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fully cloud-based workflow for the first season of Amazon Prime Video\u2019s \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>\u201cThe Rings of Power\u201d was the first production to intentionally use a cloud-based workflow from end-to-end, allowing assets to be available to anyone at any time within a secure network.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The workflow was developed using AWS S3 buckets, which housed assets for 12 global vendors and 1,500+ artists located around the world.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Blackmagic Design collaborated with Company 3 to develop a cloud-based color correction and finishing pipeline that allowed CO3 colorist Skip Kimball to color grade episodes remotely with real-time review and feedback.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Ames says cloud-based workflows have changed production and post-production forever, with the scalability of the cloud making it available to productions of all sizes.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr 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Since then, he has worked as a VFX producer, post-production supervisor, and first assistant director of special units on more than 20 productions including <em>Avatar<\/em>, <em>The Departed<\/em>, <em>Star Trek Into Darkness <\/em>and<em> Star Trek Beyond<\/em>, and <em>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his current role as producer on <em>The Rings of Power<\/em>, Ames oversees all the technical departments from camera capture to exhibition. <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> franchise is known for its award-winning visuals that have pushed the art and science of visual effects, which meant that the stakes were high for the first season of the first episodic to emerge from Middle Earth. From the very beginning, the production team understood they would need an end-to-end cloud-based workflow to complete the first season, which contained a whopping 9,164 VFX shots shared among 12 global vendors and 1,500+ artists located all around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think we are the first production to be fully cloud-based intentionally from the beginning,\u201d Ames says, detailing the workflow and the impact it had on the creatives and extended crew. \u201cAs we discovered what that meant, it actually became an even a larger part of our show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Ames, the surprising thing about a fully cloud-based workflow was that it meant that assets were available to anyone at any time, all within a secure network. \u201cWe hadn\u2019t thought of that when we started,\u201d he recounts. \u201cThat wasn\u2019t something that we set out to do, but we found that it was useful and it became standard. All of these modern technologies are brand new and then, once they\u2019re used, it becomes a standard. So the directors just expected it. All the artists on the show, the showrunners, everyone knew that anything was available at any time, wherever we were, as long as we had Internet. And that\u2019s becoming the new standard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Part 1 of this exclusive Q&amp;A, Ames provides an overview of the cloud-based workflow developed for <em>The Rings of Power<\/em>, describing how assets were housed in AWS S3 buckets for multiple vendors to access at any given time. He also discusses how it would have been impossible for the series to have been made any other way, and how the ease and efficiencies cloud-based workflows provide are quickly becoming the new standard in film and television production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch Part 1 below:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moving Middle Earth to the Cloud with \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d \u2014 Part 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Esr4DHM3Sk8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Part 2, Ames dives into the details of producing <em>The Rings of Power<\/em>, naming the key players who helped make the project a reality, including AWS and VFX vendors ILM, Rodeo FX and Rising Sun Pictures, among others. He also details the collaboration between Blackmagic Design and Company 3, who teamed up to develop a cloud-based color correction and finishing pipeline that allowed colorist Skip Kimball to color grade episodes remotely with real-time review and feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch Part 2 below:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moving Middle Earth to the Cloud with \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d \u2014 Part 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AQjz2UIIYkw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Part 3, Ames shares some of the biggest lessons learned from producing the first season of <em>The Rings of Power<\/em>, including the idea that not having materials on-prem was actually quite freeing. He also discusses how cloud-based workflows are changing production and post as a whole, and that the cloud\u2019s main asset is scalability, making it available to productions of all sizes. \u201cAll the shows I\u2019m working on now currently have some aspect of cloud-based production,\u201d he says. \u201cIt is becoming ubiquitous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch Part 3 below:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moving Middle Earth to the Cloud with \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d \u2014 Part 3\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g0spf063qFA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next, Watch This:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ARRI behind the scenes of Amazon\u2019s \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OAqBEQ3m0fI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-css-opacity has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\" id=\"navigating-the-metaverse\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amplify.nabshow.com\/?s=future%20of%20production%20amplified&amp;v=content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DISCOVER THE FUTURE OF PRODUCTION AMPLIFIED:<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" id=\"the-metaverse-may-be-a-wild-frontier-but-here-at-nab-amplify-we-ve-got-you-covered-hand-selected-from-our-archives-here-are-some-of-the-essential-insights-you-ll-need-to-expand-your-knowledge-base-and-confidently-explore-the-new-horizons-ahead\"><em><em>Take a peek into The Future of Production Amplified with <\/em><\/em>NAB Amplify<em><em>\u2019s series featuring top creatives and other M&amp;E professionals helping to shape the future of film and television production. 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