Production & Post
DaVinci Resolve 19 exits beta, full software available to download
The latest iteration includes new AI tools as well as over 100 feature upgrades
colour grading
Production & Post
Case study: Breathing new life into old masters
How ITV Content Services brought classic films, including Carry on Henry and That Riviera Touch, back to the screen in glorious HD
Production & Post
‘The grade should flow – not steal the show’: Colourist Jax Harney reveals her hopes for the FilmLight 2024 Awards
Ahead of this year's FilmLight Colour Awards, jury member Jax Harney, founder and senior colourist at X-LDN speaks to TVBEurope about the colourist's role...
Production & Post
Upgrading The Look with DaVinci Resolve
Blackmagic-based workflows aim to enable The Look to provide colour, conform and finishing services for clients such as Netflix and Sky
Production & Post
Elvis, JFK cinematographers among judges for FilmLight Colour Awards
This year's awards include Emerging Talent, which celebrates the work of young colourists (age 18-35) in commercial and music video creation
Features
Creating George Miller’s graphic prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Colourist Eric Whipp discusses the challenges of creating the look for George Miller's epic blockbuster
Business
Dune Part 2 and Avatar colourists to take part in DaVinci Resolve Live Tour
The events are for filmmakers, editors, colourists, and visual effects artists, whether they're beginners and experienced users
Production & Post
UNIT deliver picture post and colour grade for new BBC1 drama series
Coles enhanced colour separation, adding shape and depth to the characters through the use of a soft highlight and shadow roll off, and embracing...
Production & Post
‘It took 20 years to get here’: Filmlight debuts media access tool
Nara can natively decode and playback a wide selection of media without the need to transcode to proxy files
Production & Post
VFX house UNIT moves into new London home
UNIT will now have numerous VFX suites housing Flame, Flame Assist, Nuke and Nuke Studio, while the lower ground floor will house MCR, QC...
Audio
Case study: How Option Media elevated its audio and colour post production capabilities
Integrated audio and picture post workflows within DaVinci Resolve Studio deliver significant cost and time saving benefits for Belgium-based Option Media
Production & Post
‘A lightbulb moment’: The story behind The Jury: Murder Trial
TVBEurope talks to the production team behind Channel 4's "social experiment" to find out how they enabled viewers to look over the shoulders of...
Production & Post
How to grade One Trillion Dollars
Colourist Felix Hüsken discusses the 4K/HDR image workflows for the Paramount+ drama series
Production & Post
How Dirty Looks helped develop the atmosphere of The Zone of Interest
The UK-based post production house worked closely with director Jonathan Glazer on the grade of the BAFTA and Oscar-nominated film
Production & Post
Creating a ‘sharp, vibrant depiction of London’ for The Kitchen
Colourist Simone Grattarola talks to TVBEurope about the process and challenges of grading Netflix's The Kitchen, and the differences between working on an HDR...
Production & Post
Boutique French post house SCENESIS opens doors
The SCENESIS Pictures office includes a CG / VFX open plan area, grading suites, flexi suite, and viewing area
Production & Post
Case study: How Mango/New Edit employs the ‘electronic Federal Express’
Stan Cassio, president at post production services company Mango/NewEdit, explains how it uses Signiant Media Shuttle's fast file transfer service to save time and...
Production & Post
FilmLight updates Baselight to include machine learning tools
Colourists can copy corrections and enhancements made in Face Track to the entire timeline
Production & Post
FilmLight Colour Awards winners announced
The 2023 FilmLight Colour Award winners were announced by jury president Lawrence Sher, ASC, at a ceremony during EnergaCAMERIMAGE in Poland yesterday
Production & Post
iGene Media opens London-based colour grading suite
The suite, which was built by systems integrator Big Pic Media, includes an Advanced DaVinci Resolve suite and offers full support for high-end 2K...
Production & Post
Barbie, Asteroid City, The Marvelous Mr Maisel among FilmLight Colour Awards nominations
"Our jury meetings so far have illuminated how fundamental the colourists’ work is in the film-making process," said jury president Lawrence Sher
People
Meet the… colourist and online editor
Laura Hewett, colourist and on-line editor, Bumblebee – part of Zinc Media Group, tells TVBEurope how curiosity about film and television led to a...
Production & Post
Framing Fear on The Nun II
Renowned cinematographer Tristan Nyby tells Robert Shepherd about his approach to lighting and capturing the highly anticipated horror sequel, The Nun II
Production & Post
The Greatest Show on Earth: How Framestore brought Sky Sports’ new ad campaign to life
Sky Sports' new advertising campaign turns some of the biggest names in sport into circus performers. TVBEurope speaks to the team at Framestore to...
Production & Post
‘Colour is an equal tool alongside lighting, composition and movement’ says Joker: Folie à Deux cinematographer
Chair of this year's FilmLight Colour Awards Lawrence Sher talks about his working relationship with colour and colourists
Production & Post
Joker cinematographer to preside over FilmLight Colour Awards
The annual FilmLight Colour Awards are open to colourists on any grading platform and entries are judged by an independent panel of cinematographers, colourists...
Production & Post
How Ten Pound Poms created a 1940’s feel while shooting in HDR
The £10 ticket to sunny Australia was a no-brainer for people looking to escape the post-war gloom and grey skies of Great Britain. However,...
Production & Post
Creating three-dimensional images for La Última
Colourist Raúl Lavado explains how he created emotions with colour for Spain's first original Disney Plus series
Production & Post
Picture Shop opens newly expanded, renovated facilities in Hollywood
The transformations are part of the company's commitment to provide filmmakers globally with first-in-class technology
Production & Post
Blackmagic Design’s products used on over 20 Oscar nominees
Among the technology used by creatives were the company's digital film cameras, DaVinci Resolve editing, grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software
Production & Post
WFTV to celebrate women in post production
The award "recognises someone who consistently goes above and beyond the expectations of the role and shows a genuine curiosity and passion for post...
Production & Post
AWS Elemental MediaConvert adds support for enhanced colour processing
MediaConvert can generate Dolby Vision dynamic metadata for on-the-fly jobs to convert non-Dolby Vision HDR content into Dolby Vision
Production & Post
Case study: Adding realism, light and deep colour to Norwegian film Kampen om Narvik
How colourist Dylan R Hopkin utilised Davinci Resolve to being the drama to life, including greenscreening the lead character's coat to create the right...
Production & Post
How post production facility BASIS BERLIN rebuilt its grading department from scratch
How the German post production facility rebuilt its colour grading workflow with DaVinci Resolve
Production & Post
How the colourist steered the look of Netflix’s Young Royals season two
Edison's senior colourist Carl Skaff details the work behind the scenes on the Netflix drama, and the importance of maintaining the show's look in...
Production & Post
Creating the look of Indian epic RRR
Colourist Shiva Kumar details his work on Oscar contender RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt)
Production & Post
Creating the eerie look of horror movie Matriarch
How Michelle Cort, senior colourist at Outpost Facilities, created the muted colour palette for the creepy horror movie
Production & Post
West Side Story, Euphoria colourists win at 2022 FilmLight Colour Awards
The awards recognise the work of colourists using any technology platform while working across theatrical feature, TV series/episodic, commercial, music video and spotlight
Production & Post
Remastering classic French horror Brotherhood of the Wolf into 4K
Returning to cinemas today, the cult classic was originally shot on 35mm film. Senior colourist Jérôme Bigueur discusses the decision and challenges of remastering...
Production & Post
DaVinci Resolve launches on iPad
DaVinci Resolve for iPad supports H.264, H.265, ProRes and Blackmagic RAW media files
Production & Post
Case study: Baselight helps George Miller achieve his vision for Three Thousand Years of Longing
Colourist Eric Whipp discusses how using Baselight helped him create the look of the fantasy drama
Production & Post
Ms Marvel uses Blackmagic for finishing
The show's finishing supervisor and colourist discuss the technology behind Ms Marvel's colourful debut