Nice Dissolve is a full-service Brooklyn-based cinema & video production company catering to the low-budget/indie market.
We are experts at utilizing low-cost commodity technology and innovative production methods to achieve high-end results, constantly testing out new products and developing new techniques to bring down the cost of high-quality production.
Why Brooklyn?
In today's economic climate, production budgets are shrinking fast. Operating outside of Manhattan, we can offer substantially lower cost production just 15 minutes from Union Square. We're located in a great neighborhood with a burgeoning arts community, an emerging restaurant scene, and within easy walking distance of many of our industry partners.
Independent Film
Looking to shoot a feature or short film without breaking the bank? We're experts on achieving high quality at low cost, and can put together a package of services at almost any budget, including camera packages, jibs/cranes, full post production services, workflow consulting, digital footage management, and more.
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Music Videos & Commercials
Whether you just need a camera, you need a more complete production package, or you need someone to develop and produce your project from end to end, Nice Dissolve can deliver, with a full array of production and post production services targeted at the low to medium budget commercial and music video markets.
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The RED ONE is a new digital cinema camera that breaks free of the old limitations of digital acquisition — and at a breakthrough price. It’s a bit of the future of cinematography, available now. As one of the first companies to adopt the Red One, Nice Dissolve has built up extensive experience with all aspects of Red production.
Looking for more than just a camera package?
Find out about our music video & commercial and
feature film packages, including access to jibs, studio space, post facilities, workflow consulting, digital dailies, etc.
Includes free transcoding for up to one hour of footage, and dailies screening in our HD screening room.
Everything You Need.
- Red One camera body
- Camera Tech (now optional)
- Red 18-50mm zoom lens
- Red Drives (x2)
- 8GB CF cards (x2)
- Red 720p viewfinder
- Red 5.6" LCD monitor (+10 ft. cable)
- Red battery charger
- Red batteries (x4)
- Swing-away matte box
We can also obtain numerous other lenses, accessories, etc. through our local relationships.
Full Service.
Far more than just a rental company, Nice Dissolve provides a full array of Red-related production services. If you rent our camera with a tech, it will be delivered to and collected from your location. We have an editing and color grading workstations set up to work with Red footage, available at low hourly rates. We offer transcoding services for dailies. And you can even screen your footage on the 92" screen in our HD screening room.
Instant Workflow.
The RED ONE uses a revolutionary file-based recording system. Footage is recorded directly to solid-state CF cards or RED DRIVE disk-based “digital magazines.” It can be instantly made available to a Final Cut Pro editing system, with no need for a deck or for capturing. You can even download footage on-set and instantly edit with proxy versions of your footage, or preview full-resolution frames. And you can have sync sound instantly, thanks to the camera’s on-board 24-bit audio recording.
Raw Digital Capture.
Unlike other digital cinema cameras, the RED ONE doesn’t “bake in” your look on-set. It records raw sensor data, so white balance, gamma, color, and even ASA are all decided back in the comfort of the studio, not out in the field.
Over 10 Stops, 320 ASA.
The RED ONE offers a wide dynamic range, and a sensitivity of 320 ASA, but with such low noise that it can easily be pushed to 500 ASA. Because the camera shoots raw, the full dynamic range captured by the sensor is carried over into post, allowing for maximum flexibility when color grading.
Shot with the Red One
The Red One is quickly emerging as the standard camera for high visual impact independent cinema, and is now widely used by high-profile indie directors.
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Compare & Contrast
The RED ONE shoots at resolutions of up to 4096x2304. That’s over four times as many pixels as 1080p high-definition video, and nearly 27 times the resolution of standard definition DVDs or DV camcorders.
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35mm Film |
HD Video |
Red One |
| 35mm-format shallow depth of field |
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only with adaptor* |
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| HD on-set monitoring |
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| Use PL-mount cine lenses |
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only with adaptor* |
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| Extensive metering tools on-camera |
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| Long continuous takes |
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| Record direct to editable digital files |
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some systems |
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| Raw sensor data recording |
N/A |
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| Capture resoltuion |
varies by stock |
1920×1080
or less |
4096×2304 |
*35mm-format adaptors for HD cameras result in loss of light and resolution. The Red One avoids this loss of quality.
Camera
- Full Red One camera package
- Experienced Red camera technician
- Wide variety of cine glass (Cooke, Arri, etc.)
- Various other HD cameras (HVX200, HDX900, etc.)
Studio Facility
- 30 foot seamless cyclorama
- Painted for white or greenscreen at your request
- Carpeted green room
- Full kitchen & bath
- Ceiling grid w/ built-in lighting
- Ground-floor access
- Ample house power
- Exterior urban/industrial shooting locations nearby
Jibs/Cranes
- Jimmy Jibs from 3' to 45'
- Technocrane 24 motorized 40' jib
- Experienced jib operator
Post Production
- Editing/screening room w/ 92" 1080p screen
- High-end Mac Pro Final Cut editing
- Full Red post production workflow
- Full HD/SD workflows
- Editors and visual effects artists
Distribution Support Services
- DVD creation
- Packaging design
- Web marketing and viral video strategy consulting
- Professional web video compression services
- Web design/development
Neighborhood
- 15 minutes from Union Square via L train arriving every 6-8 minutes from morning to evening and every 20 minutes all night
- Growing artist/creative community
- Easy street parking
- Numerous restaurants, 24 hour natural food deli, high-end pizza, falafel, independent coffee houses, bars, etc.
Our partnerships with other Brooklyn-based facilities allow us to offer a complete package, from camera through studio space through post, all within easy walking distance of the Morgan Avenue L stop, in a growing creative community. Significantly lower costs than Manhattan just 15 minutes from Union Square.
More than just equipment.
Nice Dissolve isn't just an equipment rental house or post facility. We can also develop and produce projects from end to end, from writing through marketing strategy. Whether you have a product you want to advertise and you don't know where to start, or you have a music video concept that you want to turn into a finished product, we can help, with our in-house production management and creative talent. Additionally, we also have full production insurance and are on file with the city as eligible to receive street permits.
Camera
- Full Red One camera package
- Wide variety of cine glass (Cooke, Arri, etc.)
- Experienced Red camera technician
- Various other HD cameras (HVX200, HDX900, etc.)
Workflow Support
- Full, fast & well-tested end-to-end Red workflow, from one of the first companies to adopt the Red
- Workflow consulting from pre-production to production through post
- Full digital footage management throughout production and post, including multiply redundant backups of footage and project files
Production Resources
- Studio with 30 foot seamless cyclorama (white or green)
- Screen HD digital dailies on our 92" 1080p screen, on the web, or via Blu-Ray disc
- Jimmy Jibs from 3' to 45'
- Technocrane 24 motorized 40' jib
- Experienced jib operator
Post Resources
- Editing/screening room w/ 92" 1080p screen
- High-end Mac Pro Final Cut editing
- Full Red post production workflow
- Visual effects artists
Neighborhood
- 15 minutes from Union Square via L train arriving every 6-8 minutes from morning to evening and every 20 minutes all night
- Growing artist/creative community
- Easy street parking
- Numerous restaurants, 24 hour natural food deli, high-end pizza, falafel, independent coffee houses, bars, etc.
Our partnerships with other Brooklyn-based facilities allow us to offer a complete package, from camera through studio space through post, all within easy walking distance of the Morgan Avenue L stop, in a growing creative community. Significantly lower costs than Manhattan just 15 minutes from Union Square.
More than just equipment.
Because we also produce projects in-house, we have substantial experience in the world of low-cost production, and can consult about virtually all aspects of low-budget filmmaking, whether you're trying to figure out how to light a scene on the cheap, or you want to discuss cameras and deliverable formats. We also have full production insurance and are on file with the city as eligible to receive street permits.
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