DEFINITION July 2019

FEATURE | FEMALE COLOUR I STS

Ainhoa

Sons of Denmark

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

ANA IZQUIERDO

OLESYA KIREEVA

REBECCA GOODEVE

Job title: Freelance colourist Location: Leigh-on-Sea, UK

Job title: Senior freelance colourist Location: Berlin, Germany

With a portfolio of projects including Lars von Trier’s Palm d’Or winning Melancholia and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Palm d’Or nominee The Neon Demon , Olesya Kireeva’s work has been lauded by film audiences around the world. Following graduation from St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television with an M.Eng degree in video technologies, Kireeva began work as a tape operator, progressing to 35mm projector operator, assistant editor and mastering technician before pursuing colour grading as a career. “My background being in engineering, I was naturally attracted to the most complex machinery, devices or software that could be found. The colour grading suite truly stood out,” she explains. “So far I have been lucky enough to work with some of the most ambitious film professionals. My advice is to dare to open doors, even those you feel have already been closed. Keep learning and share your knowledge with others.” Job title: Senior colourist at ACT3 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Recent work: Melancholia, The Neon Demon, The Kindness of Strangers, Sons of Denmark, Open Spaces

“Traipsing around London with printed CVs, I was knocking down the doors of Soho’s finest post production houses when I was lucky enough to meet Thomas Urbye at The Look – a boutique finishing house,” begins Rebecca Goodeve. After a month of unpaid work experience, she began working as an assistant colourist across several post facilities in the city, including Technicolor where she collaborated with The Lord of the Rings colourist, Peter Doyle. “It was in 2015 that I decided it was time to take the leap into freelance,” she continues. “I found a small studio for rent in my local town of Leigh-on-Sea, bought all the equipment I needed, painted the walls 18% grey and prayed that I would manage to land some jobs. Luckily, I did!” Having worked on both short and long form projects across the UK, including feature films such as Insurgent , King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Bastille Day , Goodeve now regularly collaborates with the Women in Film and TV group who champion greater balance. “My advice is never to be afraid to ask,” she concludes. “Free work experience and mentoring helped me break through. Never turn down an opportunity to network, and don’t underestimate word of mouth.” Recent work: The Bicycle Thief, Making Noise Quietly, Big Exit, Nikon campaign, Virgin Experiences campaign

A senior freelance colourist working across several studios, including the newly-opened Planemo, Ana Izquierdo began her career after an MA in Audiovisual Communication, Film Studies and Photography in Barcelona. After a stint teaching colour correction at a local film school, in 2012 she moved to Berlin and worked as colorist across a variety of German and international projects. Izquierdo began her career on Assimilate Scratch and Baselight; her current set-up is DaVinci Resolve with hardware panel. “I am really proud of the work I did together with Mostafa Sarwar Farooki for his last feature, Saturday Afternoon ,” she reveals. “The film has no edits, so my approach in the grade was to keyframe every single correction, which was an interesting challenge. I also enjoyed my work on Carolina Astudillo’s last film, Ainhoa , that’s not me. It was edited out of scanned Super 8mm material, which was a joy to grade. The result is beautiful – and it was a project mainly done by women.” Recent work: Saturday Afternoon, Ainhoa, Verliebt in Masuren, Once again / En gan til, Ku’damm ‘59

Portfolio: imdb.com/name/nm3746243/

Portfolio: ana-izquierdo.com

Dare to open doors, even those you feel have already been closed. Keep learning and share your knowledge with others

Portfolio: rebeccagoodeve.co.uk

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