ICA Open Day at AbelCine Burbank

Warren conducted a Colorist ‘show and tell’ event at AbelCine recently. The session was to preview some of the new ICA classes coming to Burbank followed by some of his favourite colorist tricks and tips. Von Thomas ICA DIT/Colorist and Michael Negrin ASC then joined Warren on stage for a chat about the collaboration between the DP,…

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Private ICA training at Incendio, Venice Beach

On my recent visit to the US I was engaged by Clark Muller, colorist and owner of Incendio to conduct a day of Resolve workflow training. Incendio is a very successful grading shop in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, with big credits for Toyota, Samsung and Lamborghini. They currently use x2 Nucoda Film Masters, running Precision…

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DreamWorks Q and A with Jeff Olm

During my recent Resolve 201 class my students and I were lucky enough to get the chance to visit DreamWorks in Los Angeles. Jeff Olm is one of the world’s leading stereo 3D colorists and also a member of the ICA. Jeff has been at the forefront of stereo grading since Journey to the Center…

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2012 Oscar Nominations

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…

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Update from Lorne

Hi, I can’t believe this year is almost over. I just finished a series of 6 films with Steven Seagal. Now I have time to catch up with Warren and Kevin and see what’s happening with the ICA. Last summer, before things got busy, I started to put a class together dealing with being an…

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The ICA Opens in L.A.

The ICA L.A. Training Center is up and running. We have partnered with Roush Media an established DI Post facility to provide a permanent American home for Colorist training. Roush Media is situated in Burbank, California, just outside Los Angeles, 45 minutes from LAX airport. Our first set of classes were in a large temporary…

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Los Angeles Courses Completed

We had a great week of courses in Burbank, Los Angeles and would like to thank Keith and David at Roush Media for being such excellent hosts! The Introduction Day and Popular Looks are new classes, but the feedback was excellent and I will be introducing them to other locations. Colorists from Italy, UK, Mexico,…

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