Defining DIT part 1 on nofilmschool

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Defining DIT part 1 on nofilmschool

October 8, 2013

Article one of three is now live at nofilmschool.com. In this first piece, Micah Van Hove talked to east coast DIT's Abby Levine, Ben Schwartz, and myself as well as west coast DIT, Elhanan Matos about where the Digital Imaging Technician position came from and how it's evolved to its current state. Here we do our best to identify what some of the misconceptions are about what it is we do and why we do it. Give it a read and share the love. 

http://nofilmschool.com/2013/10/defining-dit-biggest-misconception-dits/ 

New Site is Live

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New Site is Live!

September 23, 2013

Welcome to the new version of NegativeSpaces! The blogging engine and social media integration in Squarespace Version 6 is very powerful and required rebuilding the site from the ground up. It was quite a process but I'm feeling good about it and am looking forward to rolling out some new content in the coming weeks. Thanks for stopping by. 

Color Correction vs. Color Enhancement

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Color Correction vs. Color Enhancement

June 6, 2013

I've been having some interesting discussion about this in regards to my post, Color Correction. 

"Color Correction" is one thing, basically what I described - finding a reference within the scene and then matching the rest of the material to it. "Color Enhancement" on the other hand, is the work usually done in the DI Suite. This term should refer to "improving the aesthetics of an image, establishing stylized looks, and setting the mood of a scene through color" (from wikipedia). In my mind it's very important to draw the distinction between the two as they are potentially different services, may require different working conditions and time commitment, and are ultimately different skill levels - one very technical, the other creative. 

It's interesting because the film, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, is still the poster child for Color Enhancement. To me, it's probably one of the least photographic (that is, the most effected) mainstream motion pictures ever made. Not that it's a bad thing but I think it's important to recognize the difference.