During the early part of 2017 I was invited to present at the Indie-Lincs International Film Festival in Lincoln. I was their to share my practice-based knowledge and workflows for effective and accessible colour management and colour grading for Film Production.
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I had was given the opportunity to share a number of my working practices and the knowledge I have gained from my scholarly practice(s) to a large cohort of students, academics and filmmakers from around the world.
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Much of my talk was sharing some hopefully useful practice-based knowledge that I have developed working as a Colourist, DIT and VFX artist on a number of low/no budget independent film projects.
I was kindly given permission from both the production teams for both 'Natalie' and 'The Last Viking' to share behind the scenes breakdowns of my practices and processes for creating a Filmic Looking image from digital acquisition formats and the realistic and pragmatic approaches to colour management for said films. I also wanted to share my entirely free workflow for colour grading and management; negating the need for expensive plug-ins, software and technology.
![RAW Camera File - Pre Grade and with Crew Reflections in the Glass](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ca6648d3-5386-42ed-be6c-05f7db5586ef/77f84cea-2b35-4d41-8547-ac6edc96e79b_rw_1920.jpg?h=3cd504a86e8cb9a7874641d73c9d7f90)
RAW Camera File - Pre Grade and with Crew Reflections in the Glass
![Graded and VFX Complete with crew removed and Sky Replacement](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ca6648d3-5386-42ed-be6c-05f7db5586ef/739e3dc5-b60e-46db-a6f7-e0f46621d351_rw_1920.jpg?h=63c4de080438a711a0abfd58f9746f1e)
Graded and VFX Complete with crew removed and Sky Replacement
![RAW RED Camera File - Pre Grade and with thought KODAK Film Emulation and Film Hallation Process](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ca6648d3-5386-42ed-be6c-05f7db5586ef/49cbdd54-a495-4cb6-90f6-c09d7be25612_rw_1920.jpg?h=624c4ac058fd030215ae6a22925a0d16)
RAW RED Camera File - Pre Grade and with thought KODAK Film Emulation and Film Hallation Process
![Graded with custom 6500K KODAK Film Emulation and bespoke Film Hallation Process created in DaVinci Resolve](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ca6648d3-5386-42ed-be6c-05f7db5586ef/d2777692-fea9-4d85-be30-92f8d4e4d465_rw_1920.jpg?h=2d2452581be9cb04efb98f25e696224f)
Graded with custom 6500K KODAK Film Emulation and bespoke Film Hallation Process created in DaVinci Resolve
I would like to thank all of those involved in the IW21 event for a very welcoming and exciting opportunity to share my scholarly and professional practice.