AlphaDogs Post Production of Burbank California has completed work on Chapters the Surf Movie which follows professional surfers including three-time world champion Colin McPhillips and others at various locations around the world. Producers Joey Joyce and Jeremy Briggs chose AlphaDogs as their post facility after receiving a high recommendation from another filmmaker who used the facility earlier this year to post his film about surfing. “Chapters is a 100 percent independent surf movie with no sponsorship.” Joyce says. “AlphaDogs was easy to work with and stayed within our budget. This was our first film and we felt like more than just a client. We could count on someone to be there anytime we had a question. I will definitely be using AlphaDogs again for my next project.” Colorist Sean Stack used Apple Color to complete color grading on the film. Challenges presented themselves when it was discovered that a third of the footage was shot with an indoor white balance setting giving the footage a blue color cast. Stack was able to correct the problem and make accurate adjustments using Color’s powerful toolset while relying on precise signal monitoring equipment from Tektronix. This allowed Stack to balance out the blue hues while separately treating the skin tones on the surfer’s faces and bodies. “The human eye does not always compensate for bad color in a precise way.” Stack says “The Tektronix oscilloscopes are a scientific way of keeping the eye calibrated. Without equipment to show true color values the colorist may actually be harming the picture.” The framing and action was shot well so once the color was balanced the story really came to life. Joyce says “Sean went above and beyond to make the film look great. He was as dedicated to the project as we were.” AlphaDogs http://www.alphadogs.tv
