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Digital imaging technician

Chris M. Bolton

Canada - United Kingdom

ICG669 Member


NEWS

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/


Paramount Pictures /ROKU Orignals - “Spiderwick Chronicles”:

Based on the best-selling novels, Joy Bryant, Christian Slater and more star in Roku Original series The Spiderwick Chronicles.Shot by Florian Ballhaus asc, on Arriflex MiniLF with Hawk Anamorphic glass. Providing Digital Imaging Technician Services to this production in Vancouver, Canada.

Based on the best-selling novels, Joy Bryant, Christian Slater and more star in Roku Original series The Spiderwick Chronicles

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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.

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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

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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

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

EQUIPMENT RESOURCES:

  • 2 x DIT BOX Mobile 4 Camera Live Grading and image analyzing systems.

  • “Remote location 4 camera Live Grade cart for hard to reach locations”

  • FSI BOX-IO or Teradek Colr equipped

  • NEW! AJA ColorBOX 12G 4K HDR LUT boxes

  • Remote camera wireless networking for camera control and onboard grading

  • Multi camera fibre options for stage to stage video communications

  • NEW! Small HD OLED 27 and OLED 22 SDR reference monitors

  • NEW! Small HD VISION 24 HDR reference monitors

  • NEW! 12G 4K 5x SDI + 1Gb Ethernet bi-directional optical distribution system

  • Commercial Dailies mobile Van with complete grading and data management cart

  • MASV Online data uploads to New York, LA, Toronto, London, Paris, Barcelona

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Projects

 

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IN THE MEDIA

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Article from Pomfort

A SPACE ADVENTURE WITH ON-SET COLOuR AND METADATA: DIT CHRIS BOLTON TALKS ABOUT “LOST IN SPACE”

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Article from X2X

 Working with an incredible team from production to post, Chris outlined his approach to this show and the overall workflow.

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Assimilate Credits

Software used on select projects

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Article from Pomfort

SMOOTH WORKFLOWS FOR “DEADPOOL” – PART 2: SECOND UNIT DIT CHRIS BOLTON

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Clients

 

Feature Clients

EPISODIC CLIENTS

COMMERCIAL CLIENTS