Digital imaging technician

Chris M. Bolton

Canada - United Kingdom

ICG 669 Member

PRODUCTION CV

EMMY Nomination - Spiderwick Chronicles

“Outstanding Lighting, Camera and Technical Arts”

Recent Projects

Apple Studios Episodic “Smoke” IMDB >

Netflix Episodic “The Recruit” IMDB >

Mongreal Feature “Can I get a Witness?” IMDB >

Miramax Feature “Here” IMDB >

NEWS

AppleTV+ - “SMOKE”:

From Apple Studios comes "Smoke," a new series created, written, and executive produced by acclaimed author Dennis Lehane. Starring Egerton as arson investigator Dave Gudsen and Emmy Award nominee Jurnee Smollett as police detective Michelle Calderone, “Smoke” also features Rafe Spall, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Adina Porter, Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Greg Kinnear, Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo, and featuring an original song by Thom Yorke. Shot by Sam McCurdy ASC BSC, François Dagenais CSC, Todd McMullen ASC

Coming June 27th to AppleTV+

IMAGE MOVERS / MIRAMAX - “HERE”:

From the reunited director, writer, and stars of Forrest Gump, Here is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, screenplay by Eric Roth & Zemeckis and told much in the style of the acclaimed graphic novel by Richard McGuire on which it is based, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in a tale of love, loss, laughter and life, all of which happen right Here. Shot by Don Burgess asc, on Red Raptor with Panavision Primo 70 glass. Providing Digital Imaging Technician Services to this production in London England.

You are here. Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in Robert Zemeckis’ #HereMovie - exclusively in movie theaters November 15. Learn More: http://here-movie.com/

services

Feature, Episodic TV, Commercials

Chris Bolton provides Digital Imaging Technician consulting and services to the motion picture industry and has done so for 18 years. Located in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is available for abroad productions worldwide. He is a holder of a Canadian and British passport.

Advanced Commercial Dailies

**-All New Apple Mac Pro 24 Core with Radeon Pro Vega II Duo**
**-AES encrypted RAID 5 storage for days of OCF backup**
**-Grading quality, calibrated, 25” top emission OLED display**
**-Long duration power backup for mission critical data safety**
**-Assimilate Scratch colour correction suite with background render engine and METAL graphics support for faster renders**
**-Industry standard Pomfort Silverstack XT media transfer software. Safe and secure**
**-Privately hosted CDN and streaming site for client reviews.**

Mobile Commercial Dailies Lab

**-Independent transport logistics**
**-Compact van fit in most city parkades and garages (17.5ft L x 6.5ft H)**
**-Alarm, GPS tracking, fortified doors preventing physical / data loss on location**
**-Fast location setups and tear downs (Average setup time 15min)**
**-Large internal power bank for several hours of silent operation when over curfew**
**-Calibrated lighting and viewing environment for more accurate dailies grading**
**-On route media transfer and rendering for faster out times**

Cloud based dailies delivery

**-Editorial dailies or non OCF files into the cloud for worldwide access via a secure point to point cloud system**
**-Allow clients to upload or download via project based portals**
**-Deliver graded and audio sync dailies to editorial fast and reliable**
**-Provide pre production test with post house to insure reliable connection before shoot**
**-Upload from iPhone and iPads or other locations via private upload portal service.**
**-More cost effective than aspera or airdrop services**

DIT Box live grade system

**-Portable 4 camera DC powered live grading system**
**-Compact designed to take anywhere a camera can go**
**-LUT or ACES colour pipelines supported**
**-Managed video routing for up to 3 villages**
**-Set reference frame grabs for visual continuity**
**-SDI analyzing tools for keeping a eye on camera exposure and colour.**
**-Privately hosted CDN and streaming site for remote client reviews.**

PVA certified profesional calibration services

**-Calman Ultimate / Colour Space CMS**
**-CR100 Tristimulus/ CR250 Spectroradiometer calibration probes**
**-BT 2100 calibrations (HDR 10 / Dolbyvision**
**-Rec2020 / P3 / Rec709 / sRGB calibrations**
**-RGB / WRGB OLED , LCD panels**
**-Projector setup and calibration**
**-1D/3D LUT calibrations**
**-Manual display calibrations**
**-Grading Reference monitors and high end consumer panels**
**PVA CERTIFIED**

CineVue long range transmitter now available for rental in Western Canada

-**Check out the micro site above for more information**

PRACTICAL expertise:

Pre-Production, to post work flow design
Digital Cinema best practices consulting
Live and near set Grading
Exposure monitoring utilizing technical scopes and calibrated monitors
Monitor Calibration in REC709,REC2020,REC2048
Data Management and confidence archiving
Industry standard AES128/256 Data Encryption
Storage Consultation
Set signal flow and distribution
Commercial Dailies with deep colour grading experience
Red Digital Cinema camera systems (DSMC2 MonstroVV, DSMC2 Helium, Komodo, Raptor VV)
Arri camera systems (Alexa 65, Arri 35, Alexa LF, Alexa MiniLF, Alexa SXT/XT, Alexa Mini)
Panavision DXL2, DXL1, DXLmini
Codex SXR/XR Media, Vault XL platform and workflows
Sony camera systems (Venice2, Venice1, F65, F55)
Vision Research Phantom Flex 4K/2K
Assimilate Scratch Dallies + Finishing
DaVinci Resolve Finishing