ROBB SHAW-VELZEN ACS ON COLOUR GRADING WITH DAVINCI RESOLVE

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Congratulations to Johnny Milner on winning Best Director at the 2019 Canberra Short Film Festival for his short film The Chosen Vessel.

I was fortunate enough to grade this wonderful film.  Shot by Michael Ortiz, primarily in vLog on a Panasonic GH4, I had a lot of latitude to take the shots into a darker, more morbid space in line with Johnny’s vision.  

There is a distinct difference between colour correction and colour grading.  You can colour correct a project with a standard LUT (Lookup Table) to give you, say, an Alexa look.  But at BY GEORGE STUDIOS, using DaVinci Resolve to colour grade gives us the flexibility to customise a look that adds to the aesthetics and tone of each individual project.  It’s all about what serves the story and the Director’s vision, sometimes a subtle touch, sometimes a bold statement.  Colour grading is another crucial part of the creative process I love being part of.