Avid Everywhere Empowers AFI Students to Create Student Academy Award-Winning Films
October 07 2015 - 8:00AM
Avid® (Nasdaq:AVID) today announced that students from the
prestigious American Film Institute (AFI) embraced Avid
EverywhereTM to create films that were honored at the 42nd Student
Academy Awards® in Los Angeles. AFI students used Avid Artist®
Suite and Storage Suite solutions to craft their films, which are
now eligible for an Oscar®, including all three films that won the
Narrative Award—This Way Up, Day One and Stealth.
AFI made history this year by being the first school to win all
three medals in the Narrative category, winning more awards than
any other film school. Established in 1972, the Student Academy
Awards recognize and honor student filmmakers who demonstrate
excellence in the creation of motion pictures. Previous winners
include Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker and
Robert Zemeckis.
This Way Up tells the story of a hardworking homeless man who
creates a ‘fake’ life so his daughter won’t see what he has become.
The filmmakers relied on the industry’s preeminent nonlinear
editing solution Avid Media Composer® and the Avid ISIS® shared
storage system to cut the film in a very short space of time.
“Our project was on a tight schedule – we finished our first cut
two days after we wrapped principle photography,” said Editor and
Post Supervisor, Steven Pristin. “Media Composer allowed our
assistant editor to continually prep incoming footage while I
watched dailies with the team and put together my cut.”
Pristin worked closely with director Jeremy Cloe to cut the
film. “I was thrilled and honored to win a Student Academy Award,”
said Cloe. “After working on a movie for so long it's hard to view
it objectively, so it's an amazing feeling to have new eyes view it
and respond in the way you'd hoped.”
Editor Leo Chan relied on Media Composer to cut Stealth, which
follows a transgender child as she faces the challenges associated
with being her ‘whole self’. “Using the same tools as they do in
Hollywood provides us with good practice and habits that will be
useful in the future,” said Chan.
Stealth Director Bennett Lasseter, added, "AFI was
outfitted with a great Avid workflow that gave the Fellows the
tools to craft their stories in post-production. The lab becomes
your second home for a while, so Avid is what your days start to
revolve around. It was always efficient and smooth to use day in
and day out. It’s clear why it’s the industry standard."
“Together with leading films schools like AFI, Avid
is committed to nurturing the filmmakers of tomorrow,” said Kyle
Kim-Hays, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at
Avid. “By embracing Avid Everywhere, AFI’s students have access to
industry-standard tools and workflows, enabling them to create the
highest quality films and giving them a head start in their future
careers.”
About the AFI ConservatoryThe AFI
Conservatory offers a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree in six
filmmaking disciplines: Cinematography, Directing, Editing,
Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting. Aspiring artists
learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production
environment with an emphasis on storytelling. AFI Fellows make four
to 10 films during their training. Graduates of the Conservatory
are part of an elite group of 4,845 alumni — with 81% of AFI alumni
working in the field according to a recent survey. Artists from the
Conservatory have received a total of 133 Academy
Award® nominations and 27 wins. Throughout the
completed 2014-2015 academic year, AFI alumni have been nominated
for 202 awards by 38 major guilds, academies and
other professional associations — with 72 award wins.
About AvidThrough Avid Everywhere™, Avid
delivers the industry's most open, innovative and comprehensive
media platform connecting content creation with collaboration,
asset protection, distribution and consumption for the most
listened to, most watched and most loved media in the world—from
the most prestigious and award-winning feature films, to the
most popular television shows, news programs and televised sporting
events, as well as a majority of today’s most celebrated music
recordings and live concerts. Industry leading solutions include
Pro Tools®, Media Composer®, ISIS®, Interplay®, ProSet and RealSet,
Maestro, PlayMaker, and Sibelius®. For more information about Avid
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