“Jane (Producer/Director) and Nick (Editor) were exceptionally specific about the final look of the film, and we collaborated closely on all the visual effects used throughout – such as picture-in-picture effects, side-by-side boxes, and 3×3 mosaic effects to introduce each new location.
Once we received the locked off-line, I was able to have a first watch and understand the film’s narrative and the timescale that the film encompasses. Once conformed, I performed the pre-grade, ensuring that all the elements I would require to re-build the multi-screen effects would be available.
The editor used various picture-in-picture effects, either side by side, tiled, or stacked to form a decreasing ‘tunnel’ effect. I faithfully re-built these effects, ensuring that all dividing lines were perfectly equal, and the frame edges were crisp.
On-line was on Avid Symphony. Throughout the picture finishing process I used various stabilising plugins, de-noise plugins, and anti-aliasing filters to enhance the quality of the footage.
I worked closely with Jane and Nick, but of course we couldn’t be in the same room together. We used Zoom and WhatsApp to keep in touch, which worked perfectly both within ENVY and when they were remote. My output was permanently available to them on a secure Streambox feed, so they could watch the on-line live while I worked, and make comments as necessary.
Overall I had two days to complete the on-line, with some time kept in hand for any final changes.”