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more data than may ultimately be needed … just in case. It may appear to be overkill at first blush, but with the majority of today’s content born digital, the cost of reshooting scenes – time/financial – is far more expensive. In addition, while flash media can be reliably used multiple times, most filmmakers will reuse it three-four times before retiring it to the archives. While this is being done, Frame.io and similar workflow solutions also capture/store insurance copies (complete copy of digital data filed and never touched) of the project. Remote postproduction – editing, sound mixing, color mixing/grading, visual effects, etc. – was already being widely used by film/episodic producers prior to 2020, it grew up quickly in the past two years and has proven its viability and value as we can see with the rush of audience-appealing theatrical tentpoles and the constant flow of unique content for streaming services around the globe. We admit we weren’t major supporters of cloud storage and collaborative post workflow in the past (we always liked the idea of seeing someone doing stuff across the room until that became impossible); and today, we wonder how projects ever got completed before today’s cloud work. Workflow/production tools from Adobe, Avid, EditShare, Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve, Atos’s BNCS+ and others have proven invaluable to allow broadcasters and filmmakers to work with the