Laura Metcalfe - DI Producer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

Tv & Film, Filmlighting, Deakins, Movies, Filmmaking, Production, Film, Cinematography, Film Interviews

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🗓️ 16 August 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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EPISODE 37 - LAURA METCALFE - DI Producer/Finishing Producer

Team Deakins looks into the final step of making a movie or the DI, with DI Producer/ Finishing Producer, Laura Metcalfe (1917, WONDER WOMAN, TOMB RAIDER). While previously called the “DI Producer” since when it started it was all about the DI (“Digital Intermediate”), because the process has become so complex, you’ll hear the role referred to as “Finishing Producer”. We speak with Laura Metcalfe of Company 3 in London who worked with us on “1917”. We talk about when this role actually starts on a movie (much earlier than you might think!) and talk at length about setting up workflows that continue until the film finishes. We also go into detail with Laura about the very bespoke workflow on “1917” and the challenges it presented. We also walk through some of the deliverables of a film (the different formats that are made), how the dailies timing differs from the DI timing and the steps to setting up a DI. And, of course, much more! A very detailed look at post!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and James Deacons, often joined in the conversation by a guest.
0:17.0	It's very informal and we never know where it will go.
0:21.0	We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:25.7	If you'd like to submit a question or topic please do so by emailing pod
0:32.0	POD at Roger Deacons.com.
0:39.0	This episode of the Team Deacons Podcast supported by Company 3, the world's leading post-production group dedicated
0:46.6	to collaborating with both emerging and established filmmakers. Today we're going into makers. from Company 3 London. We had the great pleasure of working with her on 1917,
1:05.0	which was definitely a challenge in post.
1:08.0	We couldn't have asked to go through it with anyone better.
1:11.0	Her credits include Wonder Woman, Tomb Raider, Melissa Fint, and of course,
1:17.2	1917. We'd like to welcome our friend and D.I. producer Laura Medcath.
1:23.7	Laura, thank you for joining us.
1:25.8	Hi, it's so nice to be here.
1:28.4	Could we start by just talking about how you got to where you are now I mean did you at age five want to be a
1:35.2	D.I. producer. Nope I had no such number since. Did you even know what it was? Well, that's exactly it. I had no idea about the kind of jobs that were, that they were in film.
1:48.0	And I was always very interested in theatre. I did a lot of theatre when I was young and dance and art and writing and I did a
1:54.3	literature degree and you know I obviously developed a love of film but yeah just
1:58.6	didn't really know what the options were but I decided that I'd like to get into script of elements following my writing theme.
2:06.3	So I pavement pounded in London and tried to get a runner's job and I couldn't get even in the door
2:12.2	in pre-production or production and essentially the first job I was
2:16.8	offered was as a runner in a post-production facility which is actually Encore, the TV
2:21.3	sister arm of a company three where I now work in the same building,
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