Each member of the editing team used his or her own Media Composer system... All seven systems were connected to an Avid Unity MediaNetwork with 16 terabytes of shared storage, enabling them to share media and projects simultaneously.

Given the magnitude of the visual effects work, the greenscreen work was extensive, and Kloner used the Avid Media Composer system exclusively to create the temp visual effects. “When building composites, my ‘go to’ effects are 3D Warp, AniMatte, and SpectraMatte with a few others mixed in from time to time,” he says. Working with four different effects houses, Kloner also made use of color-coded tracks and locators to indicate which shots were temporary, interim, and final on the timeline, so the entire editing team could see the status of each effect shot at a glance. Read entire story »