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…
In December I traveled to Taiwan to run the first ‘BYO’ laptop Resolve training class. I have often talked about a BYO class but up until now didn’t think the hardware would be up to the job. The old saying ‘you never know till you try’ was to be tested here. This is my Taipei…
The Mixers at NAB and IBC had prompted a call for an Asian version. So with the help of http://www.media-asylum.com and http://www.mediav.com.sg the ICA started the ball rolling straight after the IBC Mixer. So on Wednesday 23rd November, 75 creative color folk gathered at the Blu Jazz Cafe in Singapore for the first Asian Colorist Mixer. The world…
We often get asked this question. It’s understandable, and I’ll try to address it from my point of view. The ICA instructors are all working colorists, constantly balancing our training classes with grading commitments to our clients. A training class has to be locked and publicized at least 2 months beforehand. This allows us sufficient…
The 3rd IBC Colorist Mixer was held on Saturday 10th September at a fantastic canal side venue Felix Meritis in Amsterdam. People arrived by bicycle, boat, scooter, tram, some of us even walked! The weather during IBC was the best I’ve witnessed, so people arrived in good spirits, looking forward to a fantastic night. The…
It’s OK grading beautifully shot material, but sometimes we need to challenge ourselves.That’s why my classroom footage is a mix of cameras, good and bad material, plus a mixture of XMLs, EDLs and baked workflows. The R201 challenge we worked on today consisted of a 30sec TVC edited from previous campaigns. RED, Alexa and PSD…
Grading 4K Raw in Cambodia wasn’t something I had expected when agreeing to take on a mentoring assignment in Phnom Penh. I had never been to Cambodia so had the impression that the post industry would be a little behind Vietnam, having previously graded projects…
