So who is taking an ICA Resolve 10 class?

The world’s 2nd Resolve V10 classes took place in Burbank over a week in early September. I always say it is the mixed demographic of the students that makes the classes so interesting, this class was no different. We had 11 students signed up for my R201 class, half had come straight from the R101 and…

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Fix it in post…WTF!

What has happened to the integrity of the craft of filmmaking? There once was an attitude of keeping the level, the quality of the image superior, but lately I’ve seen the opposite.  I’ve seen DP’s make huge mistakes, in their exposure and in their color settings.  Either it’s ego, or incompetence, but it’s a problem…

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NAB Mixer 2013

NAB show in Vegas. How it’s changed over 10 years….. 2003. As a Colorist you went to NAB with your Company MD, CFO, Chief Engineer, senior editor and spent $350,000 on a Color Corrector. You all got invited to a huge party with free drinks, food and girls dancing on podiums. 2013. You get a…

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Scratch FX Film Garbage clips

In 1988 we didn’t have still stores to grab reference frames. We used to record a section of film to 1” videotape manually, I would then cue this for the colorist and he would use a vision switcher to compare the live film with the tape. Directors often asked me to put the VTR into…

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