Colorist
Dave Pickett, after suffering a momentary lapse for
wrist and elbow surgery to correct a nagging injury,
has returned to Finish with a vengeance after missing
only a month of service.
In the interim many of Finish clients had
expressed disappointment that Dave wasn’t available
and Finish was forced on more than one occasion to fly
in top colorists from LA to cover for him.
But it was definitely the attitude that Dave
has that was missed during these sessions, even though
they were reported as very successful.
Dave
is now back and his recovery has been both speedy and
fairly miraculous.
Within two days of the surgery Dave had full
movement in his right hand and was actually heard
playing keyboards 10 days later. Doctors report 100% success and recovery.
As
this article goes to print, Dave is color correcting
again with some loyal clients, some of whom were
actually able to hold work in a desire to have Dave
put his “look” on their pieces.
This is a tribute to the style, tenacity and
eye that Dave can bring to any film.
And he’s proved this in the past working on
award winning commercials and nationally televised
documentaries and films at Riot and Company 3 in LA,
Crawford Post in Atlanta and Retina in San Francisco.
Since
joining Finish, Dave has completed work on numerous
projects, both regional and national.
Among them are film transfers for Sylvania and
production company Airstream, Pinnacle and editing
company EditPod with agency Arnold Advertising, Subway
for agency MMB, Days Inn for Decker Advertising,
Mass Lottery for agency Hill Holliday and
Hasbro for production company Global Mechanic, just to
name a few. He even managed to supervise assistant Tim
Montgomery for a couple of “had to have” transfers
during his gap in a tribute to their teamwork.
Dave
reports that he used his downtime to work on the
design of the new expanded film transfer suite at
Finish. Along with this and his successful recovery,
Dave is looking forward to continuing building his
clientele both nationally and in Boston, along with
servicing the clients he brought here after his
arrival last spring.
At
present we are happy to report a better than expected
outlook for bookings this winter, and Dave and his
clients can’t seem to wait for his new suite. Dave
would personally like to thank all those who called
and expressed concern for his speedy and successful
recovery. And he looks forward to continuing the
success he has had at Finish continuing with all the
new upcoming and challenging projects.
For
a further look at some of his work go to Dave’s
profile at finishedit.com
