The first thing Steve Jaggi, the co producer of Short Beach, said to me was “The sun always shines in Short Beach.” My clients, Steve and Liz from Jaggi Shute productions, had arrived in the grading suite before me. Now this isn’t ideal, but is something that happens when you work as a freelance colorist.…
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…
After having graded a number of projects filmed on the Red One camera, I was keen to see what their new camera, the Epic, had to offer. I recently got the chance to work on a music clip for Australian artist Megan Washington called “Holy Moses.” Directed by Stephen Lance and posted at the newest…
We had a full audience for both sessions as I made my presentation on color correction using Resolve. I had a great crowd of over 100 in each presentation… Ah the master speaks as one person put it!
The bunch of Resolve 201 students arrived at 0930am Friday morning full of questions and expectation. 5 of them had just completed the Resolve 101 class with me during the previous 3 days, so were ready for a step up to the 201 level. The Singapore 8 Emilio Batungbacal , Pilipino owner operator, 20 year…
My new Resolve V8 online training classes have just been released. “Why make online classes aren’t you going to take students from your ICA classroom training?” The answer is that the 2 training models are very different. The classroom is very interactive you get the chance to exchange footage, views and skills with not only…
“Do what?…. grade a movie in 3 days!” This was what I replied to Stephan Surya Colorist at 3Di Jakarta when he asked me to grade their latest movie project “Safana”. I continued “You just cannot do a film justice in 3 days. What I can do though is set the key looks of the…
Working for Blackmagic Design when they announce a free DaVinci Color corrector means only one thing, a crazy busy time for the demo artist! I left Australia on Friday morning, arrived late into LAX but managed to charm my way through to the front of the immigration line, only to then wait 40 mins for…
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSSWith the paint still wet and the drinks fridge still chilling the new Media Village training room opened for business last week. Chris and Pat from MV had decided to expand their already strong commitment to training by creating a dedicated training space. Equipped with a Mac…