Liam Hates My Colour Grade (And Said It To My Face) | Ep 12 | The Director & the D.O.P

Tokyo. London. Mexico City. New York. All of it shot in Sydney, in two days.

Ethan breaks down Lenovo "Play-by-Play" — a global FIFA World Cup campaign for Shutterstock Studios — and Liam asks the questions he'd have asked if he'd been on it. Why Sydney beat LA and Melbourne. What got cut when grip ran out of room. The one shot worth protecting. Why the client asked for it to feel like a documentary. And why Liam thinks the grade needed more colour.

Then we launch a brand new segment: HOT TAKES. You sent them in, we have to take a side. Bidding against an agency's in-house team. Stills vs motion. Residuals for the creative team. And whether a bland pho is even pho.

00:00 Cold open

00:21 Intro

06:12 The Breakdown: Lenovo "Play-by-Play"

09:40 Why shoot a global campaign in Sydney?

12:32 The grip compromise

18:35 Liam doesn't love the grade

28:25 The $100k question

36:48 🌶️ HOT TAKES — new segment

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