Marathon Finishes at West Post
Santa Monica - 13th February 2008

West Post finishes master for Digital theatrical distribution of Spirit of the Marathon

Santa Monica - 13th February 2008 - West Post Digital have announced details of how they assisted Director/Producer Jon Dunham in finishing his Spirit of the Marathon movie project at their Santa Monica facility.

Kenny Fields Partner in West Post comments, “This was a very cool project for West Post to work with and represents the way the Production and Post Production businesses have changed in the past 5 years.”

Dunham shot everything digitally; starting on HDV and adding other digital HD formats as required as production progressed. All the initial cuts and early post were done in FCP and the files then came into West Post for finishing work on some scenes that required additional color correction in the facility’s da Vinci suite. The finished project was eventually distributed digitally to 500 theatres nationwide via satellite.

Jon Dunham Spirit of the Marathon Director/Producer adds “West Post has been great to work with and was totally happy to take our FCP files and work with them which really helped us. I wouldn’t have any hesitation working with them again on a future project. I started shooting Spirit of the Marathon with a low cost HDV camcorder and eventually the finished movie was distributed via satellite by National Cine Media. No part of the movie has ever been transferred to film—no film out; no prints at all.”

The first release for a single night in January grossed $600k. On February 21st Spirit of the Marathon will be distributed digitally again to around 500 more theatres. For more information about the movie or for specific theatre details check out the website: www.marathonmovie.com

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