45's and robots

So we held the screenings of Still Bill last week and I just thought I’d let you all know a little of the back story to getting it all in place. It’s really a big thanks to a company called FXNetworks in Wellington and specifically Jamie Baddeley who helped make the screenings happen.

3 days before the screening in Wellington we had issues with the digital file of the film and needed a new hi res version. Ascent Media who supplied the original file went in to the studio on the weekend to make a new file and after a number of phone calls I found FXNetworks who offered to download a 23GB file in approx 6hrs, for free. As most of you know regular web download speeds in NZ are painfully slow so we needed to go hi speed cable to grab this file. FXNetwork are big supporters of the film industry and grabbed the file from an ftp server and we got it to the cinema for testing the morning of the screening! It worked, it looked amazing, everybody enjoyed the film and I didn’t have to postpone the screening to a later date, phew!

It’s amazing just how many people helped make the screenings happen and I’d just like to thank everybody for their efforts. I couldn’t have done it without you all, respect.

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