Digital imaging technician

Chris M. Bolton

Canada - United Kingdom

ICG 669 Member

Featured Projects

COMPLETE PRODUCTION CV

EMMY Nomination - Spiderwick Chronicles

“2023-2023 Outstanding Lighting, Camera and Technical Arts”

Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy

“2023 Honors Certificate for development Contributions to the Small HD Monitor platform” >

Recent Projects

Netflix Feature “Time Out” IMDB >

Netflix Feature “In a Holidaze” IMDB >

Amazon Prime Series “Every Year After” IMDB >

Disney Feature “Descendants Wicked Wonderland” IMDB >

NEWS

Disney+ / Disney Channel - “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland”:

“Descendants: Wicked Wonderland” explores what “happily ever after” really means for Red (Kylie Cantrall) and Chloe (Malia Baker) following their time-traveling adventures in the 2024 hit film “Descendants: The Rise of Red.” Set primarily in present-day Wonderland with a host of new and familiar characters, this movie delves into the warning from the previous movie: There are consequences when you alter the fabric of time. Shot by Christopher Baffa ASC.

Coming July 17 2026 to Disney+ + Disney Channel

Amazon Prime Video - “Every Year After”:

Two lifelong friends explore the enduring question - what if your first love was destined to be your soulmate? A sweeping romantic tale about love's timeless possibilities. Shot on the coast of Vancouver and it’s islands by Rob Marsh / Brian Burgoyne / Mathias Herndle

Barry's Bay is calling. Every Year After, based on Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, premieres June 10 on Prime.

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