Grading a 1 take Music Video

Last year I collaborated with Jason Wingrove www.wingrove.tv to grade his one take Music Video ‘These days’ by Martha Marlow It was shot in one take using the EPIC. The hardest thing about grading a single 3 minute clip is that there are no cuts, no where to get the scissors in, no way to…

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Grading an Android TVC in Tokyo.

It was late on Friday night and I was finishing a TVC grade at the Chop Shop in Brisbane. I got a call from Kanta Yamaguchi of Green Leaf Films, asking if I could color a TVC next Wednesday in Tokyo. I had already committed to a half-day grade on Thursday in Brisbane, so the…

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Remote grade between Brisbane and Austin

Earlier this year I sat down and graded a project with Tom Parish. Not a normal session as I was in Brisbane and Tom in his studio in Austin. After a few false starts, with different Resolve versions, missing media and IP issues we connected and corrected a small test project. This process is ideal…

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Dutch Colorist Masterclass

I am currently in Japan sitting in a grading room, waiting for my clients to arrive. They are delayed so my mind wondered back to Amsterdam, where I conducted a Colorist Masterclass, here are my thoughts.. It was a fantastic honour to be asked to talk in front of the Dutch Colorist Guild before IBC…

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