Writer and director Warren Dudley approached me to grade his independent feature Six Years Gone, a Brighton film made with a local crew.

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The film is a gritty drama made up mostly of long single takes, which keep the audience right in the middle of what the characters are going through. That made the grade a bit of a challenge. The light often changed over the course of a take, so I used a lot of keyframing to keep things consistent without losing the natural, real feel of the footage.

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Warren was also looking for the grade to follow the story. The early scenes have a warmer, richer look, which gradually becomes darker and grittier as things fall apart for the main character, played by Veronica Jean Trickett.