Last year many people contributed to our colorist slant on the Oscar nominations for best picture. It made interesting reading and we have done the same again this year, with the inclusion of Best Cinematography to round the list up to 10. Thanks to everyone that replied here, privately, on the TIG and on the…
The ICA is pleased to welcome Sascha to its lineup of international colorist instructors. Sascha has written a series of three classes around Assimilate Scratch, so there is something for all levels of users. The class outlines are for Scratch 101, Scratch 201 and Scratch Post Workflow We are planning for 2012, and have already…
Program offers access to development versions of THX cineSpace products, expanded training opportunities for best practices and enables communication between production facilities. Hollywood, October 25, 2011 – THX Ltd. today announced the THX cineSpace™ Partner Program, a growing ecosystem of experts in the content production space, with a common goal of offering products that ensure quality…
“180” is the first movie for director Jayendra, who has had a long successful career in high end commercials. His sponsors include Qube digital cinema solutions and Sathyam Cinemas, so it is no surprise that he insists on great image quality. What might be a surprise is that he chose to shoot with digital cameras.…
Los Angeles, August 22, 2011 – The International Colorist Academy (ICA) and THX Ltd. announced a partnership whereby ICA will offer classes on the use of LUTs for grading, display calibration, matching, and emulation. The inaugural class will be held October 31, 2011 at the ICA training center in Los Angeles. The courses will feature the THX…
London, – August 8th, 2011. International Colorist Academy (ICA) continues to expand with the addition of a new instructor. Dado Valentic joins the ICA team as an instructor for Digital Camera Workflows & Grading. Dado is a highly experienced stereoscopic 3D colourist, based in the UK, and recently graded the BAFTA award winning “Flying with…
Just back from Tokyo where I was asked to present a one day seminar. Its a long way for a day but I thought it would be fun to see how color grading is changing there, since I have not been for about 5 years. Imagine my surprise when strolled into the presentation theatre to…
The ICA is two years old at NAB 2011 and is proud to announce it’s 50th class in Chennai India April 4rd -7th . “There has been a huge interest in our training for colorists by colorists. We have been impressed by how far some of them will travel, but wherever the demand justifies it…
I am recently home from my first visit to Estonia, where I was invited to teach Colorist Strategies and Popular Looks at the Baltic Film and Media School (BFM). The course has been in planning for over a year following an introduction at IBC, and was mostly funded by grants to introduce more post production…