cineSync: The Last Airbender

Wednesday, 14 July 2010

For M. Night Shyamalan's latest film The Last Airbender (based on the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender), San Francisco based Industrial Light and Magic used cineSync to manage the VFX reviews with Shyamalan's production company Blinding Edge in Pennsylvania.

Post recently talked to Carole Kenneally from Blinding Edge. Here's an excerpt from the article:

ILM’s shot production workflow was enhanced by a new pipeline pioneered on Harry Potter.

VFX sequences were sent between ILM VFX editor Tony Pitone and Buff and Kenneally as consolidated Avid media. “Pitone would send VFX shot versions as AAFs. We keep all versions of all shots organized by cut reel and VFX sequence,” notes Kenneally.

CineSync was used to manage VFX review sessions between ILM and Blinding Edge. ILM and Shyamalan could simultaneously watch synced playback and annotate right on individual shots. “I would have the AAFs already cut into the editor’s Avid reels,” explains Kenneally. “This allowed Conrad and Night to work on the shots and manipulate the cut in regard to the progress of the VFX shots right away.”

To read the rest of the article, including an interview with M. Night himself, check it out at Post.