5/30/10, Prime To Go celebrates 5 years with the Scripps National Spelling Bee for ABC & ESPN
Since 2005, ABC and ESPN have counted on Justin Menzel and the Prime To Go Team to provide on-site non-linear edit systems and technical support, and this year was no different. Prime To Go provided two of their Media Composer Nitris DX systems, a Symphony Nitris DX system, a wide variety of tape formats including DVCPro HD and Digital Betacam with X75 upconvert to 720p 59.94, and tied it all together with a simple 16 TB Lanshare LP Unity network. The only bad thing was that the 90º install day was very "diaphoretic". D • I • A • P • H • O • R • E • T • I • C. "diaphoretic"
4/1/10, Sam Hall joins the Prime To Go Team as Final Cut Editor/Action Sports Archivist/Apple Specialist
Prime To Go is proud to announce that Sam Hall has joined the Prime To Go Team as a Final Cut Editor/Action Sports Media Archivist and Apple Technical Support Specialist. With a strong background in film production and post, Sam’s recent work includes the full production and post on a series of five minute documentary/promos for the Prodigies clothing line which he shot on his Canon XM2 PAL w/Schneider Optics Anamorphic lens (watch it here), and shooting the independent short, “Mother Superior” on a Canon XHA1, a film which he also edited, scored, and completed all Color Correction/Visual Effects (Watch it here). Despite his large library of short films, Prime To Go’s in-house computer geeks love Sam most for his “Light Saber Test Film”. For two days, Sam animated this Star Wars fight scene frame by frame, and added an unparalleled level of sound design to make this one of the best on the net.
But Sam’s knowledge is not just limited to film and visual effects. For the past three years, Sam has worked as an Apple Technical Support Representative for Springboard Media, the Largest Apple Reseller in Philadelphia, and has expertise in most apple products. But it’s his skills as a Final Cut editor that brought him to us. In fact, he knows Final Cut so well that Apple Computers put his birthday on the Final Cut Pro Splash Screen 4/24/84 (Of course, they had to put 4:24:48 because there is no :84 timecode). Happy Birthday Sam and welcome to the Prime To Go team.
2/1/10, Tim Gates joins the Prime To Go Team as Senior Editor
Tim’s innate storytelling meets his energetic approach to each and every edit. He is a seasoned action sports editor and storyteller with past projects including extensive work on the Baja 1000 and 500, Red Bull Snowscrapers, MSG Transit Chapters, the Burton US Open of Snowboarding, the Summer and Winter Dew Tour, World of Adventure Sports, and countless more. In addition to action sports, Tim completed the PBS documentary New Cops, which profiles the journey of Philadelphia Police Academy cadets from the academy to the streets. and will be working on "Digital Dharma", a full length documentary by Producer Dafna Yachin, from Lunchbox Communications. Prime To Go is proud to have Tim as a member of our post production team.
1/28/10, PTG produces web feature for the 2nd Annual Rail Jam hosted by the Temple University Snowboard Club
Riders and Skiers found some snow on the streets of Philadelphia last week at the 2nd Annual Bell Tower Rail Jam hosted by the Temple University Snowboard Club. When we say “find” we mean Big Boulder Park and Buckman’s sponsored the event and supplied 4 truckloads of snow. Steze and Style were certainly on display and Prime To Go was there to capture it. This rail jam feature, produced by Prime To Go's Tom Armstrong, will be shared with variety of organizations and featured on Fuel TV's web site. Press Play to watch the Temple Rail Jam.
1/21/10, Allisports Digital Archive now housed and managed by Prime To Go Broadcast Services
When NBC, MTV, Fuel, or other Alli media partner needs a specific shot to add to their programming, where do they turn?Alli Sports provided a solution to this problem by creating a Digital Archive, powered by Final Cut Server, which gives immediate access to hundreds of hours of footage. Now housed and managed by Prime To Go Broadcast Services, the 45 Terrabytes of continually growing action sports content is tagged to be searchable 24/7 at the click of a mouse. All footage can be previewed in low resolution, and then can be compressed in any quality they need.
1/16/10, Prime To Go completes Tricktopsy National Campaign for Toyota
For the 2010 Winter Dew Tour, Toyota planned a national campaign to promote their involvement in action sports. Entitled "Tricktopsy," the campaign helps viewers understand the steps it takes to complete a variety of Freeski and Snowboard tricks. Prime To Go produced all video content and animations for 9 trick dissections as well as web banner ads promoting the campaign. Here is one example, but you can watch all these pieces on http://www.allisports.com/toyota
12/15/09, Mobile unit of Prime To Go heads to Breckenridge, Colorado
The mobile unit arm of Prime To Go is back on the road. This time heading to Colorado to cut a variety of broadcast features for the Winter Dew Tour. For this 3 day event, Prime To Go is providing two producers, five of their editors, five Dual 8-Core FCP HD mobile editing stations, and their 28 TB mobile XSAN.
12/1/09, Prime To Go moves into New HD Post Facility
The final details are coming together as Prime To Go moves it's new post production facility into historic Bristol, PA. Located in the newly renovated Canal Works building, Prime To Go's new facility includes three fully featured HD Edit Suites (Edit3 Shown), control room with 24 TB XSAN network & HDCAM SR, an After Effects station, and seven additional Final Cut and AVID HD editing stations. In addition to the in-house post facility, Prime To Go offers multiple AVID HD and Final Cut HD mobile packages, as well as a full equipment rental department. Prime To Go is positioned to expand significantly in 2010.
10/25/09, Prime To Go President Volunteers at The Edge Adventure Race to Benefit the American Cancer Society
It was a beautiful day for a Sprint Adventure Race, and more than 100 teams arrived to compete. The racers had 6 hours to reach as many checkpoints as possible on this challenging course consisting of 5 miles of running, trekking and orienteering, 10 miles of mountain biking, and 5 miles of flat water canoe paddling, plus team challenges. This was the last of the 2009 races offered by Gibbons Outdoor Adventure Leadership School. Next years race schedule will be announced in early 2010 on their website Goalsara.org
10/17/09, Prime To Go Broadcast Services providing their AVID systems and support for the 2009 VOODOO Experience Music Festival in New Orleans
The Voodoo Experience alternative music festival returns to New Orleans for the three-day Halloween weekend with a diverse lineup that includes Eminem, Kiss, Jane's Addiction and Widespread Panic. This will be rapper Eminem's first full performance in more four years, and it is his only scheduled concert for 2009. Prime To Go will be integrating their AVID Media Composer Nitris DX HD Solutions with the on-site EVS Network. Details at thevoodooexperience.com.
10/6/09, Prime To Go completes the 2009 Unsound Pro Surf Event post-production for NBC Sports and MSG Plus
Despite bad weather conditions, the 2009 Unsound Pro Surf Event in Long Beach NY finished up on Sunday afternoon in an increasing swell provided by an approaching cold front. While the surf did not quite match the quality of the past few years, it was big enough to provide the local community with some exciting surfing action. Prime To Go completed the 30 Minute Show for MSG Plus and two segments for NBC's Jeep World of Adventure Sports within a matter of days after the event utilizing five of their Final Cut Pro edit rooms and their 24 TB XSAN environment.
9/20/09, Prime To Go Broadcast Services will be expanding into a New HD Editorial Facility Dec 1
Our new facility is located only 20 minutes outside Philly, in the beautiful Canal Works building of historic Bristol. Offering multiple Final Cut HD and AVID HD Editing suites, Prime To Go has the gear and talent for any project.
9/1/09, CBS Brings in Prime To Go for US Open Tennis
Since 2004, CBS has counted on Prime To Go every year to provide On-Site AVID Media Composer Adrenaline and AVID Unity solutions for US Open Tennis in Flushing NY. This year is no different. Prime To Go will be integrating their equipment into an on-site mobile unit, configuring their Unity network with EVS products, and providing two on-site AVID Technicians for 24/hour support.
8/22/09, Prime To Go volunteers their computer processing power for disease research
Prime To Go is now volunteering their editing systems' processing power for BOINC. BOINC is used by many independent volunteer computing projects. Some are based at universities and research labs, others are run by companies and individuals. With many different BOINC projects to choose from, Prime To Go has chosen Rosetta@home, which needs help to determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases. By running the Rosetta program on our computers while we don't need them, we are helping speed up and extend research in designing new proteins to fight diseases such as HIV, Malaria, Cancer, and Alzheimer's. You can volunteer also at BOINC.
8/7/09, Prime To Go Shoots a Behind the Scenes Feature with SK8Face Director Matt Bass
In September, we documented the work of Filmmaker Matt Bass and his latest documentary about the evolution of Skateboard Art called SK8Face. We hooked up with Matt at his first Skate Art show in Philly to talk to Matt about his experiences growing up and how he looks at the world of skateboard art. His profile is currently in post-production, and Matt's documentary SK8Face is scheduled to be released in early 2010.
