Mike Nichols Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Let's say you have a 90 minute feature and you are grading on a Quantel with a serious technician. How many hours are you looking at? Never done it before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted November 12, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted November 12, 2008 Let's say you have a 90 minute feature and you are grading on a Quantel with a serious technician. How many hours are you looking at? Never done it before! What are you grading from? Scans of original negative? Partially color-timed HD transfers? Something shot in HD? 10-bit LOG or gamma encoded broadcast video, like Rec 709? Just depends on how close what you are working with is to the final product. Generally I've done home video transfers to HD for features in about four to five days (32 to 40 hours) working from color-timed IP's. For a D.I. working from original negative, I'd give myself twice that at least, 10 days (80 hours). But working from HD tapes from an HD camera, especially if shot in Rec 709, it tends to go much faster since the recording is so close to the final look. The more latitude and information your original has, in some ways, the more time you have to give yourself to color-correct it. But you also have more flexibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Brawley Posted November 12, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted November 12, 2008 Let's say you have a 90 minute feature and you are grading on a Quantel with a serious technician. How many hours are you looking at? Never done it before! Lot's of variables, depending on the source material, the speed of the operator and most importantly, your budget. I'd say 6 to 10 days (10 hours) would be a comfortable start. You can always do it in less of course, so Im starting from ideal. jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tylerhawes Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 (edited) 80-150 hours for DI, depending on lots of factors, mostly closer to 80 than the other way. That is color time. There's also conform time and other ancillary work... Also, hopefully you're working with a serious Colorist, not a technician :) Edited November 12, 2008 by tylerhawes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Paul Bruening Posted November 12, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted November 12, 2008 I'm going to make all this worse. How many edits do you anticipate? For example, a 120 minute feature with a fast edit pace (1 cut every 3 seconds on average) will result in around 2,400 edits. A medium pace (5 seconds) can put you around 1,440 cuts. A slow pace can leave you with 500 to 1,000 cuts. (These figures aren't precise and standards vary) The point is- the more cuts you have, the more matching back and forth you have to do. As well, the more normal variation between shots and especially between lighting set-ups. That means more time in both editing and color timing. Directorial style has some to do with it. If the director likes old, TV style coverage and can shoot the whole scene all the way through from three angles, then that's easier. If the director likes a unique angle for every cut, boy, oh boy, you've got some work ahead of you with color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Nichols Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Lot's of variables, depending on the source material, the speed of the operator and most importantly, your budget. I'd say 6 to 10 days (10 hours) would be a comfortable start. You can always do it in less of course, so Im starting from ideal. jb Sorry, should have been more specific! The files are 2K 2perf scanned DPX files that I assembled in Final Cut Pro with Gluetools. I guess the workflow would be exporting out scene stacks to drives and getting the corrected files back to conform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Paul Bruening Posted November 12, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted November 12, 2008 Mike, Pull us some grabs and show your stuff. Some of us are positively itching to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Nichols Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 I'm going to make all this worse. How many edits do you anticipate? For example, a 120 minute feature with a fast edit pace (1 cut every 3 seconds on average) will result in around 2,400 edits. A medium pace (5 seconds) can put you around 1,440 cuts. A slow pace can leave you with 500 to 1,000 cuts. (These figures aren't precise and standards vary) The point is- the more cuts you have, the more matching back and forth you have to do. As well, the more normal variation between shots and especially between lighting set-ups. That means more time in both editing and color timing. Directorial style has some to do with it. If the director likes old, TV style coverage and can shoot the whole scene all the way through from three angles, then that's easier. If the director likes a unique angle for every cut, boy, oh boy, you've got some work ahead of you with color. I have 1100 edits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Nichols Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Mike, Pull us some grabs and show your stuff. Some of us are positively itching to see it. I will pop some online a bit later when I get home... - m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Nichols Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 I have 1100 edits. Also, something worth mentioning, a good portion of the third act takes place inside a room where the power has gone out and the only motivating light is moonlight and a fireplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Gus Sacks Posted November 16, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted November 16, 2008 Let's say you have a 90 minute feature and you are grading on a Quantel with a serious technician. How many hours are you looking at? Never done it before! For a feature we got graded at Gold Crest (with their colorist John Dowdell and the Quantel system), we did 8 days and have two more for some further editing done. So 10 total. 100 minute film. 1080p, 10-bit footage... With a guy who seriously knows his way around that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Nichols Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 For a feature we got graded at Gold Crest (with their colorist John Dowdell and the Quantel system), we did 8 days and have two more for some further editing done. So 10 total. 100 minute film. 1080p, 10-bit footage... With a guy who seriously knows his way around that thing. John Dowdell is AWESOME! Great dude too. I am going to Goldcrest. They did the scanning. Chris in the machine room was really cool in helping me out, Ben Lay was always there to help me out with a technical question and Tim Spitzer took care of me from the on set. Now, forgive my lack of knowledge on this, but when you say 10 days total, does that mean 80 hours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted November 16, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted November 16, 2008 John Dowdell is AWESOME! Great dude too. I am going to Goldcrest. They did the scanning. Chris in the machine room was really cool in helping me out, Ben Lay was always there to help me out with a technical question and Tim Spitzer took care of me from the on set. Now, forgive my lack of knowledge on this, but when you say 10 days total, does that mean 80 hours? Yes, generally a full-day session is 8 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Gus Sacks Posted November 16, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted November 16, 2008 John Dowdell is AWESOME! Great dude too. I am going to Goldcrest. They did the scanning. Chris in the machine room was really cool in helping me out, Ben Lay was always there to help me out with a technical question and Tim Spitzer took care of me from the on set. Now, forgive my lack of knowledge on this, but when you say 10 days total, does that mean 80 hours? Yeah, John's incredible. As is the rest of the team. Yeah, 80 hours sounds about right. Including some compositing and text work done by the Graphic FX guy. Love that Quantel. Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Nichols Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Yeah, John's incredible. As is the rest of the team. Yeah, 80 hours sounds about right. Including some compositing and text work done by the Graphic FX guy. Love that Quantel. Incredible. Yikes! Not sure if the budget can accommodate 80 hours of grading! Maybe I will pull select scenes for the quantel and work with Color for the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Gus Sacks Posted November 17, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted November 17, 2008 Yikes! Not sure if the budget can accommodate 80 hours of grading! Maybe I will pull select scenes for the quantel and work with Color for the rest. Yeah, it can certainly add up. I believe we got some off because someone knew someone at Goldcrest, but don't quote me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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