Post & VFX Technology Survey

About you

Gender:

Male Female Rather not say

Age Range:

Under 25 26 - 30 31 – 35 36 – 40 41 – 45 46 – 50 51 – 55 56 – 60 Over 60 Rather not say

Please can you choose the job title from the following that most accurately reflects your own:

Chief Technology Officer Technical Director / Technical Operations Director / Director of Post Production / S(VP) of Technology Chief Engineer / Head of Engineering COO / Director of Resources Head of Operations / Head of Post Production / Head of Technical Services Other

About you

Your Job Title

Which of the following best describes your company / post operation?

Full Service Post Production Company Picture Post Production Company Audio Post Production Company VFX Company Inhouse Post Production (Broadcaster) Inhouse Post Production (Indie) Inhouse Post Production (Advertising Agency) Other

About Your Team

How many Technical Staff are there within your team (including those reporting to your line managers, if you have any)?

Has your team increased or decreased in size over the past three years?

Increased Decreased Stayed the same

Do you believe you have a sufficiently large team? Comment (optional)

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About Your Work

What kind of productions does your company primarily work on, whether third-party or inhouse?
(Please add an approximate percentage of your average annual work by genre to equal 100)

Studio / Feature Films Indie Films Terrestrial TV Films Streamer / HETV Drama Terrestrial TV Drama Comedy Unscripted Entertainment Documentaries / Factual Commercials Animation Other

% on Studio / Feature Films

% on Indie Films

% on Terrestrial TV Films

% on Streamer / HETV Drama

% on Terrestrial TV Drama

% on Comedy

% on Unscripted Entertainment

% on Documentaries / Factual

% on Commercials

% on Animation

% on Other

About Your Work

How long have you been working within post production and / or VFX?

Less than 1 year Up to 2 years 3 – 5 years 5 – 10 years 10 – 15 years 15 – 20 years 20 – 25 years 25 – 30 years Over 30 years

About Your Company

Please can you let us know how many suites or seats are within your company, for the following.
(Please only include suites and not licenses for remote work)

Offline editing suites

Online editing / Symphony

Online editing / Flame

Online editing / Resolve

Compositing suites / Flame

Compositing suites / Nuke

Compositing suites / After Effects

Compositing suites / Fusion

Grading / Resolve (with panel)

Grading / Baselight (with panel)

VFX seats / modelling, simulation, texture…

Animation

Audio / tracklaying and ADR

Audio stereo / final mix

Audio Atmos HE / final mix

Audio Atmos Theatrical / final mix

Note: the disciplines above are deliberately NOT exhaustive. The ambition is to ascertain the scale of your company and what you offer.

Scope of Work

Which of the following typically best describes your role?

I take the lead in recommending vendor and reseller partners I am directly involved in the choice of vendor and reseller partners I am involved in the choice of vendors and resellers but largely defer to others I have little, if any responsibility for the choice of vendor and reseller partners

Storage Infrastructure & Strategy, Part 1

Which of the following best describes your storage infrastructures? (Please tick one)

On-premises (e.g. SAN/NAS) Hybrid (on-prem + cloud) Cloud-native storage

If you’re using or migrating to cloud storage, which provider(s) are involved? (e.g., LucidLink, AWS S3, Dropbox, Seagate Lyve, etc.)

Are you planning to migrate more storage to the cloud in the next 12 months?

Yes No Already fully migrated Unsure

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Storage Infrastructure & Strategy, Part 2

What are the biggest upsides of cloud storage in your experience? (Select up to 3)

Storage volume scalability Remote collaboration Security/privacy concerns Performance/access to cloud processing and rendering Disaster recovery Cost predictability Vendor support None Other

Comment (optional)

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Storage Infrastructure & Strategy, Part 2

And the biggest downsides of cloud storage in your experience? (Select up to 3)

Storage volume scalability Remote collaboration Security/privacy concerns Performance/access to cloud processing and rendering Disaster recovery Cost predictability Vendor support None Other

Comment (optional)

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Storage Infrastructure & Strategy, Part 3

How would you describe your organisation’s overall attitude toward cloud storage?

Negative More negative than positive Ambivalent More positive than negative Positive

Comment (optional)

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Primary storage & MAM System

What is your primary on premises storage or media asset management system?

Pixitmedia EditShare Avid Nexis Quantum Elements Synology Dell EMC Isilon GB Labs OpenDrives Other

What is your primary cloud based storage or media asset management system?

AWS S3 / FSx for Lustre Seagate Lyve Wasabi Microsoft Azure LucidLink BackBlaze IBM Cloud Object Storage NetApp / Storage Grid Other

Are you considering switching in the next 12–18 months?

Yes No Unsure

Why are you considering a change? (Tick all that apply)

Scalability Cost Vendor support Performance Integration with cloud Reliability Other

MovieLabs 2030 Vision

Are you aware of the MovieLabs 2030 Vision?

Yes No

Do you welcome its direction and objectives?

Not at all Mostly negative Ambivalent Mostly positive Very positive

What impact, if any, do you see the 2030 Vision having on your workflows and infrastructure? (Please comment)

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AI & Automation

To what extent is machine automation or assistive AI being used in your pipeline today?
(e.g., QC, speech-to-text, rotoscoping)

Not yet adopted Testing/early adoption Moderately adopted Widely used across departments

What generative AI tools or processes are you exploring or using? (e.g., style transfer, script breakdowns, image synthesis) (Please comment)

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How significantly is AI influencing your facility’s current and planned capabilities?

Barely at all Starting to impact workflows Driving internal innovation Major strategic driver

Comment (optional)

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AI & Automation

What impact do you believe AI will have on your facility in the next 3 years?

Minimal no discernible change Moderate structural change, but little impact on our core creative services / craft skills Significant structural change and impact on our core creative services / craft skills

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COLOUR CRITICAL REFERENCE MONITORS

Please can you answer the following questions on behalf of Barco to the best of your ability. Barco has helped make this questionnaire and resulting survey and report possible. I would value your support in answering these short questions.

Grade 1 Reference Monitors

How many Grade 1 Reference monitors do you have in your grading suites?
Please can you let us know the vendor, model and quantity.

Vendor / Manufacturer

Model

Quantity

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COLOUR CRITICAL REFERENCE MONITORS

Approximately how many other colour critical HDR and SDR monitors do you have across the facility?
Please answer as far as you can - your input is greatly appreciated.

Client Reference Monitors

Vendor / Manufacturer

Model

Quantity

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Online and Compositing (Flame)

Vendor / Manufacturer

Model

Quantity

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QC and Mastering

Vendor / Manufacturer

Model

Quantity

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COLOUR CRITICAL REFERENCE MONITORS

Other Relevant Monitor Deployments

Please specify application

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Colour calibrated artist desktop monitors

If you undertake VFX projects (for example, for film productions and TV episodic), approximately how many colour calibrated artist desktop monitors do you have?
(We do not require exact numbers - a ballpark estimation is sufficient.)

Vendor - Colour calibrated artist desktop monitors

Quantity - Colour calibrated artist desktop monitors

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Vendor - Colour calibrated artist desktop monitors

Quantity - Colour calibrated artist desktop monitors

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Vendor - Colour calibrated artist desktop monitors

Quantity - Colour calibrated artist desktop monitors

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Vendor - Colour calibrated artist desktop monitors

Quantity - Colour calibrated artist desktop monitors

Software & Application Trends, Editorial

Which editing software do you use most regularly?
(Please order where 1 is most common, 2 less and 3 less again and leave any not used blank.)

Avid Media Composer

1 2 3 4 5

DaVinci Resolve

1 2 3 4 5

Adobe Premiere Pro

1 2 3 4 5

Final Cut Pro

1 2 3 4 5

Other

1 2 3 4 5

Do you see demand for your primary editing application increasing or decreasing?

Increasing Decreasing

Comment (optional)

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Is demand for remote editing increasing or decreasing in your facility - and why?

Increasing Decreasing

Comment (optional)

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Software & Application Trends, Online and Compositing

Are you considering changing your online finishing applications?

Yes No

Comment (optional)

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Are you considering changing your compositing applications?

Yes No

Comment (optional)

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Software & Application Trends, Grading and Remote

Are you considering changing your grading applications?

Yes No

Comment (optional)

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Is the demand for remote picture finishing post increasing or decreasing - and why?

Increasing Decreasing

Comment (optional)

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Software & Application Trends, Audio

Please comment on the following statement:

“Avid Pro Tools is our primary DAW for audio post work. It is the de facto industry standard and I cannot see us using anything else”

Agree

Yes No

Comment (optional)

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Is the demand for remote audio finishing post increasing or decreasing - and why?

Increasing Decreasing

Comment (optional)

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Collaboration & Workflow Platforms

What are your preferred / recommended platforms for remote editorial collaboration (e.g., review, feedback, file sharing, versioning)?
(Please name and comment)

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What are your preferred / recommended platforms for remote grade or VFX review?
(Please name and comment)

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Future Challenges and Opportunities

What’s the single biggest technical challenge facing your facility right now?
(Please comment)

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What are the key innovations you're most excited about in the next 2 years?
(Please comment)

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