Blockhead offers virtual trans-tasman grading

Blockhead has introduced remote grading through its Auckland office and partners The Editors and BE in Sydney.

Resolve’s remote grading is a real-time interactive service that negates the need for the director, agency and colourist to be in the same room or even country.

Instead NZ and Australian production companies and agencies can access Blockhead’s exclusive grading roster without anyone having to cross the Tasman.

Says Josephine Mackenzie, executive producer, Blockhead: “This set up means nobody’s restricted by location and with travel taken out of the mix bookings are much more flexible. The agency can be at Blockhead with the director in Sydney or visa versa.”

The system was first used on New World’s Christmas Campaign via .99 and Finch where director, Nick Ball and colourist Ben Eagleton worked locally in Sydney while the creative team joined the session from Blockhead’s resolve suite. A high speed connection allowed everyone to feel as though they were in the same room.

Says Ball: “I liked it so much I bought the company.”

Says Nigel Mortimer, owner and VFX artist, Blockhead: “The beauty of this workflow is that all creative decisions made on the colourist’s system are immediately applied in real time to our resolve.  The grader has absolute control of everything, right down to the music in the room”.

To view colourists: http://www.blockhead.co.nz/playlists.php.

For more info and demo’s contact Josephine@blockhead.co.nz or +6493762951.