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Prime Focus has teamed up with TV production company Nutopia and the History Channel to post the 12-part series\u00a0America The Story of Us.<\/em><\/p>\n

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America The Story of Us<\/em> tells the story of how America has evolved, using CGI animation, dramatic recreations and thoughtful insights from some of America’s most respected artists, business leaders, academics and intellectuals. It\u2019s an in-depth look at the people, places and things that have shaped the nation, and the tough and thrilling adventure that is America’s 400-year history.<\/p>\n

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Elements of the post process were managed through the use of CLEAR, the \u00a0proprietary content and workflow management platform at Prime Focus<\/a>, which was used to simplify communication and send information and content between London and New York. CLEAR also came to the rescue when due to volcanic dust affecting European airspace, two episodes were sent electronically across the Atlantic to be played out and delivered to the History Channel.<\/p>\n

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Richard Fearon, who graded the series along with fellow colourist Graeme Hayes, said: \u201cWe started out trying to come up with a series look, but we very quickly found that the grade for the early settlement section, for example, wouldn\u2019t fit in with the look back at the 1929 Wall St crash. Therefore the grade was evolved depending on what was going on in the story, which is nice as it allows you to have different looks within each episode.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Richard added: \u201cThe reconstruction scenes are nicely shot \u2013 there\u2019s a lot of production value in them. Then there are the talking heads, so the contrast between the two is interesting, and it makes the drama stand out a lot more. Your eye gets used to how you\u2019ve graded a certain section and I\u2019m sure that it\u2019s the same for the viewer. You almost forget that the grade is there because you\u2019re engrossed in what\u2019s going on, and then when it cuts to a talking head you\u2019re reminded that the drama is quite different.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Prime Focus\u2019 Phitz Hearne and Rada Danilovic were responsible for the audio work including mixing and sound design. \u201cThere was a lot of sound design required for the dramatic reconstructions so we sourced a lot of sound effects that are of the time, such as British cannons and muskets for the battle scenes,\u201d said Phitz.<\/p>\n

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The online work was completed by Ronnie Newman and Alex Pickering, and it was post produced by Juliet Gonsalves, Will Garbutt and Lou Sutherland-Smith in London and Mary Martin in New York. Sara Hill was the post-production executive.<\/p>\n

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See more work by Prime Focus on Fired By Design<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit Prime Focus<\/a><\/p>\n

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Project: America The Story of Us<\/address>\n
Client: Nutopia<\/address>\n
Broadcaster: The History Channel US<\/address>\n
Executive producer: Jane Root<\/address>\n
Production manager: Ceri Smith<\/address>\n
Post production manager: Peter Miller<\/address>\n
Series producer: Kathryn Taylor<\/address>\n
Series editor: Ben Goold<\/address>\n
Post production: Prime Focus<\/address>\n
Colourists: Graeme Hayes, Richard Fearon<\/address>\n
Online editor: Ronnie Newman, Alex Pickering<\/address>\n
Audio: Phitz Hearne, Rada Danilovic, Anthony Faust<\/address>\n
Post producers: Juliet Gonsalves, Will Garbutt, Lou Sutherland-Smith, Mary Martin<\/address>\n
Post production executive: Sara Hill<\/address>\n

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