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A colorist grades the finished picture
They even out colour and brightness shot by shot so the cuts do not jar The colorist works with the director and cinematographer in a darkened suite, watching on a calibrated monitor. Using a digital grade, they balance exposure, saturation and colour temperature across every scene. The same grade is then converted for cinema, streaming and television prints. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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A colorist grades the finished picture: the short answers
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- They even out colour and brightness shot by shot so the cuts do not jar. The figure is taken from BFI, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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