I'll soon be going into Lustre color correction for Jen Graham's "Beverly," a story about the disenchantment of a child's doll as she comes to terms with her inability to learn and develop as long as she stays at the dream house. Photography for the project wrapped at the end of November; editor Alex Fortunato is now working hard to develop the comedy of blissful ignorance.

An ambitious project on a tight schedule with limited crew, "Beverly" had locations in Beverly Hills, Anaheim, and on a stage at Marion Knott Studios, where we shot greenscreen to place Beverly (Anais Feirweather) at a doll's scale in plates shot on location. The plates were photographed after the greenscreen coverage, so thorough notes on the part of 2nd Assistant Camera Josh Wolk were key in acquiring the shots we'd need in post.

Creating the Barbie world was as involved a task on location as it was on the stages: each morning Makeup Artist Jenny Hou would transform our wonderful lead actress, Anais; the makeup read wonderfully, and I accented the rosy look with Lee Cosmetic Hi-Lite on each character light. For camera diffusion, I found and tested Tiffen's Glimmerglass set; the filters provided smooth skin tones with a slight shimmer, far less recognizable than a pro mist or other typical diffusion.

The footage is being processed at Fotokem and will be given a one-light 1080 scan for editing followed by a best-light 2K scan with Marion Knott Studios' Spirit 4K; at that point I'll have the project in Autodesk Lustre for color correction.

1:1.85
Arriflex Super 16mm SRII
Zeiss Super Speed Primes
Photographed on Kodak Vision2 7212, Vision3 7219
Rentals from Otto Nemenz International, Mole Richardson, Wooden Nickel Lighting

Dir Jen Graham
1st AC Nicholas Dunakin Wiesnet
Gaffer Robyn Buchanan, Jay K. Raja
Key Grip Matthew Perez
Production Designer Mandy Noack
Makeup Artist Jenny Hou