![](//www.4rfv.com/images/no_image.jpg)
Malaysian Feature Film Pagari Bulan Graded and Edited Using DaVinci Resolve Studio
Brie Clayton February 22, 2024
0 Comments
Blackmagic Design today announced that the Malaysian feature film Pagari Bulan was completed using DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software. Industry veterans Nikhil Bhide and Nik Johan of Roh Screen Productions used a number of DaVinci Resolve Studio's Neural Engine AI features, including voice isolation and speed warp.
Pagari Bulan is set during the Japanese invasion of Malaya during World War II, and tells the story of a local Malay girl, Bulan, who along with her Chinese friend has been captured by the Japanese army to be a servant to the general.
Post production for the film was completed by Kuala Lumpur's Roh Screen Productions, with editing, audio and color correction by Nik Johan and grading by Nikhil, both using DaVinci Resolve Studio, along with a DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G capture and playback card to handle video output. The two industry veterans have worked on dozens of films, TV shows and short form productions and have been using DaVinci Resolve Studio for years.
We chose Resolve for editing and grading because the workflow is very simple. It is so easy to bring in and work with any camera footage, which lets the DP use any camera they want. And features like Resolve's use of proxies helps save so much time with myself and Nik sharing media, Nikhil said.
Pagari Bulan is set in the 1940s and is a mix of night and other low light scenes, such as a dark jungle, as well as beautiful natural daylight scenes that show off the amazing Malaysian coastline. The film also included many action scenes. Nikhil relied on DaVinci Resolve Studio's powerful color correction tools to handle the mix of emotions and the look and feel needed for the film.
Nikhil explained: We wanted to make it grand and big because it is a period piece. Beautiful color mattered and Resolve was a huge help in keeping a warm look that the DP and I were working for. A great example was with an important war scene, which we wanted to make warmer looking, but there was a challenge: the whole time it was raining. It's not easy to keep warmth in the scene when it's raining. It required me to go minutely into a wider gamut, then tweak the gamut and then use Resolve's face tracking feature.
February 26, 2024Feature Film Jacob the Baker Shot and Graded With Blackmagic DesignBlackmagic Design today announced that the independent feature film Jacob the Baker
February 23, 2024Feature Film Touch the Water Captured with Pocket Cinema Camera 6KBlackmagic Design today announced that independent film Touch the Water was shot
Resolve's face refinement features were very important for the grade, Nikhil continued. With the changing lighting, weather problems and action shots, we needed a lot of refinement work. Resolve's features for this saved us a huge amount of time and money.
DaVinci Resolve Studio was also used by Johan for audio work. This included extensive use of the software's Neural Engine voice isolation feature, a powerful recently added AI driven tool.
Nik Johan explained how DaVinci Resolve Studio helped him focus on story development while being incredibly efficient: On top of professional editing features, Resolve also gives me the ability to easily work with any type of media. And because Resolve includes all aspects of post, we saved so much time, in particular with Fusion. First, we worked with the raw footage, then Fusion for compositing and then back to color. Really amazing how much time and effort is saved using Resolve.
Nik Johan continued: The voice isolation feature was incredibly important for us. We shot a lot in the rain, both natural and manufactured. As a consequence, some of the voices are mixed up, and there's obviously a pouring sound. So that voice isolation feature helped a lot. We can hear and see clearly at which point we are going to cut the dialogue.
Following the completion of post production, both Nikhil and Nik Johan used DaVinci Resolve Studio to prepare the film for a variety of formats, including HDR and Rec 709 for TV delivery in Malaysia.
Nik Johan explained: One thing in Malaysia is how different formats are required to be TV friendly and for delivering material to the station. With DaVinci Resolve I can worry less about delivery formats. Once I export it, I can reformat it.
Enjoying the news? Sign up for the Creative COW Newsletter! Sign up for the Creative COW newsletter and get weekly updates on industry news, forum highlights, jobs, inspirational tutorials, tips, burning questions, and more! Receive bulletins from the largest, longest-running community dedicated to supporting professionals working in film, video, and audio.
Enter your email address, and your first and last name below!
-- Sign up: * indicates required
Email Address *
Name
--
Most recent headlines
04/08/2024
Dalet, a leading technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, is excited to announce Santiago Solanas as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)....
17/06/2024
That Station kicked off the summer 2024 edition of the Artist Notes concert series with Greg Humphreys (of Dillon Fence and Hobex) on Thursday, June 13, on NC S...
17/06/2024
Vhagar, the oldest and largest dragon managed by House Targaryen, currently can ...
17/06/2024
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
After an initial order in 2022 for 3,000 rounds ...
17/06/2024
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Thales and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) have signed a new partnership agreement in the fie...
17/06/2024
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Thales is launching OpenDRobotics, a revolutiona...
17/06/2024
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Thaless first resilient high-data-rate High Frequency (HF) radio sets for land theatre command posts are on display on the compa...
17/06/2024
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
The Brazilian Air Force acquires the Ground Mast...
16/06/2024
I'm a big believer in getting the shot right in camera, says LEE Filters ambassador Jordan Banks. In this video, he guides viewers through his process as h...
16/06/2024
Media Links, a manufacturer and pioneer in Media over IP transport technology, has succeeded in a world s first3 demonstration of PTP1 and STL2 using IP over mi...
16/06/2024
Ease Live (an Evertz company) and Red Bull Media House-owned broadcaster ServusTV, are building on their successful launch of interactive streaming experiences ...
16/06/2024
CJP Broadcast Service Solutions Ltd has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. This commitment will see everyone working at CJP receive a minimum hourly wag...
16/06/2024
16 June 2024, 17:35 (PDT) Megabox Adopting New Dolby Vision Dolby Atmos Offer...
15/06/2024
What Exactly Is Dad Rock? 21 Songs that Explain the Totally Not Embarrassing Gen...
15/06/2024
MGM Plus has ordered The Institute, a thriller based on a Stephen King novel, for a series. Ben Barnes and Mary-Louise Parker will star, and Jack Bender and Ben...
15/06/2024
With the retirement of Mike McClain as senior VP and general manager of WOFL-WRB...
15/06/2024
Jimmy Fallon, host of The Tonight Show, has renewed his deal with NBCUniversal, extending his tenure through 2028. Fallon began hosting the show in 2014. Before...
15/06/2024
Prime Video has greenlighted three Tom Green projects coming out of the Amazon Connected Worlds event in Toronto. They include an unscripted series, a comedy sp...
15/06/2024
Tegna said it was ending production of Daily Blast Live, which has aired on Tegna stations since it was launched in 2017....
15/06/2024
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang on Friday encouraged Caltech graduates to pu...
14/06/2024
Program Uplifts Emerging Filmmakers Ages 18 to 25...
14/06/2024
PARK CITY, UTAH JANUARY 21: Actor Jennifer Connelly attends the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Bad Behaviour Premiere at The Ray Theatre on January 21, 2023 in...
14/06/2024
NITV and SBS announce extensive line-up of music, news, entertainment, comedy an...
14/06/2024
SEATTLE ZTransform recently delivered AV and media facilities to Augustana University's highly anticipated Midco Arena. Despite challenging tie constraints,...
14/06/2024
LONDON A new report from Omdia finds that the global market for OLED materials is poised for a rebound after experiencing a deficit in recent years....
14/06/2024
WASHINGTON D.C. During the annual NextGen Broadcast Conference this week, the ATSC honored Dr. Sung-Ik Park of Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Re...
14/06/2024
WUPPERTAL, Germany Riedel Communications has announced that TVMonaco, the first general-interest public television channel in Monaco, has selected Riedels Artis...
14/06/2024
Children's Digital Learning Facility REDEE Adopts Blackmagic Design Workflow...
14/06/2024
NUGEN Audio Releases NUtility Toolkit
Brie Clayton June 14, 2024
0 Comments
NUGEN Audio unveils its new NUtility Toolkit, which comprises its SigMod, ...
14/06/2024
Paul Hering, head of studio and field production at RTL Deutschland tells TVBEur...
14/06/2024
This years awards include Emerging Talent, which celebrates the work of young colourists (age 18-35) in commercial and music video creation
By Jenny Priestley ...
14/06/2024
David Cardinale, product specialist, newsroom solutions at CGI tells TVBEurope about the importance of keeping skills up to date in the rapidly evolving media i...
14/06/2024
HBO has announced that its high profile original drama series House of the Dragon has been renewed for a third season....
14/06/2024
OSLO Pixotope has announced the availability of Pixotope 24.1.0 and is reporting that the release includes the full integration of Unreal Engine 5.4, which open...
14/06/2024
LOS ANGELES Cineverse Corp. is reporting that its YouTube channels have passed the 10 million subscribers mark, thanks to the success of eight brands that have ...
14/06/2024
Ratings for the NBA Finals continue to improve with the average audience for NBA Finals Game 3 on ABC and ESPN up two percent from last year's Game 3, accor...
14/06/2024
Clear-Com is thrilled to announce that the highly anticipated Gen-IC Virtual Intercom, a revolutionary system combining the power of cloud production with Cle...
14/06/2024
Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, is pleased to introduce Acronis XDR the newest addition to the company's security solution po...
14/06/2024
Veset has announced that Veset AdWise is now available in AWS Marketplace. Veset AdWise is the advanced, cloud-based solution for real-time, in-video advertisin...
14/06/2024
Bedrock, the leading European streaming tech company, and Ease Live, an Evertz company providing innovative interactive TV technology, announce their newly form...
14/06/2024
V-Nova, a leading provider of data compression solutions, video compression technology, XR technology, AI acceleration and parallel processing for a multitude o...
14/06/2024
Triveni Digital today announced that Capitol Broadcasting Company owner and operator of WRAL-TV, WRAZ-TV, WILM-TV, and WNGT-TV in North Carolina has selecte...
14/06/2024
Riedel Communications today announced that TVMonaco, the first general-interest public television channel in Monaco, has selected Riedel s cutting-edge Artist i...
14/06/2024
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global leader providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today that pay-TV operator Orange...
14/06/2024
Pixotope, the leading software platform for end-to-end real-time virtual production solutions, today announced the availability of Pixotope 24.1.0. This release...
14/06/2024
NUGEN Audio unveils its new NUtility Toolkit, which comprises its SigMod, AB Assist, Jotter and Aligner plug-ins. Ideal for entry-level and professional audio p...
14/06/2024
Ross Video is excited to announce its participation in InfoComm 2024, held from June 12 to 14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This year, Ross Video is set t...
14/06/2024
Zixi, provider of the award-winning Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP ) and the industry leader for enabling reliable, scalable and cost-efficient live vide...
14/06/2024
Beam Dynamics, leaders in technology lifecycle management, has implemented its Data Improvement Platform (DIP) at NMR Events, a major American industrial stagi...