Telecine and Color Grading
I am currently in a studio up in the mountains where they are working on the color grading of the MTC Atheer commercial. Yesterday after the commercial shoot they dropped the films here where they were developed and converted to video, a process called telecine. Now we are working on the color grading of the video which is the process of altering or enhancing the colors of the video. When you pull the video off the film its in very raw form and needs to be color graded before use. The commercial director and director of photography are both present for this process.
I have a few pictures and a short video I want to post hopefully today from yesterdays shoot but I am waiting to get permission from LBC. Once I do I will put them up.
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Mar 15, 2007
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14 Comments, add your own...
1. cajie | March 15th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
why not shoot in high-def digital?
2. Mark | March 15th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
because shooting in 35mm film has A LOT of advantages over high-def. Its a better medium. one example is say you have a a shot of a window. If its over exposed with high def say 2 stops then all the detail outside would be completely lost. With film you have more latitude, like 11 steps from complete white to black so even if its an over exposed shot you can still save it because the details are not lost.
3. cajie | March 15th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
So your challenges in high quality video are the same we face in photography when it comes to the highest quality output possible.
So exactly what role do you play in this whole shoot?
4. KtheKuwaiti | March 15th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
cajie, video = moving pictures .. so same same. Mark is singing on the clip.
5. 767 | March 15th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Hope the commercial comes out well :)
6. gabrielf | March 15th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
dude I did the 3d storyboafd for madfa3i!!!!!!!!!wth andre and bea!!!!!cool…
7. gabrielf | March 15th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
did u see the directors cut board?
8. Mark | March 15th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
gabriel i saw it yeah during the PPM with City Films. Its a small world :)
9. Marzouq | March 15th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
Thats pretty cool, I didn’t know they did that. I’m curious to see how this kind of process goes!
10. Marzouq | March 16th, 2007 at 12:39 am
Is he using a Dell Screen?!?? Just like in 24! Plus they use Alienware screens! hehehe
11. moocherx | March 16th, 2007 at 11:26 am
who just yawned….
12. Kella Met2a5er | March 16th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
me, I just yawned BIG one..
13. Mark | March 17th, 2007 at 10:19 am
its boring for some, informative for others
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