Swisscolorist

17/04/2022

➡️ An excerpt of the correction for ‘s video

I did a basic look, then pushed it in the direction inspired by the client.

12/04/2022

➡️ Some of improvements :

In the picture it is colder than what was intended to be
represented

So I transferred to warmer colors

The straw was darkened to separate it from the main subject

08/04/2022

We are far from a heaven metaphor.

👉 In the last post, Leonardo was scared and uneasy with the menace of the afterlife in the corner.

👉 In this one, the actors are calm, patient, coated with a devilish calming red all around them.

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🎞 Don’t Look Up

🗓 Released in : 2021

➡️ Directed by : Adam Mckay

🎥 Cinematography : Linus Sandgren

🎩 Costume design : Susan Matheson & Elaine Perlmann

👨 Actor on scene : Leonardo DiCaprio

🎬 Available on : Netflix

👁 Visual effect colorist : Colin P. Brown
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05/04/2022

An ugly, stressed Leonardo DiCaprio.

➡️ How do you color that?

With a swaggy blue, a grandpa brown and a divine hallow of light reaching out to express a possible transfer to heaven.

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🎞 Don’t Look Up

🗓 Released in : 2021

➡️ Directed by : Adam Mckay

🎥 Cinematography : Linus Sandgren

🎩 Costume design : Susan Matheson & Elaine Perlmann

👨 Actor on scene : Leonardo DiCaprio

🎬 Available on : Netflix

👁 Visual effect colorist : Colin P. Brown
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02/04/2022

➡️ Some of improvements :

➡️ The lyrics and the scenario made me feel a strong connection between the singer and the dogs. To reflect that, I matched the color of the dog's harness with the talent dress.

➡️ Shot matching of the snow.

➡️ exposition reduction of any secondary elements, like the dog trainer

Videographer :
Final client : .chappuis

30/03/2022

➡️ Some of the improvement :

👉🏼 The shoot was made on different days, I had to color-match the clothes.

👉🏼 The primary source of light was behind the talent (the sun). So the skin was shifted a bit to give it more life.

👉🏼 I had to compromise the color of the leg. A complete "let's make it look like summer leg" wasn't possible in the timeframe, and it wasn't the priority. So I made a slight color shift and raised the exposition.

👉🏼 Lastly, a focus window was necessary to center the viewer's attention on the talent.

28/03/2022

🎞 Film : Bloodshot

🗓 Released in : 2020

➡️ Directed by : Dave Wilson

🎥 Cinematography : Jacques Jouffret

🎩 Costume design : Kimberly A.Tillman

👨Actor on scene : Vin Diesel

🎬 Available on : Prime video

18/03/2022

14/03/2022

Not that messy init ?

11/03/2022

How swiss are you ? Yes.
It's always nice to go for a break in a chalet.

10/03/2022

How do you make a scene as aggressive as possible? Red, red is a good answer.

08/03/2022

Sometimes you have to shoot with the prototype of the product because the product is not out yet 🤷‍♂️
It was one of those " We'll fix it in post " moment

03/03/2022

Teamwork makes the dream work. Swen is always there to give inputs on projects. He's pretty much more demanding than any client, which is nice.

02/03/2022

🎞 Army of Thieves 📆 2021
▶ Directed by Matthias Schweighöfer
🎥 Cinematography : Bernhard Jasper
👔 Costume Design : Stephanie Portnoy Porter
🌈 Colorist : BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion
🙎 Actress on scene : Ruby O. Fee
📺 Available on : Netflix

We've got the same blue as Ludwig in the last two posts for the costumes, with the red lips in bonus. The almost white hair coupled with light skin gives an astonishing contrast with the lips of Ruby O. Fee.

28/02/2022

Not enough sweat ? Doesn't look tired enough ? no problem

26/02/2022

When you film at night you can really control the light.
Great work on the DP, it was easy to push it in post with such good work on set.

25/02/2022

Who want's to play pool ?

24/02/2022

Quick interview grade with some stock footage.
Why does the stock footage matter? because I had to grade from 6 different cameras.
🎥 RED HELLIUM 8K
🎥 RED Epic Dragon
📱 iPhone 11 pro (Log V2 with FiLMiC Pro)
🎥 Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6K
🎥 Blackmagic Poket Cinema 4K
🎥 Sony PXW-FS7

23/02/2022

Pug lif

22/02/2022

🎞 Army of Thieves 📆 2021
▶ Directed by Matthias Schweighöfer
🎥 Cinematography : Bernhard Jasper
👔 Costume Design : Stephanie Portnoy Porter
🌈 Colorist : BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion
🙎♂ Actor on scene : Matthias Schweighöfer

Euros € and Czech crown may look like Monopoly money to an American eye, but it is pretty close to our own for a Swiss. The piles of cash are massive, and it may have been desaturated a bit by the colorist. I don't know, what do you think?

21/02/2022

19/02/2022

More than three hours of footage to grade, it was a big one. I did not thoroughly grade it, however.
The BPM Festival is a swiss music event going on multiple days 🎼🎵
The marketing team needs to scrub through the videos to pick some of them for the promotion of the next event 🎞️
So I graded it just enough for the marketing team to visualize the essence of the footage; the final grade will take place later.

17/02/2022

Am I too harsh with my boy?

16/02/2022

This fitness was full of colors

15/02/2022

What do you do when the scenario is a little bit perverse? You make it look like a PEGI7 movie and everyone's happy.

14/02/2022

🎞 Army of Thieves 📆 2021
▶ Directed by Matthias Schweighöfer
🎥 Cinematography : Bernhard Jasper
👔 Costume Design : Stephanie Portnoy Porter
🌈 Colorist : BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion
👫 Actors : Matthias Schweighöfer & Nathalie Emmanuel
📺 Available on : Netflix

In the scene of my last color palette post, Ludwig persona colors were like an anomaly in the shot.
He is like a chameleon in this one, totally blending with his surroundings.
Nathalie Emmanuel, on the other hand, is totally out of context.
I really love how the colors and the costumes match characters' personalities in both scenes.

12/02/2022

When we shoot ourselves the commercial, I may be the one editing it. So there's not much to do for this ad, mostly running through all the different takes. We were supposed to have a summer look, but it was almost Fall: that's where I can shine as a colorist.

11/02/2022

I heard that the kids were amazing on this shoot.
"Don't work with kids or pets."
I guess it doesn't apply every time.
There was so much energy and life in this shot, but the main subject was still. I made them a bit reddish to appear excited and crazy (I guess). The main character is glowy and pale in comparison. What do you think?

10/02/2022

Red-green-blue is enough for many things, but not enough for my markers collection. How many colors do you have?

09/02/2022

Let's start this bad boy. It feels good every day to do it-

07/02/2022

When you work as a Swiss colorist, you need to expect some cheese in your life 🧀

05/02/2022

🎞 Army of Thieves 📆 2021
▶ Directed by Matthias Schweighöfer
🎥 Cinematography : Bernhard Jasper
👔Costume Design : Stephanie Portnoy Porter
🌈 Colorist : BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion
📺 Available on : Netflix

Is it cotton candy?
Nope, this is Ludwig Dieter.
Surrounded by the badassery vibes of the other characters, Matthias Schweighöfer goes the other way by interpreting this sweet and endearing German safecracker.
Stephanie Portnoy Porter did a fantastic job with the costume.
Let's note that Matthias Schweighöfer directed, produced, and also took the leading role.

04/02/2022

Hyphen Production was kind enough to collaborate with me on this project. A music video in the Swiss alps. How could I resist?

03/02/2022

This is the first video used for a series of ads for this client 🍏
There was a lot of energy in each scene, balanced by the immobile main subject constantly sucking her thumb.
You will probably see another post from this ad in the future.
Can you guess the location?

02/02/2022

Sippy sipp and let's go 💪
swisscolorist starts today!
I'm confident enough to launch my colorist studio after two years of studying, testing and working with videographers 🎥
I won't stop learning, though. There are always new tricks of the trade to learn out there 👨‍🎓
At first, I started on a 7-year-old MacBook pro. Then, I became confident enough in my trade to invest, step by step, into this incredible setup.
Something is missing! I don't have a client monitor... yet ;)
What kind of TV do you have at home? Everything I read so far out there seems overkill for the average consumer.

27/01/2022

The launch date of swisscolorist approach.
What do you expect from this page ?