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Synchro Film was an Austrian post production company based in Vienna - Neubau . The company, founded in 1989 by Alexander and Susanne Wieser, was the only one in Austria to cover all services in the fields of film, video, digital data and sound.

History and corporate philosophy

Synchro Film Video & Audio Processing GmbH was founded in October 1989. In the early 1990s, the company dealt with 3D animations (1989) and worked with the digital editing program Avid (1990). In 1991, the Cintel technology was used for tube scanning, seven years later 2K scans could be carried out with the Spirit and qualitative film recordings made with the Celco technology, which has proven itself in Hollywood . Synchro Film has already exposed larger cinema productions such as Sturmfrei by Hans Selikovsky or Inside America by director Barbara Eder .

In 1990, the installation of the Fiber Channel Network enabled the transmission of large amounts of data. The purchase of the Nucoda in 2004 enables 2K real-time color correction. From 2006, HD scanning became possible, which was replaced by the acquisition of the Scanity 2010, and so 2K and 4K scans of 35 mm and 16 mm films could also be implemented.

Alongside Listo Film , Synchro Film Video & Audio Verwaltung GmbH is Austria's only film copier and is active in post-processing and film copying for a large part of the film productions made in Austria. The focus of the company lies in the processing of national and international feature and documentary films as well as advertising films and television productions . Avant-garde filmmakers and international film schools are also among the company's customers.

In 2016 the company had to file for bankruptcy. 21 employees are affected.

Areas of specialization

Analog cinema

Synchro Film Video & Audio was the first film laboratory that Kodak KIT Chemie used. Because this chemistry is also used in the positive process, brilliant film copies are created. Kodak IMAGECARE certification ensures that the laboratory processes film negatives to the highest standards. In 2007 the company was the first laboratory in Europe to achieve 100 percent. A separate fresh air system with air conditioning for all work rooms reduces dust formation to a minimum. List of services in the analog area:

  • Negative / positive development
  • Negative cut with keycode
  • Film cleaning with Rewash
  • Copying (wet and dry B + H and Schmitzer)
  • Optical copying and blow up (9.5; S-8; S-16; S35)
  • Archive copying for shrunk material up to 2.2%
  • Optical sound transfer (SRD, DTS, mono / 16 mm)

Digital cinema

Digital Intermed

The term digital intermediate, which is often used today, has a long tradition at Synchro Film Video & Audio. The following tasks are noted in this area:

  • 2K scan of 9.5 mm and (S) 8 mm films ( Spirit )
  • 2K and 4K scanning of 16 and 35 mm films (Scanity)
  • Resolution-independent color correction with HD projection (Digital Vision - Film Master)
  • Noise reduction, scratches and dirt removal
  • Exposure on all "negative or dup / intermediate materials" ( ArriLaser 2 & Celco Film Recorder Firestorm 2X Digital Motion Picture)

graphic

In this department, various activities such as retouching and restoring damaged negatives, title, poster and web design, digital image processing with special effects and 2-D or 3-D animation take place.

TV

The complete completion of TV series, films or documentaries that were shot on film, SD, HD, RED or other digital formats is possible with Synchro Film. The company works with a Spirit Data Cine 2K, Scanity 2K and 4K. Various services are provided in the digital area:

  • Film transfer to SD, HD, 2K or 4K (Spirit Data Cine or Scanity) with AATON DAWN software
  • Dailies in DNxHD or ProRes files
  • Color correction 2K Da Vinci, Digital Vision - Film Master with HD projection
  • Noise, scratches and dirt suppression
  • Avid or Final Cut Off or on-line editing in HD
  • SD, HD, 2K, 4K, RED conforming from EDL, FCP or Avid project
  • Digital online edit suite with Abeka's image mixer
  • Graphics department for special effects, 2-D or 3-D animation
  • Assembly of transmission tapes
  • Transfer to HDCamSR, HDCam, D1, DigiBeta, BetaSP , MII, HDV, DVCPro 25/50, DVCam, DV, Blu-ray, DVD, VHS, U-Matic

restoration

The company has been restoring old film materials for years. In-house technical developments and various patents enable old materials to be restored almost faithfully without digital technology. The wet and recopying of the formats 9.5, (S-) 8, (S-) 16 and 35 mm up to a shrinkage of 2.2% to 16 or 35 mm including Cinemascope is also part of the company's tasks. In addition, the company also has expertise in the field of analog Blow-Up -Verfahrens and deals with the Umkopierung viragierter copies on color negative or color positive by Desmet method or means Viragierung by old technology, but without splices (own method: Virage 2000).

Audio

There are two mixing studios in the house. One is equipped with the Harrison MPC4D digital mixer, the other with the Euphonix System 5 MC-Pro. The technical equipment and the THX certification allow the complete sound processing of feature films and documentaries, of TV and cartoon series and synchronization including script and direction, as well as sound synchronization and sound design. An internal Netmix sound archive is available.

Sponsorship

Synchro Film supports Austrian film festivals such as the Viennale , the Diagonale and Crossing Europe . In addition, various international festivals are supported, for example the film festival in Sarajevo , the film festival in Sofia, and the Black Nights film festival in Tallinn. Training centers such as the University of the Performing Arts in Vienna are also sponsored .