NT recently completed synced dailies and initial color grading for the new independent film, All Together Now, that wrapped shooting in December. The mission was to create a workflow maximizing the independent filmmaker’s budget and avoiding unnecessary expenses.
To stay on budget, the super 16mm project needed to maintain a low shooting ratio under challenging conditions. The documentary approach to the story of a group of young people attending a nighttime rock concert in the middle of the woods was shot primarily on a soundstage with a set dressed for night in an isolated wooded location with very low light levels.
The challenge in creating dallies was to maximize exposure without increasing grain and noise. NT developed a custom filter and look-up table giving the client images that maintained the director’s vision of a dark ominous atmosphere while providing the necessary technical spec’s.
NT’s DI team met with director, Alexander Tavitian, cinematographer, Zoran Popic and producer, Michael Younesi several times prior to filming to discuss the requirements, desired look and location issues. NT provided charts for camera tests and reviewed the results with the film crew in our theater to establish a workable practice.
We always recommend and make ourselves available for pre-production meetings, planning and film tests. We can not over emphasize the importance of involving post at the onset of a project.
NT delivered both DVD’s and digital files to editorial. The project is now in editing and is scheduled to return for compositing and final color grading later this Spring.