ADVERTI SEMENT FEATURE | CANON Discover the world of the Canon EOS cinema system with founder of Korro Films, Ollie Kenchington, and be in with a chance of winning a superb Canon EOS C200, worth more than £6490! COLOUR ME CANON
Colour consistency and image quality are vital for many reasons. Not least because it means a colourist like Kenchington can concentrate on the creative aspects of their job, instead of wasting time fixing footage that’s noisy or unbalanced. “What some cameras give you,” he explains, is “a plasticky or lifeless look”. It then takes a lot of skill to grade it back to an acceptable image. “You can struggle like hell with other cameras just to get to the kind of starting point that the C200 provides. It’s actually very difficult to get bad results from the camera, whereas some cameras can give even experienced operators bad results.” Several features on the C200 align to improve image quality, but the camera’s heat management is one thing many don’t consider, according to Kenchington. “The little fan was one of the first things I noticed when I moved to the C200. All higher-end cinema cameras have this kind of ventilation, and those below do not. Heat management is an important part of controlling colour and noise in an image, so you need metal housings and good cooling systems. On top of that, Canon develops its own sensors, which allows them to take complete control of the image.” Although the C200 shoots 12-bit Raw internally, for a recent campaign Kenchington did for Byron, the burger restaurant chain, he shot in UHD at 50p in MP4, with the C200’s neutral colour matrix
AS AN AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER, colourist and highly respected post- production trainer, Ollie Kenchington knows the importance of good kit. He’s an assured practitioner across all areas of filmmaking, but, by his own admission, he’s not an engineer. And that’s fine, because filmmakers using Canon EOS cinema cameras don’t need to be. Canon knows filmmakers simply want a tool that helps them turn creative ideas into striking footage, not a camera that gets in the way. The Canon EOS C200 is Kenchington’s preferred weapon of choice, as he explains: “I’m more interested in the technical aspects than most people, but your average person doesn’t want to know what’s going on inside the camera, they just want a tool that allows them to do their job. The C200 is a perfect example of that.” Kenchington set up Korro Films in 2008, with the UK-based film production agency now producing brand films, commercials and documentaries for global clients. He is also the founder of Korro Academy, where he is lead tutor, teaching thousands of aspiring filmmakers. He’s been using the C200 for about two years, because of how it deals with colour and contrast. “I was blown away by how easy it was to get accurate skin tones. With very little effort, I can get beautiful results every time,” he says.
ABOVE The C200 was tested on a recent shoot, but even when Kenchington shot into the sun and in low light, all the models’ skin tones looked great
BELOW Kenchington proves how important grading is in a campaign he shot for Byron using the Canon EOS C200
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