Baselight helps to polish Uncut Gems

  LONDON — 14 January 2020: Uncut Gems is the latest movie from directing duo, the Safdie Brothers. The movie tells the story of a charismatic New York City jeweller and gambler (Adam Sandler), and is set in the diamond industry of New York. So it is appropriate that the colour palette was created at ...

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Learning Curve: The Mysteries Behind the LUT Box Unveiled

In this installment of Learning Curve, we take a look at how to use the software and hardware combination known as a LUT box.

Periscope Post & Audio Adds Senior Colorist Kevin Michael Kirwan

Television credits include “American Horror Story”, “American Crime Story”, “9-1-1”, “24: Live Another Day”, “Killing Reagan” and “Glee”. HOLLYWOOD— Veteran Colorist Kevin Michael Kirwan (American Crime Story, American Horror Story) has joined Periscope Post & Audio. Kirwan brings more than 20 years of experience as a senior colorist and credits on more than 40 television ...

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Directors Cut upgrades to Baselight for HDR and 4K

Directors Cut grading suite   LONDON — 31 October 2019: Independent London post house Directors Cut Films – owned and operated by its creative staff – has invested in a Baselight TWO colour grading workstation with a Blackboard 2 control panel. Directors Cut works primarily in premium long-form television, as well as drama series, documentaries ...

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Power of Baselight X on display at the heart of Inter BEE

  Yoko Kimura joins to spearhead sales and marketing in region   LONDON — 29 October 2019: FilmLight is to demonstrate the state of the art in creative colour and efficient workflows for production and post on its booth at Inter BEE 2019 (13–15 November, Makuhari Messe, stand 6111). At Inter BEE, the FilmLight presence ...

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Colorist Lucie Barbier-Dearnley Joins Sim, New York

Former Company 3 artist hits the ground running with documentary and feature work. New York — Continuing to build the pool of talent at its post-production facility in New York, Sim has hired Lucie Barbier-Dearnley as senior colorist. Barbier arrives from Company 3, London, and brings expansive credits across features, episodic television and documentaries. Her ...

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Fifty Fifty adds second Baselight grading suite

  Experienced long-form colourist, Joe Stabb, to push boundaries of 4K and HDR deliveries   LONDON — 21 October 2019: Leading London boutique post house Fifty Fifty has added a second Baselight grading suite as part of its expansion programme. With the growing interest in top end content for broadcast and streaming, both suites are ...

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Creative Category Nominations for 2019 HPA Awards Announced

The HPA Awards Committee has announced the nominees for the creative categories for the 2019 HPA Awards. A standard bearer for creative excellence and technical innovation, the HPA Awards honor outstanding achievement and artistic excellence by the individuals and teams who help bring stories to life. Launched in 2006, the HPA Awards recognize outstanding achievement ...

Colorist Society International at IBC 2019

AMSTERDAM— The Colorist Society International (CSI) has a prominent presence at this week’s IBC gathering in Amsterdam. Among other things, the organization will take part in the convention’s first ACES User Group Day as CSI president Kevin Shaw leads a session on the impact of the new color management standard on color grading. The discussion ...

SMPTE Hollywood Section to Address the Transition to Wide Color Gamut at September Meeting

LOS ANGELES —  The Hollywood Section of SMPTE®, the organization defining the future of storytelling, will explore the advent of wide color gamut and its impact on motion picture and television production at its monthly meeting, Wednesday, September 25, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles. The wide color gamut provided ...

C&I Studios Relies on DaVinci Resolve 16 Studio’s Cut Page for Social Media Deliverables

Fremont, CA – August 21, 2019 – Blackmagic Design today announced that C&I Studios, a global content creation agency, is using DaVinci Resolve 16 Studio’s new cut page for faster than ever editing. Relying on DaVinci Resolve 16 Studio for end to end post production, including editing, color grading, visual effects (VFX) and Fairlight audio, C&I ...

New Australian Sci Fi Film Quanta Shot on URSA Mini Pro and Graded with DaVinci Resolve

Fremont, CA – August 15th, 2019 – Blackmagic Design today announced the new sci fi film “Quanta” was shot entirely on an URSA Mini Pro, while grading was done using DaVinci Resolve Studio. The film is one of the first globally distributed films by the new Melbourne based film production company and film collective Raygun, and ...

FilmLight presents Colour On Stage at IBC2019

  Free programme expanded to two days to provide greater opportunities to see industry leaders in finishing demonstrate their craft   LONDON — 13 August 2019: At this year’s IBC, FilmLight (stand #7.A45) is hosting the free two-day seminar series, Colour On Stage, on 14-15 September 2019. The event provides an opportunity for visitors to ...

Legendary colourist Yvan Lucas reunites with Quentin Tarantino for ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’

  LONDON — 5 August 2019: The latest movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, took the 2019 Cannes Film Festival by storm. The film visits late 60’s Los Angeles with colour and vitality realised by cinematographer Robert Richardson. To create the distinctive vintage look of the period, Yvan ...

Saudi Arabia’s first production facility incorporates Baselight

  LONDON — 31 July 2019: Following the lifting of a 35-year ban on cinema in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nebras Films has established the first full facility production and post service, based in Riyadh. As part of a complete offering, the post house includes a Baselight TWO grading suite with the latest v5 ...

Youngster builds powerful workflows with BLG

    LONDON — 18 July 2019: One of London’s newest high-end finishing houses, Youngster, is delivering uncompromised quality thanks to FilmLight’s unique BLG workflow. Youngster is using the innovative setup to provide seamless, renderless content exchange between Flame VFX, Avid editing and the Baselight grading and finishing suite. The BLG workflow is already being ...

Award Contenders Enlist Light Iron for Post Services

Light Iron, a Panavision company specializing in post production services, is again playing an important collaborative role with notable episodic series this season. Customized workflow offerings from Light Iron for BETTER THINGS, THE GOOD FIGHT, THE OA, RAMY, SHRILL, THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL, and WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, included dailies, digital intermediate, archive, ...