Philip Perkins Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 My first Denecke's were among the first batch of TC slates, and all of them had B/W stix. Later, when having the reed switch on those early slates fixed Mike Denecke asked me if I would rather have colored stix. He had no pretensions towards his colored stix being any sort of real color reference, I think he just thought they looked cool. I do too. Later, the camera-assistant-turned-shooter Peter Litomiski sold some very nice miniature clap slates for a few years that had colored stix as well (wish I still had it--stolen). Philip Perkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Parra Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 Hi Philip, You are exactly right. In fact we have never claimed the color sticks to be used as a color reference. We thought it looked cool and when asked, I always tell people that they are cosmetic. Actually, I don't recall anyone ever requesting this. I am sure that if this is a real issue we can look into an alternative. Peter Litomiski made our sticks for quite a few year. His son Robert is making them for us now. Best Regards, Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Hi. I bought my two Deneckes with colour sticks because of the neutral greay that is in it. More than one cam assistant told me that grey band is a nice reference to have. So I'd suggest, dear Charles (hola!) to make a black/grey/white version of the sticks (I'm serious!). I'd replace it in both of mines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted June 21, 2008 Report Share Posted June 21, 2008 Hi, Charlie. Good to see you here. I talked to at least a dozen dailies colorists at Technicolor, and they screamed at me "dear god in heaven, please tell them to use only B&W slates!" One of them slapped me, so I got the impression they were serious about this. Talk to Derrick Billin at Technicolor/Hollywood, Paul Chapman at Fotokem/Burbank, or Kurt Smith or Art Tostado at Technicolor Labs/N. Hollywood. I'm positive they'll agree the B&W slate is better for post. --Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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