VERIFIED STUDIO SERVICE

Color Grading

Cinematic look development, shot-to-shot matching, and precision color correction calibrated for broadcast, theatrical projection, and web streaming.

Color grading sets the visual emotional tone and ensures absolute technical consistency across lighting shifts and camera formats. Working within DaVinci Resolve Studio with ACES color management, Kael Labs builds customized cinematic show LUTs, balances exposure, preserves skin-tone integrity, and grades both high-contrast night aesthetics and sun-drenched outdoor scenes for commercial and broadcast releases.

Look DevelopmentACES Color ManagementPrimary & Secondary CorrectionShot-to-Shot BalancingSkin Tone ProtectionBroadcast Safe Gamut Compliance
EXPERIENCE RECORD

Selected Demonstrative Work

Real editorial credits and software applications demonstrating verified capabilities.

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TV Sitcom2021
Spectop · Dir: Hicham El Jebbari

9AHWA NES NES

A sitcom built around the staff and customers of a downtown Casablanca café, using everyday encounters as a miniature portrait of society.

Role: Video Editor · Color GradingView Case Study →
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Feature Film2024
Spectop · Dir: Hicham El Jebbari

HADDA & KRIMO

Siblings Hadda and Krimo struggle through harsh living conditions while a possible medical intervention threatens to expose secrets in their neighborhood.

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Music Video2023
Production · Dir: Hamza Elmakhfi

LA3NA

Official music video for Moroccan hip-hop artist Loppanoza, directed and edited with dark, atmospheric visual pacing.

Role: Director / DirectionView Case Study →
SERVICE SCOPE

What the Service Covers

  • ✓Initial show look exploration and mood boards
  • ✓Primary balancing for exposure, color cast, and contrast
  • ✓Secondary grading for skin isolation, skies, and key subject highlights
  • ✓Matching mixed camera packages (ARRI, RED, Sony FX, Blackmagic)
  • ✓Final mastering for Rec.709, DCI-P3, and sRGB delivery
TECHNICAL PIPELINE

Verified Tools & Workflow

Standardized industry tooling tested under high-turnover broadcast pressure and tight festival delivery windows.

DaVinci Resolve Studio
Hardware Control Panels
Calibrated Color Grade Monitoring
ACES / DaVinci YRGB Color Managed Pipeline
Scope-Verified QC
Standard Deliverables:
Graded Master Pro-Res 4444 / 422 HQBroadcast Safe Rec.709 MasterShow Look LUT (.cube)High-Quality Web Deliverables
DIRECTOR OF POST-PRODUCTION

Led by Hamza Elmakhfi

Every project is personally edited or supervised by Hamza Elmakhfi, founder of Kael Labs in Casablanca. With credits spanning major Moroccan box office films and multi-season Ramadan drama series, our studio maintains total creative accountability with zero outsourced layers.

Available for productions in Casablanca & worldwide
CROSS-DISCIPLINE CAPABILITIES

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