FilmLight technology used on ‘Cold Mountain’

FilmLight’s digital intermediate products Northlight, Baselight and Truelight were all used at Framestore CFC on the Grammy-nominated feature ‘Cold Mountain’.
The film was scanned in 2003 on the Northlight, the digital mastergrade was achieved using Baselight colour-grading software and the Truelight colour calibration system used for accurate preview throughout the project.
Work began in the summer of 2003, with film being scanned on the company's Northlight film scanners. Director of Photography John Seale attended grading sessions over a three-week period in August and September. His schedule then took him on to another project, and work continued under Minghella's watchful eye throughout the following two months.
It was Seale's first full digital mastergrade, and he is now a convert. "Once you have a taste of a digital intermediate, there is no going back," he recently told Millimeter magazine.
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