We are a full-service, professionally equipped, color grading studio crafting filmic looks for narrative, music, short form and commercials.
Z is our color-in-chief. As a filmmaker he approaches color grading through a story-first lens—treating it as a narrative layer that shapes, elevates, and accentuates story beats. With over two decades of experience working with color in digital media, Z brings both precision and artistry to every frame. And yes—he’s obsessed with skin tones.ng
The art and science of color
2025 Color Reel
Pre-production consult
Indie Grade Kickstart
Full grading
LUT creation only
Featured color match: "Matching to A Quiet Place 2".
A Quiet Place 2 was shot in 35mm film using KODAK Vision 3 500 T 5219 film stock. The raw footage in the video was shot digitally with an Arri Amira/ ARRI Log3C. Digital to filmic with proper color processing.
Featured color match: " Matching to Home Alone 2".
Home Alone 2 was shot in 35mm film using KODAK Vision 3 500 T 5296 film stock. The raw footage of the girl in the video was shot digitally with a RED Camera. In this example you see an environment and light condition mismatch we had to account for, the shadows inside take the warmth of the store, the shadows outside are subjected to haze and cold street lights.
I've founded Witchery because as a filmmaker I know it's hard to find colorists who give a f*ck about your story. People that are not hardwired in delivery-rush. Check Witchery's - we actually do care - policy on the FAQ.
Coven
Coven is a professional, dedicated color grading studio fully equipped with color-accurate Calman® calibrated monitors, Blackmagic panels and Resolve Studio software running on last generation Mac Studios.
We work with prime industry color transforms and high end film emulators.
🖖 I'm Z...
I have over twenty years of experience working on digital media and visual effects color pipelines. I'm also a Director of Photography and Filmmaker. Color and lights are my passion.
Fun fact: Z had a long career as a Designer and UX Engineer, wrote books on UX Design and was part of the early Augmented Reality team at Meta Reality Labs.
Questions we are always asked
"We actually do care" policy:
Our "we actually do care" policy exists to support storytelling and crafty deliverables. Here's how it works:
We price per day to keep up with budgeting standards. If we notice the job could benefit from extra magic touches we will communicate and get consent from you to take a bit longer. We won't charge you for the extra care we proposed to put in. If there is no change to the agreed scope (amount of footage/ scenes) there is no extra charge.
Where are you located?
We are based in the UK, a quick 20 min ride from London Paddington. That said, we provide fully remote color, visual effects and music services for clients worldwide.
Do you work with commercial and music videos?
Absolutely.
What files I need to provide for Grading?
You'll need a picture lock cut. No changes to edit after grading starts. This will help you save money and achieve consistency throughout the grading process.
Remote Grading:
All you need to provide us with is a lossless Prores 444 (or similar highest possible quality) render of your picture lock cut.
Grading + Conform:
If you are supplying hard drives with RAW camera footage, we will send you detailed instructions on how to groom and export the timeline for grading so we can achieve the best results possible.
How many reviews do I get?
You will get two review rounds, and it should suffice for most projects. If you need more review rounds, we can provide them at an additional cost.
How Witchery came to be?
Just take a look at the disheartening post-production stories on Reddit. As filmmakers, we've been there. We've lost money, got our footage wrecked, and, in the end, had to redo it all ourselves.
Story-aware post-production work is not easy to find, and it is especially harder for low-budget productions. We want to help indie filmmakers tell their stories.
Tell me about the overall workflow.
We will be discussing story and moods at the beginning of the project and then meet for remote review rounds. Our client engagement workflow is completely automated and runs on top of widely adopted industry standard tools like Frame.io. No materials or notes are ever exchanged via email or files through third-party transfer sites. This also avoids messy, untraceable back and forth and keeps everyone informed, happy, and the project moving.