Rev13 Films - Continuum Complete Filters

About Rev13 Films - www.rev13films.com

Rev13 Films is a boutique post production and production facility. We have two important types of clients: independent, fast-growing production companies and high end medical clients. For production companies we do a lot of documentaries, and TV series with specific emphasis on finishing, including, color grading and effects. Also, and this is very important in the quickly changing technology landscape we work in, we help sort out the overall post workflow for production companies. We do a lot of our work with Final Cut Studio and also use the Matrox Axio. The BCC filters were all used in Final Cut Studio.

Using BCC filters

Recently the dynamic Montreal-based production company Rezolution Pictures International (www.rezolutionpictures.com) asked us to do the finishing for a high octane documentary style car show they were producing called RezRides. They wanted a very powerful and engaging opener for the show. Creatively the producers wanted the feeling of light and movement, as if the cars were precious diamonds or metals that reflected, streaked and even emanated light. The attached images are pulled from the final product and show what a powerful and creative tool the BCC filters can be. All the lights, glows and streaks were created using the BCC filters.

Buick Lens Flare

The overall look of the shot was created by using a BCC colorized glow effect, with the blacks crushed and the colors intensified. This was combined with a BCC lens flare to create a unique effect on the restored Buick as it races past. It really feels like a blob of light is dancing over the car and finally falls off. You can see another example of the colorized glow in the wall climber image.

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Corvette Light Streaks

In some ways this was a pleasant accident. The BCC light effect - rays streaky was applied to the shot of the corvette running the quarter mile. This did provide beautiful rays and streaks as we had planned, but as we tweaked and keyframed the parameters we saw something amazing. The car looked like it was moving through fluid light, as if the light were streaking over the car like water. Once we showed this to the directors they were amazed. Always take advantage of pleasant accidents, and of course, always take credit for them!

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Conclusions

The great thing about the BCC filters is they really allow you to be creative; you can begin with their presets and then move off into different directions. They are easy to use and give you really great looks, cost effectively. Their podcasts are also really informative; I know that has nothing to do with the filters, but it's cool to see that they spend the time to create these podcasts and help out their new users. A quick note: we have recently used the UpRez filter a lot to incorporate SD footage into our HD shows, and it looks great.

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