EFILM

EFILM
Industry Post Production
Founded 1998
Headquarters Hollywood, California
Number of locations
 Hollywood, California
Key people
 Kevin Dillon, Executive Vice President Operations
Philip Mendelson, Chief Technology Officer
Services Digital Intermediate
Parent Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.
Website www.efilm.com

EFILM Digital Laboratories, founded in 1989, is a company serving the motion picture and television industry. Their clients include film studios, independent filmmakers, advertisers, animators, visual effects companies and large format filmmakers. EFILM is part of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., a group of facilities overseen by Stefan Sonnenfeld which also includes Beast, Company 3, Method Studios, RIOT and Rushes.

Services

  • Cinemascan
  • Colorstream
  • eVue
  • Digital Intermediate
  • Digital Lab Services
  • Image Processing
  • Laser Film Recording
  • Location Services
  • Security & Vaulting
  • Tape to Film Transfers
  • Video Services
  • 16MM and 35MM Scanning

History

EFILM adds 65mm film recording as a service for theatrical clients, theme parks, museums and other special venues. EFILM completed several 65mm film recording projects including T2 3D Battle Across Time, which open at Universal Florida in the summer of 1996.
EFILM's laser recording system successfully records its first VFX scenes for the feature film Dante's Peak. EFILM is also delivered 22 minutes of scanning and recording for the 1997 Academy Award Best Picture winner Titanic. Additionally, EFILM is selected to film record Contact, The Devils Advocate, Mouse Hunt, Con Air, Spawn, Alien 4: Resurrection, and Austin Powers International Man of Mystery.
EFILM is first to transform digitally originated HDTV 24 frame footage to 15 perforation 65MM. The results are displayed for the Large Format Cinema Association conference in Los Angeles at the California Science Center and at the Universal City Walk IMAX theaters. EFILM goes on to experiment further with large format film makers and completed the first ever 3D stereo HD to 65mm short film.
EFILM begins development to improve the accuracy of digital projection systems, specifically the refinement of the digital display matrix to better emulate film.
We Were Soldiers is the world's first full length motion picture created as a true 2K digital intermediate. The film is digitally mastered from fade up to fade out with :EFILM's proprietary technology including a number of industry firsts.
The first feature film to be 100% digitally mastered at true 2K resolution.
The first feature film to be 100% digitally colored timed on a computer.
The first feature film with release prints that required NO lab timing.
The first feature film with close to 2000 first generation release prints.
The first feature film with all the video masters derived from the 2K digital files.
EFILM is the first digital intermediate facility to incorporate storage area network (SAN) technology for creating digital intermediates.
Deluxe Laboratories became a 20% owner of EFILM.
EFILM expands its facilities by 8,000 square feet and added multiple digital color timing suites. This positions EFILM to become the leader in digital intermediates with the largest dedicated digital laboratory in the industry.
EFILM performs the world's first location-based Digital Color Timing for a theatrically released film, Universal's Bruce Almighty. The work is done under the direction of Dean Semler, ASC in Austin Texas while Dean is shooting The Alamo. The system includes EFILM's computer based color timing system, proprietary digital projection and our colorist. The session lasts two days with Dean giving specific direction and previewing the results on location via a digital projector. EFILM then returns to its home in Hollywood with the meta data created on location to complete the film.
EFILM scans the live action film, digitally assembles the cut, color times the entire film and renders and film records Spiderman 2 at 4K. Other industry firsts include nine digital negatives that generate 10,000 first generation domestic prints as well as RGB HD video masters derived from the high resolution images.
Deluxe Laboratories assumes sole ownership of EFILM after reaching agreement to purchase Panavision’s interest in the industry’s premiere digital film laboratory. Already a 20% owner, Deluxe completes the purchase of Panavision’s 80% holding to become the outright owner of EFILM.
EFILM introduces a virtual keycode mechanism that enables unique tracking, identification, frame accurate editing and asset management of each and every frame (up to 5.45 sextillion), either digitally generated, composited with other (single or multiple) film material.
EFILM creates and launches Colorstream. Colorstream is a proprietary viewing and color correction tool for use on the motion pictures set that allows for on-set emulation and pre-visualization of digitally captured content. The Colorstream color science tool allows DPs to manipulate, store and retrieve printer lights, contrast, saturation and explore special looks they develop with the film's colorist prior to shooting. Color decisions made on set are then imported into the digital dailies and digital intermediate (DI). Colorstream allows for the efficient hand off of images from dailies to previews into DI and deliverables. From on-set previews of digitally captured images through the post production, the Colorstream state-of-the-art technology allows for the precise tracking of all frames through the entire digital motion picture production process and has been used in such feature films as Click, Apocalypto, Appaloosa and 2012.
EFILM opens a separate division dedicated solely to finishing motion picture trailers. EFILM Trailers is a natural extension of the technical innovations for Digital Intermediates applied to the demanding marketplace of trailers.

Awards

2011

Feature films

  • Skyfall (2012)
  • Looper (2012)
  • The Avengers (2012)
  • John Carter (2012)
  • The Vow (2012)
  • War Horse (2011)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Pt. 1 (2011)
  • The Three Musketeers (2011)
  • Killer Elite (2011)
  • Abduction (2011)
  • Seven Days in Utopia (2011)
  • 30 Minutes or Less (2011)
  • Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
  • Friends with Benefits (2011)
  • Snow and the Secret Fan (2011)
  • Horrible Bosses (2011)
  • Bad Teacher (2011)
  • The Beaver (2011)
  • Prom (2011)
  • The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
  • Just Go with It (2011)
  • The Rite (2011)
  • The Adventures of Tin Tin (2011)
  • Anonymous (2011)
  • Moneyball (2011)
  • Straw Dogs (2011)
  • Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
  • Colombiana (2011)
  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (2011)
  • The Help (2011)
  • The Smurfs (2011)
  • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  • Zookeeper
  • Monte Carlo (2011)
  • Jumping the Broom (2011)
  • Thor (2011)
  • Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
  • Battle Los Angeles (2011)
  • The Roommate (2011)
  • Another Earth (2011)

eFilm Workstation

eFilm Workstation is also a software program developed in-house at EFILM. It uses a proprietary file formate that follows the DICOM standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging. One of the major tags for differentiations is that of the Modality.

Modalities

Modality Description
BI Modality of type Biomagnetic Imaging
CD Modality of type Color Flow Doppler
CR Modality of type Computed Radiography
CT Modality of type Computed Tomography
DD Modality of type Duplex Doppler
DG Modality of type Diaphangraphy
EC Modality of type Echo cardiography
EM Modality of type Electron Microscope
ES Modality of type Endoscopy
GM Modality of type Gross Microscopy
LS Modality of type Laser Surface Scan
MA Modality of type Magnetic Resonance Angiography
MG Modality of type Mammography
MR Modality of type Magnetic Resonance
MS Modality of type Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
NM Modality of type Nuclear Medicine
OT Modality of type Other
PT Modality of type Positron Emission Tomography
RF Modality of type Radio Fluoroscopy
RG Modality of type Radiographic Imaging (conventional film screen)
RT Modality of type Radiation Therapy
SC Modality of type Secondary Capture
SM Modality of type Slide Microscopy
ST Modality of type Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
TG Modality of type Thermography
US Modality of type Ultra Sound
VL Modality of type Visible Light
XA Modality of type X-Ray Angiography
XC Modality of type External Camera (Photography)

References

  1. ↑ "HPA Winners Unveiled at Gala Evening Celebration". Createasphere. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "HPA Celebrates Post Industry, Individuals". The American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

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