james tonkin tours with the biggest music artists on the planet, creating stunning concert videos from tons of 4k and 8k footage in final cut pro x

AC DC, Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams, Metallica, David Gilmour, Duran Duran, Placebo, Dixie Chicks, Zipperface, Beyoncé, Björk.   But before we in, I invite you to watch 4 minute video impression about James Tonkin and his work, produced by LumaForge and recorded at his London by Bradley Olson and Patrick Southern.   From 2012 we started to specialize more in tour filming, working with Coldplay on 2012 tour live film directed by Paul Dugdale and then in 2013 touring with Robbie Williams and from 2014 onwards with The Rolling Stones and AC DC in 2016..   Our camera choices are RED Weapon, and Blackmagic Ursa Mini Pro and Ursa mini 4.6K. For some run and gun filmmakers this might not be the choice of camera systems when it comes to filming documentaries.   It can hit media networks across America or wherever we're playing, and it can go and be posted live that night to Facebook, to YouTube, to all of the digital media and news outlets...   Then at that point, to make sense for them, we also give them FCP X Library with everything completely keyworded.   That's why transcoding is something that we stopped doing, say, 200 GBs worth of footage, transcoding it down to ProRes Proxy, and then sending it to each other via the Internet.   I do lot of finishing, grading and online within FCPX rely heavily on the timeline index and the ability to effect multiple clips across 2hr timeline with global corrections..   Grading is based around 4K HDR finishing with DaVinci Resolve, in suite designed for experiencing every frame of project to the highest fidelity for mastering to DCP, broadcast and digital outlets..   producers, DPs, editors and musicians we are drawn together by the love of filmmaking, storytelling and commitment to produce the most cinematic visuals and audio to heighten the story and captivate the audience...   Read more