FACILITIES

As the demand for marketable independent cinema continues to rise, so do the costs. Our production and post-production facilities are designed to create high-quality, original, entertaining, and uplifting films on reasonable budgets.

BCDF’s facilities span over 50,000 sq. ft. They were created through the meticulous renovation of a 35-acre horse farm—including an equestrian barn and arena—into a Hudson Valley epicenter for state-of-the-art filmmaking.

Audio

BCDF facilities include a state-of-the-art music studio.

Studio Specifications

Designed and built by Chris Bowman (CHBO Inc.)
Live Room
Studio A
Studio B
Isolation Booth
Music Composition Suite
Conference Room
Yamaha C6 grand piano

Gear

Rupert Neve Designs 5088 (16x8x2 console)
16 channels of state-of-the-art ADA conversion (Burl B80 Mothership)
Various outboard equalizers (Crane Song, Empirical Labs)
Dynamics processors (Millennia Media, Crane Song, Tonelux, Empirical Labs, Lafont Audio Labs)
Effects processors (Bricasti Design)
Various microphones (Josephson Engineering, Schoeps, Crowley & Tripp, AKG, Gefell)

Software Instruments

Complete Vienna Symphonic Library
LA Scoring Strings (LASS) sample library
Native Instruments Komplete 5

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Visual

BCDF’s facilities consist of three editing suites running the latest software from Apple, Avid, and Adobe, as well as one full finishing suite with calibrated monitoring and lighting for color grading, off-line and on-line editing, titling, digital effects, and compositing.

The facility runs over 45 terabytes of networked storage, making collaboration between the editing suites and the sharing of projects and media as streamlined as possible.

The facilities also house a large, sound-treated projection room with a 12-foot screen, making it an ideal environment for high-quality HD review of dailies, works in progress, and finished projects.

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Production

NY State–qualified sound stage (7,000+ sq. ft.)
Music studio (1,000+ sq. ft.)
Editing suites (1,500+ sq. ft.)
Theater (800+ sq. ft.)
Offices and conference rooms (12,000+ sq. ft.)
Storage, including props and wardrobe (27,000+ sq. ft.)

JVC on-set monitoring (24")
Panasonic on-set monitoring (27")
1 Red Epic camera
1 Red One camera

Red cameras are preferred by many of the industry’s most acclaimed producers and directors, including Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, The Informant) and Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings). Recently, these cameras have been used to film The Hobbit (Peter Jackson), The Book of Eli (The Hughes Brothers), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Rob Marshall), and The Social Network (David Fincher), among many others.

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Hudson Valley

“What I didn’t expect was that upstate New York would be so beautiful to work in. Who knew?”
—Bruce Beresford

When you visit the town of Kerhonkson, it’s hard to believe you’re only two hours from Times Square. Home to historic farms, landmark mansions, Rip Van Winkle, and the world’s largest garden gnome, New York’s Hudson Valley is a virtual paradise that’s just far enough from civilization to be truly civilized. We chose Kerhonkson as the home of BCDF Pictures for many reasons—fresh local produce, family-owned businesses, and a community of creative professionals whom we’re proud to call neighbors. Most of all, the Hudson Valley gives us something you just can’t duplicate on a soundstage: room to breathe, space to think, and a place to let ideas grow at a natural pace.

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