{"id":66018,"date":"2020-09-25T12:07:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T17:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=66018"},"modified":"2021-02-08T15:21:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T21:21:17","slug":"owc-flex-8-thunderbolt-storage-makes-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/66018-owc-flex-8-thunderbolt-storage-makes-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC&#8217;s Flex 8 Thunderbolt Storage Makes a Difference One Story at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='1170' height='659' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hrxXcGZpD8c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We all know that video is the most powerful way to tell a person\u2019s, organization\u2019s, or community\u2019s story. For years, access to use powerful video storytelling tools was outside the capabilities of anyone who wasn\u2019t a professional willing to invest tens of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, the democratization of video production has increased. One of the last great game-changers was the advent of the DSLR video capabilities introduced in 2008. What was created as a \u201cthrow-away\u201d feature for photojournalists to be able to take quick videos in the field turned the industry upside down and revolutionized the way everyone, from consumers to professionals, uses video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, the smartphones you carry in your pocket can capture 4K, high frame rate video at a quality level that makes the professional SD cameras of the early 2000s look like footage captured with elementary school toys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone from stay-at-home parents, to traveling YouTubers, to middle school students, have at their fingertips, powerful, easy to learn, accessible tools for telling their stories. And one organization telling the story of these young storytellers is <strong>We Make Movies<\/strong>, based in Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/student-filming1400-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/student-filming1400-1.jpg\" alt=\"eARTh students in the field applying what they\u2019ve learned.\" class=\"wp-image-66022\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/student-filming1400-1.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/student-filming1400-1-213x120.jpg 213w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/student-filming1400-1-284x160.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/student-filming1400-1-190x107.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/student-filming1400-1-213x120@2x.jpg 426w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/student-filming1400-1-284x160@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/student-filming1400-1-190x107@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>eARTh students in the field applying what they\u2019ve learned.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-plan-it-earth\">Plan it: eARTh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wemakemovies.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Make Movies<\/a>&nbsp;is a non-profit dedicated to empowering creatives to tell stories: from shorts to features, narrative fiction to docs. They serve filmmakers, content creators, and storytellers of all ages with free weekly workshops, discounted resources and services, educational industry events, showcases, and film challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, We Make Movies, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osf.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orphaned Starfish<\/a>, and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weuplifttheworld.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Uplift the World Foundation<\/a> embarked upon a project whereby they are partnering with other technology providers (including <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/macsales.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWC<\/a>) to help disenfranchised youth from around the country tell their stories in powerful ways. It\u2019s all part of the eARTh Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>The eARTh Project tells the story of students using mobile filmmaking as a means for creative entrepreneurship,<\/em>\u201d said Steve LaMorte, a director and producer for We Make Movies and project lead for WMM on eARTh. \u201c<em>While our class was initially planned to be in person, we started with our students right before the citywide quarantine began, and we quickly had to pivot into virtual remote learning.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having to switch to remote learning in such short notice was a challenge. But LaMorte and the other WMM participants also saw it as a new opportunity for the students. LaMorte continued. \u201c<em>The eARTh Project partners outfitted the students with mobile devices. That allowed them to document their experiences as high school students under quarantine from an underrepresented community like Compton, CA, which is often misrepresented in the media.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With current eARTh teams in Los Angeles, Chicago, and St. Louis, eARTh is just getting started in creating a nationwide campaign to transform the youth of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/remote-learning.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/remote-learning.jpg\" alt=\"Steve LaMorte teaches one of the students from Compton via FaceTime.\" class=\"wp-image-66036\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/remote-learning.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/remote-learning-213x120.jpg 213w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/remote-learning-284x160.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/remote-learning-190x107.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/remote-learning-213x120@2x.jpg 426w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/remote-learning-284x160@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/remote-learning-190x107@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Steve LaMorte teaches a Compton student via FaceTime.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-telling-a-big-story-requires-big-drives\">Telling a big story requires big drives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/461788136\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The We Make Movies team is documenting their time with the eARTh Project kids and putting it together in an unscripted docu-series. As you might imagine, the amount of footage required to create such a series required a lot of storage and editing power to work fast and flexibly. For this reason, the WMM post-production team has turned to&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/thunderbay-flex-8\/thunderbolt-3\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWC\u2019s ThunderBay Flex 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Roscoe, one of the team editors, commented, <em>\u201cEven in my relatively short 6 years of working in post production, it is insane to see how the world of hard drives has grown from the USB 2.0 and Firewire devices I used in college to the absolute juggernaut that is the ThunderBay Flex 8. It could get frustrating seeing so many projects with so many clients get split between a menagerie of different drives that pile up on my shelves. It gets even worse when the standard formats of ports and cables keep changing and evolving, requiring me to constantly swap cables and add adapters when I need to have multiple projects hooked up at once. So I love having a single tower that gets to house everything I\u2019m working on at a given time, all in one place.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve LaMorte, who does his fair share of editing on the eARTh Project, chimed in. <em>\u201cBecause the docu-series had to quickly go from being traditionally shot to sourcing media remotely in more of a &#8216;found footage&#8217; production, having a sturdy storage solution was an absolute must.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roscoe-owc.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roscoe-owc-284x213.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Roscoe working on a ThunderBay Flex 8\" class=\"wp-image-66023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roscoe-owc-284x213.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roscoe-owc-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roscoe-owc-190x143.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roscoe-owc.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roscoe-owc-284x213@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roscoe-owc-160x120@2x.jpg 320w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roscoe-owc-190x143@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Matt Roscoe with the Flex 8<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with teen kids shooting with a variety of cameras, iPhones, and iPads,in addition to documentary crew footage, resulted in a plethora of formats the post team had to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cSwitching to the ThunderBay Flex 8 was a game changer for our production company,\u201d<\/em> says LeMorte. <em>\u201cIt has enabled us to mix formats and combine several input devices into one unit, which really helps in a work from home environment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roscoe also found the power and flexibility of the aptly named \u201cFlex 8\u201d to be a vital part of the production process. <em>\u201cWith over a Terabyte worth of interviews, assignments, and class recordings circulating across Google Drive and Dropbox, having the Cloud accounts synced to my MacBook Pro&#8217;s Internal drive was not an option. So setting the Google Drive and Dropbox accounts to sync to the SSD Stripe that comprised the Top 4 Bays was vital. Also, with the Flex 8\u2019s bottom four Bays configured as a RAID 5, as well as its ability to connect to outside drives via the Dock, I have been able to efficiently back everything up to different places. In fact, this RAID array was a lifesaver when a separate external drive I was using completely failed during this production, right before an important deadline.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems only fitting that a project that helps teens be better stewards of their bodies (healthy eating) and planet (sustainable living) be serviced by a hardware array that itself does its part in conservation. The 3-in-1 aspect of the Flex 8 (dock, PCIe slot, and drive bays) not only significantly reduces the desktop footprint but improves energy conservation and material use since you physically need fewer encasements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Flex 8 3-in-1 feature set is also a key aspect of the benefits during production on the eARTh Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-future-proofing-from-community-teens-to-creative-teams\">Future-proofing: from community teens to creative teams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When all is said and done, the eARTh Project is \u201cfuture-proofing\u201d these teens. WMM founder and CEO Sam Mestman had this to say.<em> \u201cThese kids don\u2019t typically have access to this kind of equipment, software, or education. The eARTh Project is helping them not only be better storytellers, but also self-sufficient citizens and entrepreneurs that will be able to tackle any challenge life has to throw at them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bijan-class.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bijan-class.jpg\" alt=\"Executive Director of We Uplift the World, Bijan Machen, teaching a room full of students.\" class=\"wp-image-66028\" width=\"600\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bijan-class.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bijan-class-282x120.jpg 282w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bijan-class-284x121.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bijan-class-190x81.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bijan-class-282x120@2x.jpg 564w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bijan-class-284x121@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bijan-class-190x81@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>600Executive Director of We Uplift the World, Bijan Machen, teaches a room full of students before the Covid-19 lockdown.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In much the same way that eARTh Project has prepared their teens for whatever the future has in store, OWC\u2019s ThunderBay Flex 8 flexible framework and set up has done the same for the production team telling the teens\u2019 stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roscoe confirms. <em>\u201cAs new storage solutions emerge, I know we will be able to expand and continue to make the most of this storage solution as all of our productions continue to grow and expand.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LaMorte says, <em>\u201cUsing the thunder bay has dramatically changed our workflow and has been tremendously helpful for a large scale documentary like this. 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