Update:
Color grading took place at Roush Media in Burbank, CA with colorist Keith Roush. We’re grading the HDCam footage using Apple Color and so far, it’s looking very good. Reference images were pulled from the movies “Shoot ‘em Up” and “Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang” – the later happens to be a film that Corbin appears in. This is my first real world experience with Color and I’m very pleased. (I had done two short film previously with Final Touch, the predecessor of Apple’s Color.) It does primary and secondary color correction, still store, key-framing, power windows, etc. etc. etc. – all the base stuff you’d expect.
So what did we do? Well, mostly we crushed the black levels and brought up the mid-tones giving it a “crisper” look. The saturation on many scenes were brought down and several scenes, namely the outdoor shots, were given a blue/cyan or gold/green look. Since there are many televisions and monitors in the movie, a few “power windows” were needed to balance the monitors with the scene. Other than that, it’s balancing the levels from shot to shot. Keith has done a great job with the coloring of the show. I look forward to the screening when everyone on the crew gets to see it.
The score for the music is also fantastic – it’s little bit California beach music meets 50′s bossa nova. I’ll try to find out who the composer is in the next couple of days.
Posted: 18 January 2008: 4:07PM
The editorial is finished and now it’s time to color grade the film. I’ve got a copy of the film and I’ll be viewing it all weekend long, working out my notes for the coloring session.
We’ll be finishing on HDCam and grading on Final Cut Color. It’ll be my first long form project with this version of the software. (I did a couple of short films that were colored on Silicone Final Touch before Apple bought them and made an acquaintance of mine very well off.) I’ll be playing with the software this weekend as well to better understand what to expect.
Not much to report beyond this except that, yes, Toby and Melissa (opps, and yes, Supercop Jessica) you did make it into the final cut. Nice.
12:32, 2008/01/20Jess /
What about me? Does gun toting lady cop Jess make it in? Miss ya
15:19, 2008/01/20Me /
When writing this entry, I hadn’t gotten that far but yes, Supercop Jessica is total in.
03:46, 2008/02/10Tom Morash /
I am also wondering if Jess made the cut. Looking forward to seeing it and are we going to finish Dead Air? Rumors are circulating.
14:38, 2008/03/26Toby /
I’d like to see it too, I heard I was great!