This video hits close to home because I have a member of my family whose career is as a colorist for film and television. Most people don’t know what a colorist does. I’ll try and explain it in a nutshell. A colorist is the reason there’s a fluidity of color from shot to shot. They’re the reason a sky is more blue or grass being more green. They’re the people behind movies like What Dreams May Come that produce amazing coloring and imagery.
So when I saw this video it made me realize not only the skill that goes into this job but how obsolete this job will be in a short period of time. The video you are about to see was done at home by a guy who decided take a year learning out to turn black and white films into color.
The result is this 26 second clip of a scene from The Addams Family. Not the featured film. The show. While I think he makes the cheeks a little too rosy and could have potentially spent a year doing something else, it’s pretty impressive. Remember, he had to color this ENTIRE scene. This is not easy to do.
Check out the video below:
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