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Circus Maximus
Director: James Tonkin
DP: James Tonkin
Creative Director: Gavin Elder
Editor: Matt Cronin
Sound Dub / Music: Alan Witts
Colorist: James Tonkin
“We get to create visuals in the most unique and amazing places, with some of the most incredible musicians in the world.”
“I have been fortunate to work with David Gilmour of Pink Floyd for many years now, including his concert at Pompeii in 2016. And so I was very excited when David’s creative director, Gavin Elder, mentioned this concert would be at Circus Maximus in Rome. I’ve filmed there before with the Rolling Stones, and it is just an epic place having Rome as a backdrop for a big concert like this. Every street corner you turn down there is something 2,000 years old to catch your attention.
“When I do these sorts of projects, I do the directing, cinematography and post production. I think being a colorist is the perfect balance to being a cinematographer. They are creative bookends to each other! And now having creative control over the entire process has become much easier using the Blackmagic RAW/proxy workflow, with DaVinci Resolve and Blackmagic’s Cloud Store for sync. I am able to completely eliminate the need for the traditional dailies workflow, replacing it with a workflow that can immediately respond to my creative decisions. And that’s what I have built here at HANGMAN in London, a high-end post facility that can support my directing and cinematography.”
Burning the Midnight Oil
“When I used to shoot four hours of footage on four cards, that would mean four hours of copying at a minimum. After each concert had finished I would be at the hotel copying media while everyone else would be down at the bar enjoying themselves. So now being able to copy all of my footage to a Cloud Store and have it automatically load into Resolve, is transformative.”
Collaboration
“At HANGMAN, we've been earlier adopters of the Blackmagic’s Cloud and Cloud Store workflow, simply because of this necessity to get projects working remotely. I've been doing remote workflows with my editors for a long time, as I'm never just doing one project at once. I've had about eight projects stacked up since September, and with the Blackmagic Cloud workflow means that I can constantly have them rolling at the same time.”
Proxies Make Life Easy
“I love recording in 12K and 6K media with multiple cameras, so having a fast turnaround is only possible using proxies. The benefit of having proxies recorded at the exact same time as the camera original BRAW files, is immense. It just makes everyone's life way easier working this way.
Always Shoot RAW
“I'm always advocating RAW recording, even if the client just wants a fast turnaround afterwards. I'd sooner give them a proxy to keep them happy, and then do the grade in BRAW. Not that I have anything against ProRes, but when I shoot, I always record in BRAW because it keeps my options open.
