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A Remote Avid Post-production Workflow Saves the Day for Original TV Series

Planet Earth is in turmoil. A global disaster has upset the world order, forcing people everywhere to face their deepest fears and learn to live in a society that will be forever changed.
Dec 18
This is the plot line for an original TV series that began airing on a major streaming service in late 2021. Of course, it also applies to real life in the form of the global COVID-19 pandemic. These dual storylines converged in March 2020 shortly after principal production on the show was shut down, leading the series’ producer in charge of post-production to rethink his usual approach to editing. A scary proposition for sure, but one with a true Hollywood-style happy ending.

A character-driven sci-fi drama, the series was being shot in four cities on four continents. Editorial was scheduled to get underway in the Beverly Hills offices of one of the participating production companies, but that plan was rendered obsolete when the pandemic hit. The company had already built-out six bays by that time—three for editors and three for assistants—around Avid Media Composer workstations connected via Avid NEXIS shared storage.

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This article is courtesy of Avid.