FEATURE FILM, 2020
The Steve Jaggi Company
MarVista Entertainment
Director: Hayley MacFarlane
Producers: Steve Jaggi, Spencer McLare
Executive Producers: Larry Grimaldi, Lionel Hicks, Phil Hunt, Janine Pearce, Hannah Pillemer, Compton Ross, Fernando Szew
DOP: Shing Fung Cheung
Swimming For Gold is Australia’s first feature film to be colour graded in 4K Dolbyvision. Angela Cerasi colour graded the feature film on site at Serve Chilled, Brisbane. Serve Chilled is the only post production facility in Queensland (and one of only four across Australia) to be individually certified by Dolby and listed on their register of world-class post facilities. They boast a Dolby Vision HDR grading suite capable of handling 8k vision, coupled with 4k SDR grading suites, multiple AVID rooms and dedicated VFX machines and ProTools audio suites – a great spot to colour grade!
The feature film Swimming For Gold is a young adult drama that features a talented young cast headlined by Peyton List and supported by a strong Australian ensemble. Claire Carpenter (played by Peyton List) is an elite American swimmer who, left with aquaphobia after a jet-ski accident, finds herself sent to Australia to coach an elite Australian boys’ swim team. Claire soon finds herself face to face with long-time rival Mikayla Michaels, and the news that the camp will close if the team loses the next meet. To save the camp, Claire must overcome a secret fear, put aside her differences with Mikayla and rediscover her passion.
The film was filmed entirely on location in Brisbane and the Gold Coast Hinterland. The 4K Dolbyvision footage was beautifully captured by DOP Shing Fung Cheung. The series was directed by Hayley MacFarlane, who went on to direct the BAFTA-award-winning TV series Love Island.
To see a film Angela more recently colour graded in HDR, check out this trailer for Dawn of the Dolphins, a Stan original.