done in post-production and called
‘color grading.’ It can be as simple
as creating exposure contrast or as
setting the tone of the entire film
with a certain ‘hue.’”
With three monitors and a
DaVinci Resolve software, Kennedy
looks for issues in different formats.
“It won’t look the same on your laptop
as it will on your phone. The short
film series I worked on was shown on
a theatre screen, which is different
than watching it on a computer
screen. Each change I made, I had to
go into an office, look at the color,
make the changes I thought needed to
be done, export it, and then put it on
a screen.” The work was tedious, but
it’s the kind of work that reminds her
every day with satisfaction that she’s
doing the right thing.
After graduation, Kennedy moved
to Atlanta and worked as a freelance
agent. She traveled coast-to-coast
for work. One job, she might be
editor or production assistant, and
another a colorist or DIT (Digital
Imaging Technician). “Some people
call a DIT a ‘data wrangler,’ although
it’s technically not the same,” said
Kennedy. The terminology doesn’t
matter, she figures, as long as you can
do whatever is needed. And without
question, Kennedy can do whatever is
needed.
When the covid-crisis made life
in Atlanta just a bit too confining,
Kennedy and her dog came home to
Toombs County. As things begin to
move back toward some semblance of
normalcy, Kennedy is making plans
to settle in Savannah. “Since I do
freelance work, I have the ability to
live wherever I want right now, and I
want to take advantage of that while I
can.”
Making a career choice can feel
like a life and death decision when
you’re in high school. Camps like the
medical camp Kennedy attended or
apprenticeships in a young person’s
field of interest can help determine
what he or she wants and/or doesn’t
want to pursue as a career choice.
No matter what they say about
cats, a child’s curiosity can be a
helpful clue as to his or her particular
“bent.” As Proverbs 22:6 puts it:
“Train up a child in the way he should
go and in keeping with his individual
gift or bent, and when he is old,
he will not depart from it” (AMPC
translation / italics mine). Another
translation says it like this: “Teach a
child in the trade of his way, and when
he is old, he shall not depart from it”
(GNV translation).
Discovering gifting or personal
inclination toward something
doesn’t necessarily mean discovering
what comes easy. It’s obvious that
Kennedy is gifted in her field. But
what she does is good because she
works hard to do her best, and she’s
willing to keep learning “the trade of
her way” in the process. There’s a
quote by Michelangelo that says, “If
people knew how hard I worked to
get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so
wonderful at all.”
From now on, Toombs County has
a personal reason to pay attention to
the names that roll by with the credits
on our favorite Netflix documentary
or TV show. The sky’s the limit for
Kennedy Wright. And the color of
that sky? Well, it’s whatever she wants
to make it.
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