Barbie wins Camerimage color rating honor – The Hollywood Reporter

Colorful candy appearance Barbie Company 3’s animator Yvan Lucas was awarded the Filmlight Color Award for theatrical film.

The third annual awards – organized by FilmLight, maker of the Baselight color grading system, in collaboration with Camerimage – were presented on Sunday at the EnergaCamerimage Film Festival in Toruń, Poland. From nearly 400 entries, the honorees were selected by a jury headed by Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Lawrence Sher (joker, Joker: Folie à Deux), who presented the prizes.

One of his award-winning works Barbiewhich was directed by Greta Grieg and lensed by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, says Lucas hollywood Reporter, “Rodrigo Prieto and I like to work together on the overall look of a film before production begins. Creating LUTs that define how color and contrast will be affected helps Rodrigo, the director, and department heads all work toward a common goal.

“For the majority Barbiemeaning all the scenes that take place in Barbie Land, we created a look-up table (LUT) that combined comprehensive film simulation with the three-strip Technicolor look and specific ways of interpreting colors like red, pink, and blue in a way that pushed them into the color palette of all the Now Explains of the film.

Additional winners include Dirk Meyer in D-Facto Motion for Pimp: No Fairy Tale (Ludden) The first season (Cinematographer Oskar Dalsbakken), which topped the TV Series/Episodes category; Tim Macek in Company 3 for Zara Man, ‘ss23′ (cinematographer Philippe Le Sord) in the commercial category; Freelance illustrator Marina Stark for MiasFree (Photo by Shadi Shaaban), which topped the music video category; and freelance colorist Cem Ozkilicci for Own (Cinematographer Oskar Dalsbakken), in the “Highlight” category for low-budget films.

In accepting her award, Stark, who received two additional nominations, received applause when she said she hopes to encourage more diversity in her field. Mayer urged more people of color to attend Camerimage and to “further promote collaboration between cinematographers and people of color.”

“Representing our amazing jury, I would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s FilmLight Color Awards,” said Shear. “These diverse, talented artists — and the inspiring work they’ve helped craft — are a testament to the critical importance of color in the art of filmmaking. It’s great to see these artists come from all over the world — proving that good work isn’t limited to big budgets or box stores.” “But it is available to anyone with good vision and sophisticated skills.”

The American Society of Cinematographers and the British Society of Cinematographers are among the organizations that support the Color Awards. “Colorists are wonderful collaborators…Our closest relationship is with our photographers of color,” said cinematographer Stephen Lighthill, a jury member who is also a past president of the ASC. “We at ASC are pleased to continue contributing to this event.”