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16.08.2024

Developing a Career in Color Grading with Colorist Aurora Shannon

Accelerate your post-production career: https://mixinglight.com Full episode notes and additional links: https://mixinglight.com/color-grading-tutorials/career-advice-for-colorists-from-aurora-shannon-company-3/ ====Aurora Shannon, colorist at Company 3 Vancouver, is known for her impressive work on popular shows, including Sweet Magnolia and Under the Bridge. Aurora’s career journey spans several continents and includes incredible career opportunities with: - Rob Pizzey- Stephen Nakamura- Stefan Sonnenfeld- Mitch Paulson- Adam Glassman- Greg Fisher- Paul Ennsby As a result, the wealth of color grading knowledge she has to share is considerable! In this detailed discussion, we unpacked her professional accomplishments, creative process, the technical aspects of color grading, and her approach to tackling long-form color grading. Alongside her professional achievements, Aurora has an inspiring commitment to mentorship roles and giving back to the community. Her insights on carving a successful career in the industry offer valuable lessons for all aspiring colorists.---Content like this is made possible by Mixing Light subscribers on MixingLight.com. You can support our work for as little as $4.58 per month (paid annually): https://mixinglight.com/membership/ (00:00) - - Introduction (01:43) - - The look for the shows Sweet Magnolias & Under the Bridge (04:14) - - Film is a format, not a color palette (06:29) - - Using a thick or thin LUT (07:22) - - Do you tend to work underneath or over the LUT? (08:59) - - Why you should talk to the DP before doing the grade (11:44) - - Using the CDL's (14:47) - - Mentoring Program (18:10) - - Who cares about your reel, what's in your CV? (22:09) - - What is a useful reel? (24:54) - - The two pathways (29:16) - - At the start of Aurora's career (37:12) - - After company 3 (39:23) - - How gender plays a role (41:30) - - Project levels vs Job titles (43:29) - - A bigger fish in a smaller pond (47:05) - - Back at Company 3 (49:55) - - What is the look of 'Hollywood film'? (52:53) - - Working on different kinds of projects (54:18) - - Working the node tree (59:07) - - Refining your methodology (01:02:54) - - Working remotely (01:05:04) - - Separate divisions have become one (01:08:57) - - Working on Crazy 8s (01:14:58) - - Working with RED Camera media (01:21:39) - - What is in the pipeline?

16.08.2024

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1 t. 26 min.
23.09.2024

Building ‘Crayon’ – An Artist-Focused Color Grading Boutique

Full episode notes and links: https://mixinglight.com/color-grading-tutorials/color-grading-interview-daniel-stonehouse-crayon/ ====Experienced colorist Daniel Stonehouse owns and co-founded the boutique color grading studio Crayon in Melbourne, Australia. Throughout my detailed conversation with Dan, he shares a wealth of experience and practical insight on the art, craft, and business of color grading and what it takes to run a successful modern boutique shop. During our conversation, Dan emphasized adaptability, continuous learning, dedication, and a holistic approach to becoming an effective colorist. To this point, Dan offers some excellent wisdom to anyone managing color grading clients from ‘discovery to delivery’. You should consider perfecting the grading session and the lengthy discussions, negotiations, and planning preceding it. Plus, there are after-session processes, such as invoicing and generating visuals for promotion. (00:00) - Introduction (03:09) - The democratization of color grading (05:32) - The impact of Apple Color software (07:59) - Inspired by BEAN (10:25) - On being self-taught (13:25) - Dan's philosophy on grading (17:31) - FX Phd, Mixing Light, and online training (19:38) - You are a colorist until you tell yourself you're not (21:20) - It's not about the tools (24:25) - How did Crayon get to its current form? (27:22) - The end of the Post House era (33:26) - The Covid effect (34:33) - About colorist Abe Wynen (36:47) - It's not about being local anymore (38:31) - Remote freelance work vs a solid infrastructure (39:56) - Colleagues, competition, and self-confidence (46:57) - The blessing of limited time (48:56) - Getting into a flow state (53:13) - Paintings and photography as references (54:15) - Daniel's thoughts on 'Look creation' (56:08) - Grading under the look (01:04:10) - Don't get trapped by your workflow (01:08:04) - Matching shots (01:08:54) - Working on commercials (01:11:07) - Growing into the craft (01:15:04) - Evaluating a colorist's tendencies (01:17:47) - The trickiest color to work with.. (01:19:35) - What is next for Crayon? (01:22:35) - The importance of Producers (01:25:15) - Being a 'facility colorist' vs freelance (01:31:11) - Wrapping up...

23.09.2024

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1 t. 33 min.
24.03.2020

Creative Professionals, Contracts, and Kill Fees in the Age of Covid-19

Attorney Seth Polansky, Esq, discusses the rights of creative professionals if clients start to pull jobs (and you've turned away other work)?

24.03.2020

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30 min.
27.05.2017

Moving From A Mac to PC: Answering Member Questions – Part 2

Want to join the conversation? Leave your comments, questions, or observations on this episode's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-tutorial/moving-from-a-mac-to-pc-answering-member-questions-part-2/

27.05.2017

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42 min.
10.01.2018

Color Restoration & Remastering: A Talk With Marc Wielage

Want to join the conversation? Leave your comments, questions, or observations on this episode's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-tutorial/color-restoration-hollywood-interview-marc-wielage/

10.01.2018

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1 t. 1 m.
11.01.2024

An Interview with Oscar-Winning International Colourist Hootan Hagshenas CSI

Accelerate your post-production career at https://mixinglight.com= = = =Today, I talked to Hootan Haghshenas, CSI. He’s a senior colourist with extensive credits, including the Oscar-Winner “The Salesman”, plus many feature films, music videos, and documentaries. His clients include Netflix, Disney, National Geographic, and more. He studied cinematography at the Art University of Tehran. Hootan is also an accomplished photographer with a Masters in Photography from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Our discussion starts with his career in Beruit and how he ended up in Australia, scene-referred workflows, Baselight / Resolve differences, and how colour preferences differ between cultures. He also discusses how remote workflows have had a positive impact on his career opportunities.=====Full show notes and additional links and related tutorials are here: https://mixinglight.com/color-grading-tutorials/interview-hootan-haghshenas/

11.01.2024

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1 t. 15 min.
03.12.2024

Voices From The Set – An Interview With 30-Year Veteran Gaffer Rick Kalivoda

Mixing Light Contributor Rich Roddman CSI interviews Rick Kalivoda, a 30-year gaffer and on-set veteran. Kalivoda talks about his craft in executing the DP's vision, the emergence of LED lighting, and its challenges. This starts a new Interview series featuring on-set crafts that affect post production workflows. Full notes and additional links, including the video, are on this Insight's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-grading-tutorials/interview-rick-kalivoda-gaffer-lighting/ Related Mixing Light Insights The Essential Gear For An On-Set Color Correction DIT Cart – Rich Roddman C.S.I. shows how he sets up his Cart for on-set color correction… and the thinking behind his choices.Part 4 of a DIT series.Being Flexible As A DIT: The Always Evolving DIT Cart – We all know that a good cart is essential to a DIT’s kit. But what if there is no room for your cart? What options do you have when size becomes a cause for concern? (00:00) - Introduction (00:43) - What is a Gaffer? (02:57) - A typical example of a Gaffer's work (05:29) - CRI vs SSI (07:02) - The evolution of LED lights (09:03) - Why Tungsten is the industry reference (12:02) - Light fixtures as the painter's palette (14:46) - Conversations with DPs (17:22) - LED Volume Walls as lighting instruments (19:55) - How has large dynamic range changed lighting? (25:20) - Lighting instruments & lens/camera choices (27:47) - Tungsten is our butter (27:53) - Tungsten - it's butter for chefs (29:15) - Are young DPs missing out on Tungsten? (31:20) - Managing Depth of Field (34:04) - Lighting is Logarithmic (36:30) - How to become a gaffer (37:32) - Advice for PAs (39:12) - Passing details from set to post (40:17) - Key & Fill Ratios (43:07) - The value of Makeup Artists (43:55) - What monitor to look at? (47:38) - What's Rick's trusted measuring device? (48:18) - Value of the on-set monitor (51:10) - Zero-budget lighting (56:45) - Replacing practical lights (59:39) - Wireless DMX vs Wifi and apps (01:01:05) - Essential roles on set (01:02:00) - Wrap Up

03.12.2024

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1 t. 8 min.
15.01.2020

Understanding Professional Displays With Flanders Scientific’s Bram Desmet

Want to join the conversation? Leave your comments, questions, or observations on this episode's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-tutorial/professional-displays-flanders-scientific-bram-desmet/

15.01.2020

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1 t. 5 min.
26.04.2018

LG 2018 OLEDs & Talking Calibration With Tyler Pruitt

Want to join the conversation? Leave your comments, questions, or observations on this episode's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-tutorial/lg-2018-oleds-talking-calibration/

26.04.2018

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28 min.
26.04.2024

A Philosopher-Pilot Talks Video Monitors & Christmas Decorations

Accelerate your post-production career: https://mixinglight.com Full episode notes and additional links: https://mixinglight.com/color-grading-tutorials/flanders-scientific-ceo-bram-desmet-the-color-timer-podcast-201/======The Color Timer Season 2 begins right now! Bram Desmet joins The Color Timer to discuss monitors, philosophy, symbolic logic, LUT boxes, and his family's fallback plan. Bram is the founder, CEO, and general manager of Flanders Scientific. His nonlinear path to launching a monitor company started with aspirations to become a philosophy professor and then a pilot while working as a bicycle repair technician. However, as he explains, these topics are all interconnected. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Flanders Scientific has taken the post production industry by storm, creating an excellent sweet spot of price, features, accuracy, customer service, and value. If you’ve been on a film set lately, chances are you’ve seen the FSI Zunzheng stamp of approval at the DIT cart or the video village. He’s been interviewed many times, but I feel confident this is the first time he’s done it with a 15-minute sand timer running. I also feel confident that it’s one of the first times he’s focused more on discussing philosophy and Christmas decorations than monitors. Don’t worry; we chat about monitors as well!- - -Editor: Rich RoddmanExecutive Producer: https://mixinglight.comPodcast Home: https://colortimerpodcast.mixinglight.com

26.04.2024

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23 min.

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