When I begin color grading a documentary, the first thing I do is watch the film from start to finish with sound, exactly as it is before any sound design. Just me and the draft. I do it not to check continuity or exposure, but to understand how it feels.
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Born in Burundi follows a small medical community serving people with limited access to fuel, blood and essential medicines.
Color grading is more than adjusting brightness and contrast; it’s where a film’s visual identity is defined—mood, tone, and consistency across every shot.
When your edit is locked, the next step is to hand off your project for color grading. A clean, consistent preparation ensures a smooth conform in Resolve and avoids costly back-and-forth.
When the timeline is clean, organized, and properly prepared, the color and finishing teams can dive straight into the creative work. When it’s messy — we spend hours just untangling problems that could’ve been solved upstream.
At Wild Lion Media, remote grading isn’t a compromise — it’s a streamlined, secure, and cinematic experience designed to bring your vision to life from wherever you are.
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Shooting on the FX9? Don’t leave image quality to chance. This hands-on guide breaks down the exact settings every DP and colorist should use to get stunning, gradable footage from the Sony FX9.
As a colorist and post-production specialist, I handle 20–30 editing projects a year — each with thousands of files across multiple shoot days. When you’re dealing with that much footage, automation becomes essential. So I decided to build a solution myself.
Magda Wolnik’s documentary, Esaro, has been awarded Best Short Documentary at the Toronto Women Film Festival! This festival is dedicated to recognizing, supporting, and amplifying women’s voices in cinema.
Creating dailies is more than just processing footage—it’s about setting the foundation for a clean, efficient, and stress-free post-production process. Here’s how we handle it step-by-step at Wild Lion Media:
