NFB Collection
The Colour of Ink
20221 h 49 min 45 secFilm: Documentary
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.
Availability
Other versions
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