The Survival Guide to Digital Workflows
The Survival Guide to Digital Workflows
- Date
- Feb 9th 2015
- With
- Dirk Meier, Stefan Ciupek
Stefan Ciupek, DoP and previously digital camera supervisor on projects like SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and ANTICHRIST, and colourist Dirk Meier, who has worked on the recent films by Anton Corbijn and Roy Andersson, meet to talk about Stefan's latest project, THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. They will discuss the variety of technical pitfalls and disasters that can happen on such a big budget production. In this intimate session, Ciupek will focus on the changing role of digital image technicians as digital workflows evolve to create new responsibilities both in pre-production and on set. Other topics will include the technical challenges of camera and lens choice, quality control and look creation, the grading of rushes, the calibration of displays and the successful collaboration with a fellow DoP.
Dirk Meier
A freelance colourist, postproduction consultant and lecturer for over 20 years, Dirk Meier has worked on films such as Lars von Trier’s "Antichrist", Sebastian Lelio’s "A Fantastic Woman", Alice Rohrwacher’s "Happy as Lazzaro", and recently on “The Secret Agent” by Kleber Mendonça Filho. He was head of Up.Grade, the world’s first long-term educational programme for colour grading and continues to teach at various international film schools.
© Edmond Laccon
Stefan Ciupek
Stefan Ciupek is a renowned cinematographer and has also worked in the past as colourist and digital camera supervisor. Since its inception, Stefan was at the forefront of digital cinematography. He did groundbreaking work on films like RUSSIAN ARK, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, ANTICHRIST and most recently Danny Boyle’s 28 YEARS LATER.
His latest film as cinematographer was Guy Maddin’s surreal & genre-bending political satire RUMOURS (starring Cate Blanchett & Alicia Vikander), which premiered in the 2024 Official Selection in Cannes.
© Leif Osthoff