The Colour of Ink

20221 h 49 min 45 secFilm: Documentary

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Direction: Brian D. Johnson

Production: Sherien Barsoum (National Film Board of Canada)Brian D. Johnson (Sphinx Productions)Lea Marin (National Film Board of Canada)Anita Lee (National Film Board of Canada)Ron Mann (Sphinx Productions)

Script: Brian D. JohnsonMarni Jackson

A Sphinx co-production and the National Film Board of Canada.

Ink is our primal medium. It has always been with us, inscribing the evolution of humanity. The Colour of Ink uncovers the medium’s mystery and power through the eyes of Jason Logan, a visionary Toronto inkmaker. Working with ingredients foraged in the wild—weeds, berries, bark, flowers, rocks, rust—he makes ink from just about anything. Jason sends custom-made inks to an eclectic range of artists around the world, from a New Yorker cartoonist to a Japanese calligrapher. As the inks take on a life of their own, his playful alchemy paints a story of colour that reconnects us to the earth and returns us to a childlike sense of wonder.

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Subject categories


  • Arts > Arts and Artists
  • Industry and Commerce > Environmental Issues

Credits


writer
Brian D. Johnson
director
Brian D. Johnson
featuring
Jason Logan
Jason Logan
Koji Kakinuma
Roxx
Justin Bullock
Cats Kelly
Liana Finck
Jørn Harald Hurum
Esther Van Hulsen
Habucuc Avendario Luis
Heidi Sopinka
Winter Logan
Soren Logan
Lux Logan
Heidi Gustafson
Corey Bulpitt
Manuel Loera Fernandez
Fidel Cruz Lazo
Maria Luisa Mendoza de Cruz
Grace Lynne Haynes
Margaret Atwood
Yuri Shimojo
Arvid Al Chalabi
Thomas Little
Julia Norton
Wendy MacNaughton
Marta Abbott
Soroya Syed
Chris Fouts
Eva Novak
director of photography
Nicholas De Pencier
editor
Robert Kennedy
composer
Don Kerr
producer
Sherien Barsoum
Brian D. Johnson
Lea Marin
executive producer
Anita Lee
Ron Mann
associate producer
Kate Vollum
production manager
Nadia Tavazzani
production coordinator
Mallory Andrews
Mercy Lam
Kazuyoshi Ehara
animation director
Craig Small
additional cinematography
Blake Hannahson
Derek Howard
Brian D. Johnson
James Arthurs
Cam Roden
location camera
Keisuke Orikasa
Masato Gungi
Adrian Storey
Katrina Tan
Tim Haukenes
Quinn Thomashow
direction of photography
Kazuyoshi Ehara
drone photography
Joshua MacDonald
Mike Reid
Silvio Repetto
Patrick Shannon
Isis Monteux
Jack Smith
camera assistant
Chris Niesing
Jefferson Crawford
sound recordist
Joe Harris
assistant editor
Lu Asfaha
Alysha Baker-Diaz
post production services
Urban Post Production Inc.
re-recording mixer
Keith Elliott
Rudy Michael
re-recording assistant
Lucas Cecchetti
sound editor
Chris Matheson
Lauren Rice
foley artist
Matt Thibideau
foley recordist
Dave Mercel
ADR recordist
Ehren Pfeifer
online editor
Kyle Campbell
colourist
Andrew Mandziuk
post producer
Ike Murphy
v.p. of operations
Roberta Bratti
picture operations manager
Bruce Rees
picture facility technician
Jon Morrison
closed captioning
Quay Media Services
descriptive video
Wanda Fitzgerald
archival research
Elizabeth Klinck
archival research coordinator
Ned Currie
music supervisor
Amy Fritz
story editor
Marni Jackson
consulting geologist
Chris Fouts
Aaron J. Celestian
guide/interpreter
Denise Lecher
Linda Hanna
Tonio Recamier
production assistant
Livia Sa
Melissa Jenkins
Bill Best
translator
Amy Loo
Kazuyoshi Ehara
transcription
Multimedia Transcripts
Power of Babel
translation
Multimedia Transcripts
Power of Babel
production accountant
Patricia Rose
Audrey Quinn
production auditor
Kudlow & McCann
Jimmy Ye
legal counsel
Hall Webber LLP
Lon Hall & Associates
Michael Sniderman
Daniel Goldenberg
Mitchel Fleming
Peter Kallianiotis
clearance counsel
Hall Webber LLP
Lon Hall & Associates
Michael Sniderman
Daniel Goldenberg
Mitchel Fleming
insurance
Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc.
Darlene Milley
studio operations manager
Mark Wilson
production supervisor
Marcus Matyas
senior production coordinator
Katie Murray
Adrianna Marling
technical coordinator
Kevin Riley
technical assistant
Q'Mal Labad-Workman
Shaghayegh Haghdoust
studio administrator
Andrew Martin-Smith
marketing manager
Jessica Gedge
publicist
Jennifer Mair
executive in charge of production
Jordana Ross
senior director
Sandra Kleinfeld
musician
Don Kerr
Mike O'Brien
Jason Haberman
Christine Bougie
Emily Steinwall
Tom Richards
James Rhodes
Hugh Marsh
Brian D. Johnson
Ewen Farcombe
Nick Fraser
Jacob Gorzhaltsan
Aline Homzy
Scott Peterson
vocals
Lux Logan
Felicity Williams
arrangements
Tom Richards
vocalist
Alanna Stewart
vocal arrangements
Alanna Stewart
music producer
Tom Richards
music mixer
Tom Richards
recording studio
Union Sound

Awards


  • Most Beautiful Documentary on ArtMaster of Art Film Festival
  • Best Documentary in Contemporary ArtMaster of Art Film Festival
  • Jury Award for Best DocumentaryCUFF Docs Documentary Film Festival
  • Best Cinematography in a Feature-Length DocumentaryCanadian Screen Awards
  • Audience Award- Feature FilmFilm Festival