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NPS – Mt. Rainier: A Restless Giant

Challenge:  The Mt. Rainier project posed a big challenge to the Henninger Productions team.  Not only was the project enormous in scope, the resulting film needed to be powerful and emotional while still being informative.

Solution:  Over 9 months of painstaking planning took place before a single frame was shot, with that same attention to detail and planning going into each seasonal shoot.  Finishing the project in post required adherence to the highest standards of HD filmmaking while incorporating archival materials and footage shot using a P2 camera.

Results:  From beginning to end, the Mt. Rainier project took two years to complete and showcases the best Henninger has to offer across all services, from production through post production.

General Dynamics Land Systems

Challenge:  The Land Systems division of General Dynamics has long relied on video to help market their products to the U.S. government. Henninger has been a partner in this endeavor for years, creating marketing and tradeshow pieces that rely heavily upon footage primarily shot by military camera crews over the past ten years.  Ultimately, when General Dynamics Land Systems saw a need for a completely updated, all-HD overview of their entire operation they returned to Henninger to get the job done.

Solution:  Set to fast-paced music and comprised of entirely new HD footage, the new overview piece will serve as a promotional, marketing and branding tool for years to come.

Carrying the Fire Military

Challenge:  “Carrying the Fire” was produced by Sutherland Media Productions under contract to Booz Allen Hamilton, supporting the Secretary of the Air Force, Financial Management Transformation effort.  It was shot in HD XD Cam on location at Mt. Rushmore National Park, Ellsworth Air Force Base (South Dakota) Travis Air Force Base (California) and Keesler Air Force Base (Mississippi).  “Carrying the Fire” tells the compelling story of how Air Force Financial Management personnel support American war fighters worldwide. Emphasizing human connections, “Carrying the Fire” shows how Financial Management’s strength, speed and suppleness have been enhanced, thanks to the transformation efforts. Actors portraying personnel, military and civilian show, through dramatic scenarios, how the transformation is helping Air Force personnel and families.

Solution: Henninger (Jef Huey) did the HD conforming edit.  Dave Markun did color correction.  David Hurley did sweetening and mix which was done in both 5.1 Surround Sound and Stereo.  Ari Zagnit and Donald O’Connell compressed for both Blu-ray and DVD.  Sara Kennedy was the Project Manager.

Results:
Awards Won – 9 Total

  • 2008 CINE Golden Eagle
  • 2008 Bronze Telly Award (Motivational Category)
  • 2008 Aegis Award Winner (Promotional/Sales Category)
  • 2008 Bronze Summit Creative Award (Government category)
  • 2008 Gold Hermes Creative Award (Government Category)
  • 2008 Gold Communicator Award of Excellence (Corporate Image)
  • 2008 Gold Communicator Award of Excellence (Employee Communications)
  • 2008 Silver Communicator Award of Distinction (Motivational)
  • 2008 Videographer Award of Distinction (Government/Military Category)

Moore Huntley Productions – David Huntley

National Geographic Television “Manmade: Alaska’s Extreme Machines”

Challenge: The client requested we do an audio layback, QC an hour long show and then do final deliverable dubs in two days to make the requested deadline to National Geographic by Friday.

Solution:  However, the project became more involved.  They were sending us a DVCPro HD Master so prior to laying back the show; we needed to dub it to HDCam-SR which is the final deliverable tape format.  Originally they were going to deliver the tape on Wednesday, however due to a major ice storm in the Boston area, their graphics were delayed, so the tape was not arriving until Thursday.  Someone from their company was going to fly in to Dulles International Airport with the master at 8am and then take a taxi to Henninger to arrive by 9am.  A dub order was in place to transfer the DVCPro HD master to SR.  Then audio laybacks were scheduled to follow.  The (3)-DVD’s of the audio files arrived @ 10am via Fed Ex and were imported.  Then (2)-passes were made to lay down the audio to the SR with Dolby-E encoded surround sound.  Then we needed to add the textless graphic elements to the master.  Those elements were being Fed Exed to us Thursday morning.  We imported the files and found that there was not enough room at the end of the master, so we had to output the graphics to a separate HDCam-SR tape.  Afterwards, the show was QC’d which is (4) passes in real time.  The show was approved for final dubs to be made overnight for delivery the next day.  The tapes were shipped out to National Geographic Friday morning.  Then the client requested a DVD be made of the graphics reel.  Since the tape had already been shipped to Geographic, we had to make another output from the edit system and then make a same day DVD dub for Fed Ex that evening to Moore Huntley Productions.  All of their deliverables were shipped to them Friday evening.

Net Result:  Normally this is a two- to three-day process, and we did it one day.  Due to the timeliness of everything and the departments of duplication, audio, editorial, and qc working efficiently and quickly, it all got done without a hitch.  David Huntley’s response was, “good working with you, appreciate your great service and speedy help with all this.”