Women in Post Panel at SMPTE MTS
HPA Women in Post is delighted to present a panel at the SMPTE Media Technology Summit: From Emulsion to Pixels: A Color(Full) Conversation About Preserving the Art of Color, Fostering Continuity in Technological Transition, and Embracing Innovation
The evolution of color grading and color science presents a unique challenge in maintaining the integrity of craft across generations while preserving uniqueness and historical context. As contemporary trends increasingly homogenize looks, there is a growing concern that nuanced visual diversity and contextual relevance may diminish over time. This panel discussion will explore strategies to bridge the generational gaps in color grading practice, aiming to safeguard the richness of color grading traditions against the rising tide of uniformity. By examining anecdotal cases and theoretical color science pipelines, this discussion will investigate how education, mentorship, apprenticeship, and interdisciplinary collaboration can foster innovation in color evolution from film to digital and beyond. Emphasizing the importance of preserving historical traditions, this panel hopes to inspire actionable steps for colorists and color scientists to transcend temporal boundaries and ensure future films and television shows retain their visual distinctiveness.
Empowering and supporting the future of the craft of color grading will require the careful integration of color science advancements with time tested aesthetic principles. Now more than ever we must advocate for a balanced approach to the creative process that empowers technological innovation and respects its historic principles and traditions. This dual focus panel discussion seeks to empower colorists and color scientists young and seasoned to create visual pipelines that meet the functional demands of streaming services and new display technologies while also providing visual palettes that resonate deeply with audiences. The goal is to enrich the color grading legacy for future generations.
Women in Post Panel at SMPTE MTS
- Tuesday, October 22nd
This is a pre-paid event
- Attendees must be registered for SMPTE MTS
- HPA Members use code: HPA10 for 10% off
SMPTE MTS, Ovation Hollywood, CA
- 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028
Laquie TN Campbell (Moderator)
Laquie TN Campbell is a dedicated creative technologist and marketing leader with almost 20 years of experience providing exceptional content creation skills combined with creative management and strategic marketing solutions. She is well-versed in several areas of post-production, primarily picture and sound editorial, on-set sound, sound design, and title graphics. Her scope of work spans from features to corporate brands to non-profit organizations leveraging her creative/technical skills and her affinity for telling the story through interconnection, communication, and community building to elevate messaging and branding.
Laquie’s multi-hyphenate career has provided her amazing opportunities to collaborate with industry leaders such as Skywalker Sound, Dolby, Technicolor, and others. She is currently the Media and Entertainment Product Marketing Manager for Backblaze. Laquie enjoys connecting with creatives to ensure their tools promote creativity and efficiency through technical innovation.
Laquie holds an MA in Communication and the Arts with emphases on Editing and Sound Design. She also holds a BA and multiple AA degrees in communication, broadcast, and business. Laquie has also earned certifications in UX/UI Design and Product Marketing Management.
Laquie currently serves on committees for the Hollywood Professional Association and SMPTE. She also runs a monthly gathering for post-production creatives based in New Mexico.
Outside of media and entertainment, Laquie has co-founded two organizations to combat sex trafficking. She is also the founder of Phoenix Underground Collective, an organization that empowers underrepresented communities to explore and develop their unique visual storytelling talents through training, content creation, distribution, and meaningful connections with innovative industry leaders.
Tahirah Foy
Tahirah Foy is a Colorist and Finishing Editor with over 8 years of professional post production experience. She has served as a Post Production Coordinator and Post Production Supervisor on several television series, television specials, and network short form promotional material. She received her undergraduate degree in Economics and Film & Media Culture from Middlebury College. She received her MFA in Media Arts with concentration in Post Production from Emerson College.
Most recently Tahirah served as colorist on the Hulu’s Onyx Collective Docuseries Black Twitter A People’s History. She was also one of the colorist that remastered HBO’s hit series Sex And The City. As a colorist, Tahirah strives to nurture the original creative intent of a project while using her technological and creative skills to make the visuals as captivating, clear, and engaging as possible. She enjoys being on the frontlines of industry innovation and approaches each project with experience, expertise, openness and a collaborative spirit.
Rory Gordon
Rory Gordon is a supervising colorist based out of Los Angeles since 2010, with recent credits Rapsh!t for HBO Max, Unstable for Netflix, and Parish for AMC. She has finished over 130 episodes in HDR10 and Dolby Vision. Her work has appeared on HBO, Starz, Amazon, Netflix, Fox, and others. In 2021 she was nominated for an HPA award for her work on HBO’s Lovecraft Country. She has done independent research in applied color science/color communication and has been published in the SMPTE journal three times, in addition to speaking at many events including international audiences. She is a painter in her life away from digital image processing.
Sheri Eisenberg
Sheri Eisenberg is a Senior Colorist at Motion Picture Imaging at Warner Bros. Discovery on the Warner Bros. lot. With a career that has spanned over 25 years, she is recognized for using color correction to its maximum affect to bring even the most challenging films from our past into our present. Her history includes modern feature films and television, but her passion lies with the classics.
Eisenberg approaches each feature and its filmmakers with a tremendous amount of respect and responsibility as she brings enormous dedication to the important work of restoring and preserving film history. She finds great joy in not only preserving the filmmaker’s original color intent, but also relishes in the opportunity to use technology in an effort maximize the impact each restoration will have. Her ability to collaborate with filmmakers adeptly allows her to navigate the intersection between historical authenticity and modern visual standards. Eisenberg’s experience includes working on a wide variety of motion pictures, spanning all decades from the 1920’s to more contemporary films, and with an expansive list of award-winning directors and cinematographers.
Her work has included restoring classic films in collaboration with The Film Foundation, including East of Eden and Beat the Devil. She also worked on the color of the theatrical re-release of the 40th Anniversary of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, approved by Steven Spielberg.
As part of the Warner Bros. MPI team, Eisenberg has worked on Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Twister, From Here to Eternity, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Blood Simple, Anatomy of a Murder, His Girl Friday, Enter the Dragon, and Training Day.
