From The Grading Room – Grading Lucy Rose

NICE!

Kodak 5219/7219 came out about ten years ago, and it was basically the last of the Vision 3 stocks. I think it’s the best negative film in the world — it’s hard to screw that up (either in exposure or grading). Absolutely beautiful stuff. The difference between it and the old stocks that came before it are very noticeable.

I would love to hear more about the film world. As a young digital guy I haven’t had any exposure to it and it’s all fascinating.

Lot of fun info about the processing stage. Would love to see more on that topic.

Hi Dan,

Just to let you know that I just received American Cinematographer, September issue, page 26, where an article of Lucy Rose music video appears under the Short Takes column. Your name appear there as the Colorist. Indeed, it’s an interesting reading.

Kodak Cinema Tools app has some spectacular sample footage of the 5219/7219 negatives, among others, with the cinematographers making in depth commentaries about the quality of each negative and in-camera exposure.
Also, here is a direct link: http://www.kodak.com/motion/Products/Production/index.htm

I had to look up what the YSFX controls were. I knew about the tool itself, but didn’t know it was named YSFX. https://youtu.be/FTD-frkF3x4