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Giant Pirates Entertainment adopts Forscene
Giant Pirates Entertainment adopts Forscene.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 7496J Forbidden Technologies PLC 17 June 2014 \n \n\n\n\n\n\nDate:\n\n\n17 June 2014\n\n\n\n\nOn behalf of:\n\n\nForbidden Technologies plc (\"Forbidden\", the \"Company\" or the \"Group\")\n\n\n\n\nEmbargoed until:\n\n\n0700hrs\n\n\n\n\n \n \nForbidden Technologies plc\n \nGiant Pirates Entertainment adopts Forscene\n \n \nForbidden Technologies plc (AIM:FBT), the AIM-quoted owner and developer of the market-leading cloud video platform, Forscene, announces that California-based production company Giant Pirates Entertainment has adopted Forscene into its post-production workflow in order to hasten editing of 'The Feed', a new reality-based television series that will air on the FYI network in the United States. Forscene gives Giant Pirates the ability to start editing field packages immediately via the cloud rather than having to wait for hard drives to ship across the country, eliminating lag time that could throw the multi-site production off schedule.\n \nThe production required footage from New York field recordings to be sent to Los Angeles for very quick turnarounds as edited packages for use in studio shoots. Forscene enabled Giant Pirates' post-production teams to view footage and start creating sequences in Los Angeles within hours of the shoot in New York, helping to keep the production running efficiently.\n \n\"Having the ability to work with footage via Forscene so soon after it has been shot is a new and welcome experience for our post team,\" said Tracy Tong, supervising producer on 'The Feed'. \"When QSR Systems, our Avid vendor and rental company for this production, recommended Forscene, we were wary. We had never used any kind of cloud-based workflow before, so we had some concerns about compatibility with the Avid codec, upload times, and ease of use. It turns out we had no reason to worry.\"\n \n\"Forscene's cloud-based technology has shortened the cycle from acquisition to post dramatically,\" said Rob Cloyd, president of QSR Systems. \"In our fast-paced business where production cycles are shortened, Forscene's technology has delivered.\"\n \n\"Forscene has saved us the significant time and complexity involved in getting footage across the country to our team, which has made for an incredibly efficient and timely workflow,\" added Ross J...