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…
Now that DI has really taken off and the cost of owning a system has fallen sharply, the number of working colorists has grown just as dramatically. This boom in color grading may also have caused significant changes to the perception of images by the audience. Similar changes have been reported and described in language,…
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…
I have seen a huge change from when I started grading in 1988 to 2013. This is a little light hearted look and the differences over a 10 year period. 2003 [Client] I have always wanted to be in one of these rooms, isn’t that machine a million dollars? 2013 [Client] Is this software free…
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…
Resolve V9 was first showcased at NAB 2012, with a projected July release. In May I started to put together a package of ICA classes, Resolve 101, 201 and Warren’s Looks to be rolled out in the second half of 2012. The world tour kicked off in London in July, although you wouldn’t have known…
Staying true to our idea of constant innovation, we have decided to organise a camera shootout. We had one of our high end fashion clients in mind. It was a mission to find the best possible camera and workflow for capturing of images of highest fidelity. The end goal was development and creation of a…
“First off, I am not saying I am a great Colorist, far from it. These are my opinions, not those of the ICA. They are drawn from working with some of the worlds top graders over the past 25 years.” Warren 1 Creativity Being creative is only part of the job, but it is…
As a DP, I have always maintained the importance of having some understanding of the skills that each member of a crew brings to a set. How can I ask a gaffer to handle a task, if I myself do not have an idea of how this may be accomplished. And so goes for the…