The one overriding criteria has been the use of digital "film" technology rather than traditional film processing and editing or low resolution video post-production techniques.

For more information on the approach review the "Digital Intermediate" paper, (under LightTools, Technical Papers).

The following is a sample of projects in which Light Illusion has been involved. For additional on the work performed for these projects, be it on-set supervision, DI / colourist operation, or post-production supervision, contact steve@lightillusion.com, or see Steve's IMDB entry here.

Recent DI Projects

• Creeping Zero - Teaser

Creeping Zero is a Stereo 3D project supervised by UK and world renowned film post supervisor and producer Richard Lloyd, who came to Steve Shaw for assistance with the teaser that precedes production on the full feature film. Steve helped Richard get to grips with the unique requirements of Stereoscopic workflows, from capture all the way through post-production.

For information on Creeping Zero see the production company's Facebook page: Dan Films.

• Five Day Shelter

5DS Five Day Shelter is an Irish Indy production that decided to take advantage of the lower rates offered by performing the DI, vfx and lab processing and printing work in India, and Steve's experience working in India made Light Illusion the obvious choice as a partner to assist with the project, as well as having Steve perform the actual grading.

• Examples of the DI work performed by Steve on Five Day Shelter.

• Freight

Freight is a Red shot low budget film that used a very unique approach to DI by having the film post-produced in South India, with Steve working remotely from the production team, making much use of the internet to pass grading examples back and forth.

• Examples of the DI grading work performed by Steve on Freight.

• Ninaitathale Inikkum

Ninaitathale Inikkum is a film that elevated the grading look of film post-produced in South India, with Steve working closely with cinematographer Balasubramaniam, in conjunction with the film's Director GNR Kumaravelan.

• A description of the DI grading work performed by Steve on Ninaitathale Inikkum.

• Drona

Drona, a Hindi film directed by Goldie Behl, is a fantasy-action film starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Jaya Bachchan and Kay Kay Menon, shot 35mm, with all post-production being done at 4K, from VFX through to the final DI. Support for the film's digital workflow, as well DI Consultancy, was performed by Steve Shaw, Light Illusion.

• Examples of the DI grading work performed by Steve on Drona.
• Drona - overview by David Bush, VFX supervisor, with images from the shoot
• Press story from below The Line

• Brighton Wok: The Legend of Ganja Boxing

This is an amazing low-budget film that was shot on just about every HD and video camera format you can imagine. A nightmare, but great fun to grade, with all DI grading performed by Steve Shaw at Axis Post on their Quantel Pablo.

• The Brighton Wok website

• Credo

This low budget Horror feature film is the first full feature from long-term associates of Light Illusion, Alto Films (see Daddy's Boy and Dark Communion). All camera kit was supplied by Axis Hire, with on-line post-production by Axis Post.

• Credo - workflow overview
• Credo Press Release
• The Credo website

• Highlander: The Source

This was the second all Digital Cinematography feature film Light Illusion has been involved in with MotionFX, and was a 4 camera shoot, shooting in Lithuania again(!), with all data management performed by MotionFX and Light Illusion.

• Highlander: The Source - on-set story
• On-set workflow diagram
• Post-Production workflow diagram

• Silence Becomes You

Silence Becomes You (SBY) was unique as it was the world's first 100% digital cinematography feature ilm!
To be quite blunt about it, no matter who else may claim to have shot the first Digital Cinematography film, SBY WAS the first. There were other films shot HD video before SBY, but HD video is not Digital Cinematography - SBY WAS A WORLD FIRST!

• Silence Becomes You - project introduction
• SBY - in depth story
• Images from the film
• Images taken on-set
• Press story from Showreel magazine
• Press story from High Definition magazine
• Front cover from High Definition magazine
• Story in The Times newspaper

• Dark Communion
• Workflow for Dark Communion

Additional DI Film Projects

• Forgetting Is So Long
• No Star
• The Breed
• Shadowboxer
• Background info on the (unique) workflow employed
• Chaos
• The DI process employed for Chaos
• Old Men in New Cars - Trailer
• Lepel - trailer
• America's Heart & Soul
• Background info on the DI work
• Bad Boys II
• Work performed at Co3
• Piazza della 5 Lune
• LD-50
• Background info on LD-50 and DI facility MPC
• Julius Caesar
• La Bisbetica Domata
• One Perfect Day
• Casomai
• El Alamein

DI HD Film Projects

• Tehilim
• Daddy's Boy
• Workflow for Daddy's Boy, shot Sony f900
• Avanim
• Mariti in Affitto [Rent a Husband]
• Cinecittà 2001/2002 Short Movies

D-Cinema Projects

• Pinocchio
• A very unique grading approach to Pinocchio...

Commercials Projects

• Too many to mention here... but the b&w Dolce and Gabbana 'funeral' ads do stand out!

VFX Projects

• Oliver Twist
• Amnesia
• Deep Blue Sea
• Last Yellow
• A Room For Romeo Brass
• The Legend of 1900
• Lost In Space
• Dance of Shiva
• Captain Jack
• Elizabeth

Restoration Projects

• Roma
• Riso Amaro
• Umberto D

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