Nurse Jackie

Chris Ryan
Colorist at Nice Shoes

Peter Saraf
Producer / Chair of the PGA East

About Ray, Safety Not Guaranteed, Little Miss Sunshine

Dan Schrecker
Senior VFX Supervisor, Psyop Film and Television

Hail Cesar, Black Swan

Tim Squyres
Editor

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Life of Pi, Unbroken, Lust/Caution,

Moderator

Jennifer Lane
Post Production Supervisor; / Secretary of the Post New York Alliance

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Into the Woods, The Bourne Legacy, Revolutionary Road

Intro to Audio Post: ADR Mar 16, 2022

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Introduction to Audio Post: ADR

Thursday September 3rd, 2015 @ 7pm

Soundtrack NY @ 936 Broadway, 4th Floor

The first in a series about the Audio Post Production process, the PNYA Education Committee in tandem with Soundtrack NY, as well as Dann Fink and Bruce Winant, are hosting ADR 101: An Introduction to the Audio Post World.

The seminar will take place at 7 pm on September 3rd, 2015 at Soundtrack NY, 936 Broadway at 22nd Street, 4th Floor. Drinks and snacks will be available starting at 6:30pm.

The evening will shed light on the individual components of the ADR process. Spotting, scheduling, Principal ADR, Group ADR and Foley will all be covered in detail followed by a live in-studio walkthrough. Leading members of the New York audio community will share their expertise in each of these fields.

Scheduled participants include Craig Kyllonen, Supervising Sound Editor; Mark DeSimone ADR Mixer; Jacob Ribicoff ,Supervising Sound Editor;Maegan Hayward, COO Soundtrack New York; Dann Fink, Loop Group Supervisor; Alex Carpenter, Foley Artist; and Justine Baker, ADR Recordist.

Seating in the studio for this event is limited, so please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org. to reserve your place!

The workshop is free for members - $10 for non members.

Introduction to Audio Post

Thursday September 3rd, 2015 @ 7pm

Soundtrack NY @ 936 Broadway, 4th Floor

The seminar will take place at 7 pm on September 3rd, 2015 at Soundtrack NY, 936 Broadway at 22nd Street, 4th Floor. Drinks and snacks will be available starting at 6:30pm.

Seating in the studio for this event is limited, so please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org. to reserve your place!

The workshop is free for members - $10 for non members.

Introduction to Audio Post

Thursday September 3rd, 2015 @ 7pm

Soundtrack NY @ 936 Broadway, 4th Floor

The seminar will take place at 7 pm on September 3rd, 2015 at Soundtrack NY, 936 Broadway at 22nd Street, 4th Floor. Drinks and snacks will be available starting at 6:30pm.

Seating in the studio for this event is limited, so please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org. to reserve your place!

The workshop is free for members - $10 for non members.

Baker, Ben — **What Keeps a CTO Up At Night?** Mar 16, 2022
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This was a panel presented as part of CCW/ NAB NY. The Post New York Alliance was proud to partner for the first time with NAB on this event.

What Keeps a CTO Up At Night?

If you're doing post production in New York in 2015 – face it, it's not as easy to figure out as even a few years ago. Your production must deal with new formats – it might be 4K, 6K "future proofing," ProRes versus RAW. The Academy of Motion Pictures & Television wants you to move to ACES – but what's that all about? Did we mention that you must be proficient in cloud computing, distribution to multiple smartphone formats, and now – oh my - Virtual Reality?
That's why you'll want to join in conversation with our esteemed group of CTOs and Technologists. These are the experts from top New York post houses who know how the latest technologies might help – or hinder – your bottom line. Our panel will help you understand best practices from camera slate through to the final render, what new workflows can save you time and money, and how to make sense of it all.

MODERATOR
**Ben Baker**
Digital Workflow, Post Production Supervision, Chair of Education Committee
Post New York Alliance
PANELISTS
**Joe Beirne**
CTO of Technicolor
PostWorks in New York **Avi Laniado**
Chief Engineer
Harbor Picture Company **Chris Parker**
Chief Technology Officer, President of Post
Post Production Division, SIM Group **Harry Skopas**
Director of Technology
The Mill

Beirne, Joe — **What Keeps a CTO Up At Night?** Mar 16, 2022
Show notes

This was a panel presented as part of CCW/ NAB NY. The Post New York Alliance was proud to partner for the first time with NAB on this event.

What Keeps a CTO Up At Night?

If you're doing post production in New York in 2015 – face it, it's not as easy to figure out as even a few years ago. Your production must deal with new formats – it might be 4K, 6K "future proofing," ProRes versus RAW. The Academy of Motion Pictures & Television wants you to move to ACES – but what's that all about? Did we mention that you must be proficient in cloud computing, distribution to multiple smartphone formats, and now – oh my - Virtual Reality?
That's why you'll want to join in conversation with our esteemed group of CTOs and Technologists. These are the experts from top New York post houses who know how the latest technologies might help – or hinder – your bottom line. Our panel will help you understand best practices from camera slate through to the final render, what new workflows can save you time and money, and how to make sense of it all.

MODERATOR
**Ben Baker**
Digital Workflow, Post Production Supervision, Chair of Education Committee
Post New York Alliance
PANELISTS
**Joe Beirne**
CTO of Technicolor
PostWorks in New York **Avi Laniado**
Chief Engineer
Harbor Picture Company **Chris Parker**
Chief Technology Officer, President of Post
Post Production Division, SIM Group **Harry Skopas**
Director of Technology
The Mill

The Academy Aces Pipeline Primer: Post And Vfx Mar 16, 2022

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The Post New York Alliance &

the Visual Effects Society New York,

in cooperation with

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,

present:

THE ACES PIPELINE PRIMER: POST & VFX

July 16, 7pm

Venue- The School of Visual Arts Theatre

333 West 23rd Street

After years of research and development, the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) 1.0 has arrived! It is becoming the standard for color management and image interchange for motion pictures, television, commercials and other forms of professional content. This session will deliver an overview of the engineering and science as well as practical information needed to understand and implement ACES into postproduction and VFX pipelines.

ACES enables DPs and directors to better preserve their creative intent from on-set monitoring and look management, to dailies, editorial, VFX, the DI and on into archiving. It does this by addressing the long-standing color management issues facing today’s productions. ACES expands the creative palette with its high dynamic range and wide color gamut capabilities, while streamlining collaboration with standardized encodings and file formats.

Alex Forsythe, Academy technical lead on the ACES project, is traveling to New York to speak about the development of, and latest innovations in, ACES and how it helps color management and workflows. His presentation will be followed by a discussion about practical, real-world implications with several key members of the New York post production and VFX community.

Hear how ACES is being implemented with today’s tools on-set and at leading facilities in VFX, post and mastering. Seating is limited so please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org to reserve your place.

PNYA & VES members are free- $10 non members.

Transitioning from Documentary to Drama Mar 16, 2022

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Transitioning from Docs to Drama Join us for a podcast with host Isabel Sadurni and New York’s top Editors, about how they consistently and successfully bridge the worlds of non-fictional to scripted editorial. Followed by Q&A. PANELISTS: ALLYSON C. JOHNSON (The Namesake, Vanity Fair, Monsoon Wedding ) SAM POLLARD (If God Is Willing And Da Creek Don’t Rise, 4 Little Girls, Clockers) TIM SQUYRES (Life of Pi, The Armstrong Lie, Syriana) CRAIG McKAY (Sin Nombre,Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia) ALAN OXMAN (Control Room, Happiness, Welcome To The Dollhouse ) Many established narrative editors have turned their hand todocumentaries, while others have worked in the opposite direction working as documentarians who crossover intonarrative territory. Whether working within fictional or non-fictional worlds -- we as visual storytellers are instinctively drawn to elements common to both genres, yet thefilmmaking communities often exist separately. What are the strengths, strategies and strokes of luckrequired to bridge the two worlds successfully?BIOSALLYSON C. JOHNSON’sFeature Film work includes: Mira Nair’sAmelia,The Namesake, Vanity Fairand MonsoonWedding which received the Golden Lion for Best Film at the2001 Venice Film. Her television work includes NBC’sS mashand The Slap, The Wire, Quanticoand Marco PoloforNetflix. She is presently editing Baz Luhrmann’s series TheGet Down for Netflix. Johnson received an Emmy Nominationediting the documentaryT he Who’s Tommy: The AmazingJourney. Other rockumentaries include Up From theUnderground (Quincy Jones),S ay It Loud(VH-1) and herTriptych short film Kick Out the Jamsappeared at the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. She hasalso collaborated with such filmmakers as Spike Lee and Griffin Dunne and Bill Moyers.SAM POLLARDis an Emmy and Peabody Award winning feature film and television video editor, and documentaryproducer/director whose work spans almost thirty years. He recently completed as Producer/Director a 90-minutedocumentary titled August Wilson: The Ground On Which I Standfor the PBS series American Masters. His first assignment as a documentary producer came in 1989 forHenry Hampton's Blackside production Eyes On The Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroadsfor which he received a Peabody Award. Between 1990 and 2010, Mr. Pollard editeda number of Spike Lee's films: Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Girl 6, Clockers, and Bamboozledand co-produced a number of documentary productions for Spike Lee PresentsM ike Tyson, Four Little Girls, When The Levees Broke.TIM SQUYRESh as edited several films fordirector Ang Lee; Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet ,EatDrinkManWoman, Sense a nd Sensibility,T he Ice Storm,Ri de with the Devil, The Hulk, andCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The latter earned Mr. Squyres Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Hong Kong Film Award, and [American Cinema Editors (ACE)] Eddie Award nominations, as well as the Golden Horse Award (Taiwan's equivalent of the Oscar).He was an Eddie Award nominee for his workonRobertAltman'sAcademyAward-winning, GosfordPark ,whichalsoearnedMr.Squyresan American Film Institute (AFI) Award nomination.His other feature credits as editor include Stephen Gaghan's S yriana , starring Academy Award winner George Clooney; Paul Auster's L ulu on the Bridge and TheInnerLifeofMartinFrost; andGeorgeButler'sdocumentary G oingUpriver:TheLongWarof John Kerry . He has also edited television documentaries for Bill Moyers W hat Can We Do About Violence? a nd A ddiction: Close to Home ) fo r Michael Moore, ESPN, and VH1 . CRAIG McKAY i s an award-winning feature film editor, story consultant, director, and executive producer. Directing credits include Emmy-Award-winning Bubbe Meises,Bubbe Stories for PBS and HBO’ s T he Red Shoes written by Jo hn Guare. Documentary credits include Br avo’s H aiti: Dreams of Democracy, A cadem y - Award - nominated M andela , and PBS’s a ward - winning W itness: Voices from the Holocaust. Awards in editing include an Emmy for the NBC mini-series Holocaust , as well as two Academy Award nominations for R eds and T he Silence of the Lambs. Other editing highlights include Copland, Philadelphia, Married to the Mob, Something Wild, Melvin and Howard and many others. McKay was also an Executive Producer on the award-winning feature-length documentary A Normal Life. ALAN OXMAN is a film editor and producer who has worked on a variety of narrative and documentary films. As a producer Alan's recent credits include A Matter of Taste which screened on HBO and was nominated for an Emmy Award and P age One: Inside the New York Times which was distributed by Magnolia Films and was also nominated for an Emmy Award. He was a producer on Edet Belzberg’s T he Recruiter , which won the Peabody Awar d, as well as on C hildren Underground which won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award. Alan recently served as post-production supervisor on Inside Job (Academy Award for Best Documentary,2011)andproduceron H otCoffee (Sundance2011,HBOSummerDocSeries).Hewas the co- producer and supervising editor of the Al-Jazeera documentary C ontrol Room (Grand Jury Prize, Full Frame Film Festival). His editing credits include W elcome to the Dollhouse (Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival), H appiness ( International Critic’s Award, Cannes Film Festival) and Storytelling (Cannes Film Festival), all for director Todd Solondz. He was a consulting editor on the Oscar- nominated N oEndinSight, which also won the Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.Alan co-edited U nzipped (Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival), which won the A.C.E. Award for Best Documentary Editing. He won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Documentary Editing on the PBS series C ity Life .

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VFX Colorspace NY Part 2 Mar 16, 2022

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This is part 2 of the VFX Colorspace Seminar, given by Chris Healer, CEO of The Molecule VFX.

VFX Colorspace NY Part 1 Mar 16, 2022

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This is Part 1 of the VFX Colorspace Seminar, given by Chris Healer, CEO of The Molecule VFX.

CREATIVEFUTURE: The Value Of Creativity Mar 16, 2022

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Ruth Vitale, Executive Director of CreativeFuture gave a presentation to PNYA members recently on the gathering momentum to ensure the rights of those involved in the film and video industries. If you're curious to hear more, we have now posted Ruth's presentation on our PNYA Podcast iTunes site.

You can listen to this presentation by Subscribing Here and selecting option 2.

Here's a statement she gave us for our blog:

CreativeFuture promotes the value of creativity in today’s digital age. We embrace expanded audience access to content in ways that reward creativity and hard work. We are united in opposition to for-profit theft of creative works, which jeopardizes the rights of all creative individuals, puts jobs at risk, and undermines new business models and distribution platforms. Our mission is to empower the creative community to speak with one collective and powerful voice – advancing a positive, dynamic vision of a digital future that better serves audiences and artists alike. Please join us in this fight – membership is free. More info can be found by clicking CreativeFuture

Turnover To Vfx Mar 16, 2022

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TURNOVER TO VFX

Technicolor PostWorks New York
110 Leroy Street
New York, NY 10014

November 6, 2014 @ 7pm

The final session in the popular Turnover Series is Turnover to VFX, a conversation between a visual effects editor and visual effects supervisor about what goes into their work together. Technicolor again hosts us in their comfortable Leroy Street ground floor theatre. If you can’t make it, be sure to check out our podcast recording.

This Turnover to VFX workshop will cover the full visual effects editorial process. We’ll hear from top working pros just how visual effects shots move through their workflow from editorial versions to finishing.

Seating in the theatre is limited to 30. Don’t be disappointed by not securing a seat! Please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org as soon as you can. Seats will be allocated on a first-come basis.

Speakers on the night are:

Zana Bochar has been working in postproduction in NYC since graduating from Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts. Zana joined the Editors Guild as an apprentice on A Serious Man. Her feature film work includes Black Swan and Men In Black 3. Zana started in visual effects editorial as a visual effects assistant editor on The Bourne Legacy and Noah. Most recently she was the visual effects editor on Chris Rock's upcoming Top Five.

Chris Healer’s varied career includes finishing a film degree at University of Colorado/Boulder, building a 16mm projector out of Legos and writing a 3D graphics library in DOS, Chris transitioned from web design to motion capture and 3D animation while in Denver. He moved to New York in 2002 to complete work on Below the Belt (Sundance 2004). By 2005 Chris founded visual effects house The Molecule (http://www.themolecule.com). At The Molecule, he splits his time as CEO, CTO, Visual Effects Supervisor, VFX Consultant, Creative Designer, Software Developer, Producer, and Chief Scientist.

Chris has worked on a variety of film and television projects, including The Affair, Nurse Jackie, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, The Americans, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Rescue Me, Damages, 30 Rock, Rubicon, Royal Pains, Smash, Blue Bloods, Golden Boy, A Walk Among the Tombstones, The Giver, Hellbenders, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and many more.

Ben Baker, series’ moderator and PNYA Education committee chair, has worked across a broad range of studio and independent films in both the UK and US as an executive producer, post supervisor, project consultant, workflow designer and manager. His work has covered areas as diverse as on location dailies and editorial for digital cinematography, high-end digital intermediate mastering, feature film restoration and digital asset management over the life-cycle of an entire project, from development to distribution.

Ben’s credits include his work on Casino Royale, The Narnia Chronicles Trilogy, and Generation Kill (HBO). His film and digital restoration work is extensive, including mastering hundreds of films. While living in the UK, Ben ran the Digital Lab at noted facility Framestore. He now lives in the New York area.

The workshop is free for members- non members can sign up on the night!

Turnover To Picture Mar 16, 2022

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TURNOVER TO PICTURE

TECHNICOLOR POSTWORKS NEW YORK

110 LEROY STREET

NEW YORK, NY 10014
THEATRE

OCTOBER 14, 2014 @ 7PM

Following the success our recent Turnover To Sound event, PNYA is holding the second in the series, this time covering picture turnover on October 14, at PostWorks New York.

The workshop will cover picture turnover from editorial to a picture finishing/ DI department. Seating in the theatre for this event again is limited, so please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org to avoid disappointment. Seats will be allocated on a first-come basis.

Speakers this evening are:

Ian Blume has worked in feature film postproduction for 15 years, spanning such films as CHOCOLAT, DOUBT and THE BOURNE LEGACY.

A graduate of Emerson College (Film Studies, 99), he started out in NYC by building a strong foundation at Sound One. There he established close ties in the industry, and quickly became part of a tightly knit family.

Ian has climbed the ranks as an assistant editor, working on 14 features of all budget levels, in the US and abroad. He has collaborated with many top-tier, award-winning editors, directors, writers and producers, and accumulated valuable experience, technique and guidance from all of them.

Ian is currently working as editor on his 2nd narrative feature film, DRAWING HOME.

Matthew Schneider leads the research and workflow development effort at Technicolor - PostWorks through the Test Lab. He assists clients in workflow design and implementation, and other issues related to digital camera systems and formats. He also serves as liaison to Avid and other technology manufacturers to assist in product development and customer support.

Prior to joining Technicolor - PostWorks New York in 2003, Schneider worked as a support engineer for Avid Technology, where he assisted with large-scale broadcast network deployments, and workflow design for feature film and television clients. He is an active member of SMPTE New York and the Sony Cine-Alta User Group.

Ben Baker has been across a broad range of US and UK studio and independent films as an executive producer, post supervisor, project consultant, workflow designer and manager, in areas as diverse as on location dailies and editorial for digital cinematography, high-end digital intermediate mastering, feature film restoration and digital asset management over the life-cycle of entire project, from development to distribution. He lived in the UK for 10 years and ran the Digital Lab at Framestore during that time. He now resides in New York.

The workshop is free for members- non members can sign up on the night!

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Introduction to Audio Post: ADR

Thursday September 3rd, 2015 @ 7pm

Soundtrack NY @ 936 Broadway, 4th Floor

Introduction to Audio Post

Thursday September 3rd, 2015 @ 7pm

Soundtrack NY @ 936 Broadway, 4th Floor

Introduction to Audio Post

Thursday September 3rd, 2015 @ 7pm

Soundtrack NY @ 936 Broadway, 4th Floor

What Keeps a CTO Up At Night?

MODERATOR

PANELISTS