Stuart Fyvie

5 hours ago, Bruce Everett said:

Hi Stuart - great to read your story on Band Of Brothers and I'm delighted to see the credit you have given Luke, who was not only the most extraordinary colourist I've worked with but a close friend too, sadly missed. And you are absolutely right about the transparent jiffy bag that arrived at my home - that led to the BBC's involvement. And actually, your team grading the BoB dailies led to BBC management's interest in the project and to them ultimately buying the rights to premiere the show in UK, for a record £7million. These days, to my surprise, I still have to remind directors and producers of the value of colour timing or grading. It's amazing how often its an afterthought. Great to see you're still in the grading business yourself. All the best. Bruce Everett



Hi Bruce, great to hear from you. Yes, I remember that visit from the 'Management'! It was definitely something special and luckily they didn't drop the ball in acquiring it! Luke was a master grader. I would love to of seen him burst a few colourist ego bubbles with todays scene. The business model has changed so much. The kit we had then can now be done at a fraction of the price and I'm sure Luke would of really taken to it. That Jiffy bag....just shows how random things can work out!

Catch up next time your in town!

best

Stuart.

On 4/14/2019 at 1:31 AM, Marc Fisher said:

These stories are why I gladly pay my subscription.. and now they even do tutorials.. here.. take my money!

 

My only question is, the reference to Avid being new and early days.. in 99. It may just have been the one the BBC had to use for you, but I was already cutting in Avid DS in HD in 2001, so in 99, we were using Avid MC Meridien 9000. Which is still one of the most rock solid systems I ever used.

I know that's just a minut detail. In those days, I bet the BBC moved much like Hollywood, very slow to upgrade and use new tech..

And it's funny how many times I've been asked to do the BOB look too.. of course, with Resolve these days, so much more can be accomplished, it's a mental fight to keep it simple.

 

Excellent story Stuart! Thank you.

Hi Oskar. from memory the Avids were Mac based and in Standard Def Pal. With frame for frame playlists for picture and drop frame for 24 for the sound. They were hired machines from the production. There must of been 20 systems in total. Not the BBC machines.

best, Stuart.