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 Mi...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Full episode notes plus additional links mentioned in this video related to working as a post production professional are at this video's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-grading-tutorials/office-hours-live-how-much-are-other-colorists-earning/ === On this edition of Office Hours Live, host and Mixing Light CEO Patrick Inhofer is joined by post-production veteran and Mixing Light contributor Katie Hinsen. They tackle the thorny topic of what you should charge for your creative services an...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 1 min
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 emp...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 33 min
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 - St...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Accelerate your post-production career: https://mixinglight.com Full episode notes and additional links: https://mixinglight.com/color-grading-tutorials/interview-bryn-interview-virtual-production/ 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/ ==== I met Bryn Morrow while colour grading television commercials shot on a volume stage at Steelbridge Stu...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Accelerate your post-production career at https://mixinglight.com ==== I’m excited to share my interview with Ferg Rotherham . He’s a senior colourist and his credits include “The Pope’s Exorcist”, “Heartbreak High”, and “Boy Swallows Universe.” We discuss his journey in the industry and the mentors who have shaped his career. Fergus also talks about his transition into long-form grading and the challenges of managing his own schedule as a freelancer. We talk about the process of grading some of...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 7 min
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 Institut...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Accelerate your career at https://mixinglight.com = = = = Today, I talked to Peter Postma – Managing Director, Americas at FilmLight. Formerly at Kodak and a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology. He was a part of the team that deployed the first hardware that could apply a LUT in real-time and was on the committee that developed the CDL. He’s also active in the development of ACES. Peter has made a career of creating workflows and standards that are easy to take for granted. Our con...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This is a MixingLight.com subscriber-supported podcast. Accelerate your career! = = = = Today, I talk with Christian Ganea Reitmeier, a Quebec-based VFX Colorist at DNEG. He shares what he’s learned solving creative and technical challenges for some of Hollywood’s biggest movies and shows. Just a few of his credits are: - Oppenheimer - Dune - Uncharted - Tenet - Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Foundation Christian has a wealth of knowledge of color science, workflow, and the little details that make a...
Oct 20, 2023•59 min
Melbourne-based Colourist CJ Dobson, CSI shares how her recently opened colour facility, Mood Labs Film Looks, offers her clients new solutions to old workflow problems. We discuss CJ’s journey from being ‘queen of the conform’ at Digital Pictures to freelancing for a decade to becoming a business owner, some of the unique future-facing services Mood Labs offers, and the challenges of succeeding as a woman in a male-dominated industry. The full landing page for this episode, including links, can...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 3 min
If you want to talk to someone about the craft and business of being a professional dailies colourist, there aren’t many people with his experience you can chat with. Topics in this discussion include: The importance of dailies Where do dailies fit within the overall production, and who in the production should ‘own’ dailies? The different workflows of LUTs, CDLs, and BLG colour grading metadata that connect production to post production Why EVERY colourist should do dailies at least once in the...
Apr 21, 2023•55 min
We're happy to introduce our newest Contributor, colorist Kali Bateman CSI. She's relaunching our interview series, starting with Vincent Taylor CSI. They discuss being a globetrotting colorist, moving from short form to long form, switching color grading platforms from job to job, and Vincent's work color grading Tiger King Season 2. Find more links at this episodes homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-grading-tutorials/interview-senior-colourist-vincent-taylor-mixing-light-podcast/...
Feb 10, 2023•27 min
Attorney Seth Polansky, Esq, discusses the rights of creative professionals if clients start to pull jobs (and you've turned away other work)?
Mar 24, 2020•30 min
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Jan 15, 2020•1 hr 5 min
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Jun 15, 2018•37 min
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Apr 26, 2018•28 min
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Jan 10, 2018•1 hr 1 min
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May 27, 2017•42 min
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May 09, 2017•42 min
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Mar 09, 2017•28 min
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Feb 22, 2017•48 min
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Oct 28, 2016•33 min
