Grade notes

Notes from the room: what a title needed, what the delivery spec demanded, and the occasional fight with a streaming platform’s QC.

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17 September 2026 Why there is no reel on this websiteTwo conversions and an unprofiled panel. What you would actually be looking at.17 September 2026 The QC rejection we causedA single frame over the broadcaster’s luminance ceiling. How it happened and what the re-master cost us.17 September 2026 Establishing a look once for a whole seriesEight episodes, one afternoon, and the arguments it prevented in weeks three through eight.17 September 2026 Profiling the displays weeklyThe logs are on the wall. What drifts, how fast, and why monthly is not enough.17 September 2026 Remote sessions that actually workWhat the client sees, what it costs in bandwidth, and the two things we refuse to do remotely.

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Why is there no showreel?

Because a graded frame in a browser has been compressed, converted into a colour space we did not choose and displayed on a panel nobody has profiled. It is not what we delivered. We publish the roster instead and put an hour in the diary for you to see the work in the room, free.

What do you need from the edit?

A locked cut, an AAF or XML, and the original camera media. If the cut is not locked we will still start, but we will tell you what re-conforming will cost so it is a decision rather than a surprise.

What is included in the rate?

Conform, grade, shot matching, the deliverable in the specification you name and its QC report. Versioning for additional platforms, captions and archive restoration are separate lines, published, not discovered at the end.

Can we attend remotely?

Yes, with a calibrated reference at your end or with the understanding that what you are seeing is indicative. We will not sign off a final grade on an uncalibrated remote view and we will not pretend a laptop is a reference.

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