Broadcast-standard color correction for delivery specs. — tailored for cruise professionals.
Discover the StudioWe review all footage, identify exposure issues, and define the target color palette with mood references and LUT exploration.
Shot-by-shot color correction for consistency, then creative grading with power windows and secondary adjustments.
Broadcast compliance check, HDR/SDR delivery, and export of custom LUTs for your future productions.
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Every project includes a dedicated project manager and clear milestones with approval checkpoints.
All final deliverables are yours — full ownership and usage rights included with every project.
In the Cruise sector, professional video content has become essential for standing out in a competitive market. Whether you need promotional material, training content, or brand storytelling, Colorimetric Correction delivers measurable results that transform how cruise professionals communicate with their audience.
Cruise line video production must sell a floating city — the challenge of conveying the scale and variety of a 300-meter ship with 15 restaurants, a Broadway theater, a water park, and 2,000 cabins in a 90-second film. The content strategy segments by audience: luxury cruise films (Ponant, Silversea) emphasize intimate exclusivity with 200 guests and port-intensive itineraries, while mass-market lines (MSC, Costa) focus on family entertainment and value for money. Cabin category videos are critical for upselling — showing the difference between an inside cabin and a balcony suite justifies the 2-3x price premium. Port-of-call destination content doubles as trip inspiration and itinerary justification. Production logistics are complex: filming onboard requires coordination with hotel directors, entertainment managers, and safety officers while the ship is in active service. Seasonal repositioning cruise promotions and inaugural voyage films are high-budget tentpole content (20,000-100,000 euros), while ongoing social media content budgets run 5,000-15,000 euros per month.
Tourism is inherently experiential — the challenge is making someone feel the warmth of a destination through a screen. Destinations with professional video content see 67% more bookings than those relying on photos alone. Yet each destination competes with thousands of others for the same traveler's attention.
The tourism industry needs content that works across the entire booking journey: inspirational destination films for awareness, practical experience videos for consideration, and testimonial content for conversion. Seasonality adds urgency — content must be ready before peak booking windows.
A boutique hotel chain produced immersive 3-minute films for each property. Direct bookings increased 54%, reducing OTA commission costs by €320K annually. The videos were shared 45K times on social media.
Tourism video drives direct revenue: hotel videos increase direct bookings by 54%, reducing dependency on OTAs. Destination marketing videos generate 1,200% more shares than text and images combined. Experience preview videos reduce cancellation rates by 18% as travelers arrive with accurate expectations.
1. Color Analysis: We review all footage, identify exposure/white balance issues, and establish the target look with mood references and LUT exploration.
2. Primary Correction: Exposure normalization, white balance correction, and overall color balance across all shots for consistency.
3. Creative Grade: Scene-by-scene color grading to achieve the desired mood, with custom power windows, secondary corrections, and film emulation.
4. Final QC: Broadcast compliance check (if needed), HDR/SDR delivery, and export of custom LUTs for future use.
Colorimetric correction is the technical foundation that comes before creative grading — it ensures every shot is properly exposed, white-balanced, and free of color casts. We match shots within a scene so that skin tones, white objects, and background colors are consistent regardless of changing daylight or mixed lighting on set. We use vectorscope, waveform, and histogram analysis in DaVinci Resolve to make objective, measured adjustments. This service is essential for multicam shoots, multi-day productions, and any project where footage from different cameras or lenses needs to look unified. Turnaround is 1-2 days for up to 30 minutes of content.
You receive: color-graded master in ProRes/DPX, custom LUT package, before/after comparison frames, HDR and SDR versions, and color-consistent stills for marketing.
Software: DaVinci Resolve Studio, Baselight | Monitoring: FSI DM250, calibrated Rec.709/P3/Rec.2020 | Formats: ACES workflow, CDL, .cube LUT export | HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG
Ready to elevate your Cruise brand with professional colorimetric correction? Our team combines deep industry expertise with advanced production techniques to deliver content that drives real results. Contact us for a free consultation and custom quote — no commitment required.
Let's discuss your colorimetric correction needs for cruise. Free consultation and custom quote — no commitment required.