Scene & Heard Public Relations

Digital Ordnance have announced that their Frame Thrower™ network attached real-time playback system for Film and HD content was used by Technicolor in the restoration of the 1980’s cult movie Blade Runner.

VP of Technicolor Digital Services, Tom Burton comments “The Frame Thrower™ has become an integral part of our Digital Services workflow. For both Visual Effects and Restoration projects, it has been an invaluable tool for initial previewing of shots for evaluation and pre-process planning, for internal work-in-progress reviews, and for final client screenings. Even when working with 4K data, such as in our recent Blade Runner restoration project, we can load the 4K files and have immediate 2K viewing proxies created on the fly, which is an immense time-saver during production”.

Daryll Strauss, Digital Ordnance Founder & CEO added, “This is a fantastic and prestigious project for both Digital Ordnance and Frame Thrower™ to have been part of. We are seeing more clients adopt networked devices with real time playback to streamline and improve their review of HD and Film material in post facilities and on production. Frame Thrower™ is a state-of-the-art solution which is becoming increasingly accepted—especially for its ability to significantly ease lengthy VFX review processes.

About Digital Ordnance
Founded early in the 21st Century, Redondo Beach, CA-based Digital Ordnance is a leading provider of proprietary digital production technology solutions for the film and digital cinema communities. Its premium quality uncompressed products are extraordinarily easy to use, and are fully conversant with the very specific needs of today's motion picture, post production and visual effects clients. Digital Ordnance’s flagship product, Frame Thrower™, a network attached real-time playback system for film and HD content, integrates smoothly into the post production pipeline—making it the system of choice for such facilities as LAIKA, Disney/Buena Vista and Technicolor DCS. Digital Ordnance can be found on the web at www.digitalordnance.com