Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:58 pm
Part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary Competition, the film “Frida” takes a look at the life and mind of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Director Carla Gutiérrez brings the story to life through Kahlo’s own words from her diary, letters, essays, and interviews, as well as visually through her remarkable artwork.
As Image Workflow Supervisor, Color Team Director, and Senior Colorist on the film, Ernie Schaeffer used DaVinci Resolve Studio and Blackmagic Cloud as the central applications for most of the DI’s image processing. “The project was unique in the sense that the final archive was being updated throughout post production, right up until the last moments before QC and delivery for Sundance,” he noted. “We also had a dispersed team working remotely, so flexibility and collaboration were key and supported by DaVinci Resolve Studio and Blackmagic Cloud.”
The team began by synchronizing NAS devices across different locations in Mexico City and Morelos, Mexico, between the archive delivery/restoration, animation/VFX and color/online teams. Throughout post, the animation/VFX team updated and delivered approved shots within the NAS synchronization, and each location had certain read and write privileges to ensure each department was responsible for the specific deliveries required for the post process. The archive masters were delivered remotely through FTP from New Jersey to the server in Mexico City, which synchronized to all departments. Additional remote collaboration was required within the color/online team as Schaeffer was based in Morelos, with another colorist in Mexico City, and Gutiérrez in New York.
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0240123-02
As Image Workflow Supervisor, Color Team Director, and Senior Colorist on the film, Ernie Schaeffer used DaVinci Resolve Studio and Blackmagic Cloud as the central applications for most of the DI’s image processing. “The project was unique in the sense that the final archive was being updated throughout post production, right up until the last moments before QC and delivery for Sundance,” he noted. “We also had a dispersed team working remotely, so flexibility and collaboration were key and supported by DaVinci Resolve Studio and Blackmagic Cloud.”
The team began by synchronizing NAS devices across different locations in Mexico City and Morelos, Mexico, between the archive delivery/restoration, animation/VFX and color/online teams. Throughout post, the animation/VFX team updated and delivered approved shots within the NAS synchronization, and each location had certain read and write privileges to ensure each department was responsible for the specific deliveries required for the post process. The archive masters were delivered remotely through FTP from New Jersey to the server in Mexico City, which synchronized to all departments. Additional remote collaboration was required within the color/online team as Schaeffer was based in Morelos, with another colorist in Mexico City, and Gutiérrez in New York.
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0240123-02