

“To really give a feel for what the final might look like, a lot of times this ‘boardomatic’ edit can get quite involved and complicated,” added Bills. Bills brought the elements into DaVinci Resolve Studio and quickly built an edit timeline for review. The short of it, Fusion and Resolve tick all the boxes.”Īt the start of each episode, Director Will Groebe provided basic storyboards, and a scratch track was created.

Beyond that, it all has to have the capacity to create the level of art we’re capable of, while allowing us to build a pipeline that saves as many clicks as we can along the way. “Everything needs to be battle tested and solid as a rock with our setup, first and foremost. “Even though budget is a common excuse, I don’t feel that it was a huge influence on the tools we chose,” said Bills. With Bills’ extensive experience not only as a compositor but also as an editor and colorist, Sandrew quickly moved him to lead the entire post workflow.Ĭreating a workflow became the key ingredient in producing the level of quality expected by Bleacher Report within the tight time constraints.

Bills to the team, Sandrew immediately asked Bills to learn Fusion Studio as well, realizing other high end compositing packages would be cost prohibitive for the show. “I love the tool so much that I insisted that we use it for this project,” said Sandrew.īringing Lead Compositor J. Current NBA stars featured in the series, which airs on the Bleacher Report website, include Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kyrie Irving.Ī longtime fan of DaVinci Resolve Studio from his work as a stereoscopic supervisor on feature films, Executive Producer Jared Sandrew knew the software would become a key component in production of “The Portal” from the beginning. It was tasked by sports culture website Bleacher Report and its parent company, Turner Sports/Warner Media, to create a limited animation series that brings the greatest NBA stars of today and legends of the past to life for one on one competition. InfiniteWorld is a fully remote company offering brand direct media and asset creation for marketing, eCommerce and the metaverse. Fremont, CA - Blackmagic Design today announced that the animated web series “The Portal,” created for Bleacher Report by animation studio InfiniteWorld, was made using DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software and Fusion Studio VFX and motion graphics software.
