Five
days of five separate lives dramatically unfold against the backdrop
of the Washington D.C. Metro in Brainbox Productions' Five Lines. Recently
previewed at the prestigious New York Independent Film Festival, Five
Lines was shot entirely on HDCAM, on location in the nation's capital.
"It's
hard to picture the difference HD makes without actually seeing it,"
said Bill Davidson of Brainbox. "It's been described as
looking out a window rather than looking at a screen. The effect is
stunningly real."
When Brainbox set about creating a full-length HD movie, they knew they
had to rely on technology that just a few years ago didn't exist on
any set or in any studio.
"We
shot the film using the Sony HDW-700 HDCAM camera," Davidson said.
"The HDCAM was then down-converted to standard definition BetaSP and
was cut using in-sync's Speed Razor 4.8. We cut the trailer at the same
time on another system, and once it was finished in standard definition,
we moved the project over to BOXX Technologies' FusionBOXX HD running
Speed Razor 2000X.
"We loaded up the project, with all titling and effects still intact,
re-digitized the material and re-rendered," he said.
"Except
for the fine tuning of the color correction for HD, the process was
nearly automatic, resulting in a true uncompressed 1080i hi-definition
trailer. I couldn't be happier with the flawless performance of the
FusionBOXX HD system," Davidson said.
Currently, Brainbox is using FusionBOXX HD to re-digitize and re-render,
or online, the entire feature from standard definition to HD.
"FusionBOXX HD makes the process so easy, with the results so rewarding,
that standard def production may be a thing of the past here at Brainbox."
For more information on FusionBOXX HD or other BOXX Technologies solutions,
please visit the BOXX web site at www.boxxtech.com
or call 877-877-BOXX or 512-835-0400 (outside North America). For more
information about Brainbox Productions please visit www.brainme.com.
Five
days of five separate lives dramatically unfold against the backdrop
of the Washington D.C. Metro in Brainbox Productions' Five Lines. Recently
previewed at the prestigious New York Independent Film Festival, Five
Lines was shot entirely on HDCAM, on location in the nation's capital.
"It's
hard to picture the difference HD makes without actually seeing it,"
said Bill Davidson of Brainbox. "It's been described as
looking out a window rather than looking at a screen. The effect is
stunningly real." 
"We
shot the film using the Sony HDW-700 HDCAM camera," Davidson said.
"The HDCAM was then down-converted to standard definition BetaSP and
was cut using in-sync's Speed Razor 4.8. We cut the trailer at the same
time on another system, and once it was finished in standard definition,
we moved the project over to BOXX Technologies' FusionBOXX HD running
Speed Razor 2000X. 
"Except
for the fine tuning of the color correction for HD, the process was
nearly automatic, resulting in a true uncompressed 1080i hi-definition
trailer. I couldn't be happier with the flawless performance of the
FusionBOXX HD system," Davidson said.