July 26, 2007 officially wraps up post production. TRUTH BE TOLD is finally on 35mm! *pops champagne*
For the past 2 weeks, we were back in Hong Kong to complete the process. At Digital Magic, we went through a final round of colour grading on Da Vinci for film output. Then it's the kine transfer (from video to film) at Mandarin Labs.
It's quite strange to be in the lab alongside other upcoming Hong Kong films such as Flash Point and 19 Gates of Hell as well as Filipino & Indonesian films. But well... we'll get used to it!
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Colour grading at Digital Magic on a Da Vinci system & monitoring through a true HD professional monitor.
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A workroom in Mandarin Labs. 1 word - WOW!
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This machine colour grades the film print. It kicks out a strip of paper containing the encoded info and feeds it into the film developing machine.
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A film can - Reel 3 of 5 - containing our feature's answer print.
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The moment we've been waiting for... watching TRUTH BE TOLD on 35mm!
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Viewing a reel on a Steenbeck - Eng Tiong (left) with Ka Lik (centre) and "Sifu" reviewing scenes that require some further colour tweaking.
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Eng Tiong holding on to our "precious". 4 years of blood and sweat!
Jen Nee holding on to "precious no. 2" - trailer prints!
Packing them all up to bring back to Singapore! TRUTH BE TOLD in 5 reels weigh approximately 20 kg.
