In conjunction with Colorist Society International, we are bringing back our search for the colorists on the Oscar nominations. Yes, their credits are buried down at the bottom of the endcrawl, and no, they probably won’t get a mention in any of the acceptance speeches, but you know they (and often their team) watched every…
What is HDR? Why does it matter? Will it last? And how should we handle it? We’ve been hearing about ‘HDR’ since 2014, and it’s clearly an important and much debated development in the industry. Rather confusingly, HDR has come to mean two quite different things: The use of multiple exposures merged together to capture…
“How long will it take to grade my film?” It is a question I am asked all the time, so I have some standard replies. Obviously every TVC, movie or music video is different so a rough guide is the best you can offer your client without seeing the footage. These examples are based on…