Digital Service Station Rescues Filmmaker at the Last Minute

August 13, 2010

Source: Alpha Dogs

Without AlphaDogs' immediate response, indie filmmaker Dave Reda would have missed a film festival win for his short film.

Reda wrote, directed, produced, edited and starred in "Horror of Our Love", a horror/romance/comedy with an unusual love story and many nods to 80's films. Digital Service Station® at AlphaDogs in Burbank, came through for him at the eleventh hour.

"We were in dire need of a transfer from our drive to HDCAM for the Dances With Films Festival here in L.A. It was last minute and I found [Digital Service Station] on the internet," says Reda. "The festival was Friday and we came in on Wednesday looking to get a transfer as fast as we could. It looked and sounded great at the festival—would have been really sad to miss the festival and a win due to not getting a transfer." The short film went on to win the Audience Award for Best Music Video.

"We started Digital Service Station back in 2004 to answer the problem of how an editor with his own edit system could capture or output to expensive tape decks. Now we find that even with file-based capture, clients often need a variety of specialized media conversions", says AlphaDogs CEO and Founder, Terence Curren.

"Additionally, we can offer clients a range of professional services to polish their projects, including color correction, sound mixing, motion graphics, and visual effects. Digital Service Station was a natural extension of AlphaDogs' mission statement which is 'Save the client money without sacrificing quality.' We've partnered with other facilities to make Digital Service Station available across the country and spread that commitment to more people."

AlphaDogs General Manager Paul De Cham notes that, "Digital Service Station is a natural fit for students and independent filmmakers. We care about their small projects just as much as we do about our larger post-production clients, and they reward us by spreading our name and returning for repeat business."

"Horror of Our Love" continues to be a big hit with film festivals around the country, having picked up two additional awards along the way.

Dave Reda praises Digital Service Station's assistance, "It's so nice to be treated like a person and not be frowned upon because I need a little help. Maybe we independent film makers don't have studio money at the moment but we are the future and someday we will. We remember who stepped on us and who helped us along the way, and I truly can't thank AlphaDogs enough for the help and quality of service!"



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