The candy colored appearance of Barbie Company 3’s Yvan Lucas colorist received the Filmlight Color Award for a Motion Picture.
The third annual awards – organized by FilmLight, maker of the Baselight color correction system, in collaboration with Camerimage – were presented on Sunday at the EnergaCamerimage cinematography film festival in Toruń, Poland. The winners were selected from around 400 entries by a jury chaired by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Lawrence Sher (joker, Joker: Folie à Deux), who presented the awards.
From his award-winning work onwards Barbiewhich was directed by Greta Greig and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, says Lucas The Hollywood Reporter, “Rodrigo Prieto and I both enjoy working together on the overall look of a film before production begins. Creating LUTs (look-up tables) that define the way color and contrast are affected helps Rodrigo, the director, and department heads work toward a common goal.
“For the most BarbieFor all scenes set in Barbie Land, we created a LUT that combines comprehensive film emulation, a three-color Technicolor look, and specific ways to interpret hues like red, pink, and blue in a way that now brings them into the “The palette of everything integrated can be seen from the film,” he explains.
Other winners included Dirk Meier from D-Facto Motion for The Pimp: No F***ing Fairytale (Luden) Season one (cinematographer Oskar Dahlsbakken), who topped the TV Series/Episodes category; Tim Masick at Company 3 for Zara Man, ‘SS23′ (cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd), in the commercial category; freelance colorist Marina Starke for Mayyas’Horra’ (Cinematography by Shadi Chaaban), which topped the music video category; and freelance colorist Cem Ozkilicci for possession (Cinematographer Oskar Dahlsbakken), in the “Spotlight” category for low-budget films.
Starke, who had two other nominations, accepted her award and received applause when she said she wanted to encourage more diversity in her field. Meier encouraged more colorists to participate in Camerimage and “to further strengthen the collaboration between cinematographers and colorists.”
“Representing our fantastic jury, I would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s FilmLight Color Awards,” said Sher. “These diversely talented artists – and the inspiring works they have helped create – are a testament to the critical importance of the colorist in the art of filmmaking. It’s great to see that these artists come from all over the world – proof that good work is not limited to huge budgets or big deals, but is available to anyone with a good eye and refined skills.”
The American Society of Cinematographers and the British Society of Cinematographers are among the organizations supporting the Color Awards. “Colorists are great collaborators… Our closest relationship is with our colorist,” said cinematographer Stephen Lighthill, a member of the jury and past president of the ASC. “We at the ASC are pleased to be able to continue to contribute to this event.”
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