This year was the 50th anniversary of the International Broadcast Convention and it was as lively and inspiring as ever! Over 57,000 visitors descended on Amsterdam, and enjoyed the networking, discovery and education of the show, day and night. Even the drizzle and wind could not dampen our spirits. For me the stand out trends…
ICA is a big fan of Colorist Society International, which celebrates its first birthday at NAB 2017 and has organised some group tours with some of its supporters. These events are a great way to meet other colorists during the show, and find out what is new at the same time. As an added incentive, many of…
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…
Read More at http://www.bbcstudiosandpostproduction.com/blog/4k-ultra-high-definition-uhd-mean-thing/ Still a couple of places on Kevins Colorist week, 3 classes of 2 days each starting Aug 17th 2015. Details at http://www.cvent.com/d/lrqdd3
High Dynamic Range (HDR) explained High Dynamic Range (HDR) displays are beginning to appear from several manufacturers. They are destined to revolutionise the entire viewing experience and deliver dramatically improved storytelling for audiences. I have been monitoring (excuse the pun) the technology progress and am now a firm advocate of the potential of HDR and of Dolby…
There is something very exciting and motivating about finding a new technique. Sadly the more experienced we become as individuals and as a profession the less those truly inspired moments come. So I am happy to share this new find with you. Maybe I am not actually the first to have discovered it, but that…
Regular visitors to our ICA site may have discovered TomParish.com. Tom has taken classes with both Warren and myself so understands our approach to training and self improvement very well. He is a successful colorist but still finds time to research and interview, then post his findings on his site. Most recently Tom and I chatted about…
Thursday 6th November 2014 I saw a preview of “Interstellar” from one of only five 70mm prints in Europe. This is how Christopher Nolan intended us to see his latest epic (much of it was shot on 65mm Imax film) and it turned out to be a really big deal. Roger Ebert wrote of Kubric’s…
