great thanks to all for the advice so far,
“Also speak to the DP who shot it. Perhaps the look is what he was after, and your attempts to help him out, will change the look of the film to something he was not intending.”
as regards to look, the director has firmly said he wants high contrast, strong blacks and to lose the “milky” look, so thats why i asked about that, good point to remember for future projects tho.
will report back with how im gettin on!
kind regards
mir