The Apprentice

“My brief is to maintain the traditional feel of The Apprentice, and use my judgement and experience to enhance the picture as much as possible.

The on-line process primarily involves stabilising, painting, cloning, de-noise, rotation, and other enhancement work. Most of the hand-held camera footage requires some stabilisation, just to smooth out the bumps, while leaving it still looking ‘live’ and hand-held. I use a range of stabilisers; from the Avid auto-stabiliser, through to BCC Optical Stabiliser for trickier shots with unwanted rotation. I use the paint and clone tools available to remove extraneous items from shot; such as booms and crew, and also remove or disguise unwanted reflections and shadows.

Once I’ve completed the on-line, I do a detailed watch-through with the Executive Producer, Paul Broadbent, marking-up any shots that require further work, which I then complete, for his final approval.”