ALEXIS Van Hurkman
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My Original Grade

by alexis September 6, 2015

written by alexis September 6, 2015

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Short Film: Carry My Heart to the Yellow River

A 21 minute science fiction short I directed in China, which is in the middle of its 2019-2020 film festival run. It’s played in the Hawai’i International Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, and Orlando Film Festival, among a total of 33 festival acceptances to date, and has won “Short Film Fiction” at the Syracuse International and “Best Family Friendly Film” at South Dakota. Taking her hospitalized friend’s place on a bike tour to the Yellow River, a high school graduate travels to faraway Gannan and races the clock to share pictures of the journey. Watch the Trailer on YouTube.

Short Film: The Place Where You Live

My 12 minute science fiction short had 18 festival screenings in 2014-2015, including the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, and which won Best Leading Lady at ConCarolinas, Special Jury Prize at Worldfest-Houston, Best Science Fiction Short at Big Easy, along with Editing, Production Design, and VFX awards at Wild Rose, and a nomination for Best Original Score at Idyllwild. A professor of physics is abducted by her counterpart from an alternate dimension – in which her husband has died. Replaced by her doppelgänger, Nina struggles to rebuild the machine which will reopen the gateway between worlds, to regain the life that should be hers. Available to watch on YouTube.

Feature: Four Weeks, Four Hours

My debut feature in 2005 tells the simultaneous stories of two women stranded in the desert on opposite ends of the earth. When her plane crashes, a photographer on assignment finds herself lost and alone in a war-torn middle-eastern country. Halfway around the world, a car breakdown strands an affluent wife along an abandoned stretch of road in the American southwest. Both women need to walk for help under the blazing desert sun, and both are pushed to the limits of their endurance and beyond – the photographer over four weeks, the wife within four hours. Played seven festival screenings internationally, from 2005-2008. Not publicly available.

Color Correction Handbook

Get the 2nd Edition of this best-selling, platform-agnostic book covering all aspects of professional color correction theory and practice. Expanded with 200 pages of new and revised information ranging from grading workflow, display selection and calibration, detailed color and contrast theory for both 709 and log-encoded workflows, practical grading techniques, quality control adherence, scene balancing, and a deep exploration of memory color, image ideals, and the intersection of video grading and fine art in an interdisciplinary context. Whether you’re just starting out or have been grading for a while, there’s something for colorists of all levels.
In print from Amazon; From Barnes & Noble; ePub, MOBI, and PDF from Peachpit

Color Correction Look Book

The 216-page Color Correction Look Book focuses entirely on creative grading techniques. Myriad techniques are explained and shown, including color washes, undertones, bleach bypass emulation, cross-processing stylizations, film stock emulations, flat looks, greenscreen grading for compositing, flaring, light leaks and color bleeds, vibrance and targeted saturation, monochrome looks, grain/noise and texture, and much, much more.
Available via Kindle from Amazon

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Been working my way through the second book of this classic trilogy. It’s a crazy read with fun characters that puts Wushia movies into perspective.

My sweetie.

Hey guys…

Starlight in Mexico.

Night falls.

Not a terrible place to have a remote vacation.

Happy New Year, y’all!

Ringing in the new year with Gin & Tonics at home.

Show some fucking respect, scrawny white boys.

On the road, went to McDonald’s to make the breakfast order of the beast.

Been helping my uncle spec, assemble, and configure a home theater with 7.2.4 Dolby Atmos and a 77” LG OLED screen. Have it set up with temp scaffolding while we nudge the configuration. Sounds pretty sweet.

Why in the name of all that is good and right would anyone create puffs with Brussel Sprout flavor. Why?!

Kaylynn and I trimmed the tree. After 20 years of collecting glass ornaments, I think we’ve achieved peak ornamental density.

A lunch Snozberry Margherita. It’s complicated.

I usually don’t post photos from my home office, but this is what it’s like working at home in Minnesota. Frost on every window.

Closing out the night with a Pimm’s cup.

The Corrado. Aquavit, hibiscus, lavender, lime.

London dry gin, lemon, cinnamon, fig, and other stuff.

I’ve induced so many diners to start carrying Cholula by bringing my own that I ought to get a commission. #cholula #cholulalife

Got the tree up. Man I love the wide angle lens on the new iPhone.

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