Behind the Color of X-Men: Days of Future Past
June 24, 2014 Jun. 24, 2014DaVinci Resolve was used by EC3 dailies colorist Adrian DeLude for near set dailies grading on the Twentieth Century Fox blockbuster “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” EC3, part of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group’s near set dailies offering, harnesses the technology and personnel of post houses EFILM and Company 3 to create custom configured dailies solutions for feature films. Colorist Stephen Nakamura, who has done the DI grade on almost every feature Sigel completed digitally, also used DaVinci Resolve for the final DI grade of the film at Deluxe’s Company 3 facility in Santa Monica.
We talked with Adrian and Stephen about their careers, how can color affect an audience’s perception and about the best part of being involved in the creation of X-Men: Days of Future Past.