We’re very happy to see the Megaforce-directed video for Kid Cudi’s Pursuit of Happiness finally come out. Not only because it was shot on our Red, but because it ended up being just as crazy as you’d imagine a video directed by four crazy Frenchmen would be. It’s got anti-gravity, a boat, scary circus people, and girls with antlers or something. Come on how could that not be great?
Nice Dissolve provided a Red camera and 4K workflow services to artist Laurie Anderson for the large-scale architectural projections onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House at VIVID LIVE, curated this year by Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed. The project was shot by director and cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes.
Busy weekend. Graded the new My Darkest Days video, featuring Ludacris, Chad Kroeger and Zakk Wylde. Director Brendan Cochrane of NYLAHD did a great job giving this video a seriously high-end look — but there was just one thing missing.
The shot below shows the difference between how the video came to us — the editor had just ingested the MX Red footage thorough Final Cut Pro for the offline — and how the video left us, after correct color processing of the raw files and a bit of color sweetening. It’s a nice example of the principle that there are many possible workflows for Red footage, but they’re not all created equal.
Brendan gave us a great write-up over on his blog. Thanks, Brendan.
Just finished up preliminary color grading on the horror feature County Road K, directed by Philip Gelatt and shot by Frederic Fasaano. This is Philip’s first film, and it’s based on his own script. Phil is the creator of the graphic novel series Labor Days, and Indiana Jones fans might recognize him as the author of the graphic novel Indiana Jones Adventures Volume 1. Frederic was DP on italian horror master Dario Argento’s last three films.
We had a great time, and the film is starting to develop a look that nicely reenforces the tension built up by its pacing and cinematography.
The new MX sensor gives the Red One two additional stops of dynamic range and produces dramatically cleaner images under low-light conditions. #404 is available for immediate rental.
With the addition of Rocket support, the upcoming Resolve for Mac is pretty much exactly the grading system we've been waiting for.about 2 weeks agofrom Tweetie for Mac
