Wed May 17, 2023 7:53 pm
Blackmagic Design today announced that the 2003 feature film “Perth,” which was originally shot on Super 16mm film, was recently scanned and restored using the Cintel Scanner and DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software.
Set in Singapore, the film follows Harry Lee, a 51 year old part time security guard who dreams of migrating to Perth, Australia to escape a difficult life with little opportunity. He unwittingly gets entangled in the Singapore underworld in order to earn enough to carry out his relocation plans. Though the film was not commercially successful in 2003, a renewed interest by the Asian Film Archive to restore the film for modern audiences encouraged the director, Djinn, to explore the possibilities. Djinn brought the film to longtime collaborator and colorist Shaley Brooks at Iris Digital Post to restore the film for a Heritage Screening event in May 2023.
Brooks had little to work with as he started the process of restoration. “The Asian Film Archive had a 35mm release print that they used for screenings, which was all that was saved,” said Brooks. “The Archive asked Djinn if he could get a DCP made so it could continue to be screened in the all digital systems they now have. Up to that point, the only copy on video was a PAL Digital Betacam, which had a production company logo burned in. We ended up using that tape as our audio source.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0230517-01
Set in Singapore, the film follows Harry Lee, a 51 year old part time security guard who dreams of migrating to Perth, Australia to escape a difficult life with little opportunity. He unwittingly gets entangled in the Singapore underworld in order to earn enough to carry out his relocation plans. Though the film was not commercially successful in 2003, a renewed interest by the Asian Film Archive to restore the film for modern audiences encouraged the director, Djinn, to explore the possibilities. Djinn brought the film to longtime collaborator and colorist Shaley Brooks at Iris Digital Post to restore the film for a Heritage Screening event in May 2023.
Brooks had little to work with as he started the process of restoration. “The Asian Film Archive had a 35mm release print that they used for screenings, which was all that was saved,” said Brooks. “The Archive asked Djinn if he could get a DCP made so it could continue to be screened in the all digital systems they now have. Up to that point, the only copy on video was a PAL Digital Betacam, which had a production company logo burned in. We ended up using that tape as our audio source.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0230517-01