With a reported production budget of $12 million, the hour-long pilot for the new Wonder Woman TV series posed quite a few challenges to the creative talents at RH Factor, a two-room post facility based in Burbank, CA.

“Pro Tools|HD Native brings EuCon control to our [Avid Euphonix] System 5-MC console,” states co-owner Dave Rawlinson, “which we definitely needed during the complex film-style mix for Wonder Woman.”

“Originally, our 5-MC in Stage A was configured with Nuendo as the mix engine; we changed the system over during a weekend to work with HD Native and then mixed Wonder Woman.”

Written by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, Boston Legal) and produced by Warner Bros. Television, the high-visibility Wonder Woman pilot for the 2011/12 series development season offers an updated dual theme of Diana Prince as CEO of a major conglomerate by day and a superhero by night, with Adrienne Palicki in the starring role; the pilot has yet to be picked up by a TV network.

“Since we are now an all-Pro Tools facility,” Rawlinson continues, “the ability to both mix and edit inside the box from the same work surface offers a number of creative and operational advantages.”

Rawlinson handles effects and Foley mixing from Room A’s left-hand seat, while Peter Kelsey oversees dialog, ADR and music from the right-hand side of the 5-MC console.

“In the past, we replayed most elements from Pro Tools, and mixed within Nuendo. Now we use Pro Tools|HD Native as the DSP engine, with Pro Tools 9 as a multichannel stem recorder, so that we can leave the room with all stems and mix downs on a hard drive,” which saves another lay-off session.

RH Factor handles post production for a number of popular TV series, including Harry’s Law, Raising Hope, The Middle and Breakout Kings.