BeBop created a cloud environment for Cinematic Media to work on simultaneous VFX projects in-house that was more affordable and efficient than an on-prem hardware solution.

Team at ESTUDIOS | GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ © 2019
Cinematic Media is partially owned by the production company Argos Comunicación, and is located within Estudios Gabriel García Márquez (GGM), one of the largest independent production studios in Latin America.
In the summer of 2019, Cinematic Media secured several simultaneous visual effects projects for upcoming TV series: three shows for a major global streaming service, and two for a multinational media conglomerate. The projects would primarily involve tracking, clean-up, and rotoscoping.
But a problem needed to be solved first. In order to meet the demand, Cinematic Media would need access to several powerful computers, and more machines than they currently had on premises. They also needed access to these machines quickly, since deadlines were already looming.
The company had the ability to increase operating expenses because the work orders had already come in. But they could not afford the significant capital expenditures to invest in new local equipment. Especially if it meant that the new computers would sit idle if/when the volume of VFX projects subsided.
This is where BeBop came in.
Arturo Sedano
Managing Director, Cinematic Media
BeBop created a cloud environment for Cinematic Media to work on simultaneous VFX projects in-house that was more affordable and efficient than an on-prem hardware solution.
Team at ESTUDIOS | GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ © 2019
Once VFX is complete Estudios GGM downloads the final files to conform in Cinematic Media, color corrects, and then sends the files directly to the respective streaming service/broadcast networks.
Estudios GGM utilizes BeBop Over The Shoulder (OTS) to enable remote real-time review and approval from home by the VFX Supervisor.
A “BeBop Room” was created on-premises containing Zero Clients – far more affordable than the super-powerful on-prem computers Estudios GGM would have had to install without the BeBop Cloud Platform. This was done to control bandwidth and eliminate any perceptible latency.
Onboarding took approximately one week, during which BeBop sent implementation and support staff to México City to train the VFX artists, VFX supervisor, and IT on how best to set up and use BeBop for an ideal user experience.
Arturo Sedano
Managing Director, Cinematic Media
Team at ESTUDIOS | GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ © 2019
BeBop Platform – Remote VFX Workstation
Using the BeBop Cloud Platform now enables Argos, Cinematic Media, and Estudios GGM to simultaneously support numerous VFX projects in-house.
This is work that could not be done without BeBop without an approximate 5:1 ratio of CAPEX to OPEX – which was unaffordable – or outsourcing to another post-production company.
BeBop has not only made Argos, Cinematic Media, and Estudios GGM VFX capabilities more nimble and powerful, but now the companies are testing Avid on BeBop as a cloud editorial solution!
Arturo Sedano
Managing Director, Cinematic Media
Team at ESTUDIOS | GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ © 2019
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