Colorist Meetup - Dedicated to Professional Colorists

In this must-listen episode, we delve into the inspiring journey of Matt Wallach, a name that has become synonymous with color grading excellence in the film industry. This episode is a treasure trove for budding DITs, dailies technicians, and assistant colorists aiming to leave their mark on major cinematic projects and collaborate with the world's leading cinematographers. Matt's story is one of remarkable talent and determination, highlighted by his discovery and subsequent mentorship by Company 3. From navigating the challenging depths of DIT and dailies roles to achieving the coveted opportunity to work alongside the legendary Roger Deakins and grade the latest James Bond film, Matt's career is a testament to where skill and opportunity can lead. Beyond his achievements, this episode shines a light on the extraordinary creative synergy between a colorist and a cinematographer. We take a closer look at Matt's enduring collaboration with Linus Sandgren, exploring their latest project, "Saltburn." Joined by students from the Masters Program, we uncover the intricate details of their work and gather invaluable advice that can only come from years of industry experience. Whether you're an aspiring film professional or a seasoned expert, this episode offers a wealth of insights into the art and science of color grading, the importance of creative partnerships, and the path to achieving your dreams in the cinematic world. Tune in to discover how dedication, creativity, and collaboration can elevate your craft to new heights. Enjoy!

Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of Colorist Meetup, the podcast that celebrates the world of color grading. Our mission is to spread the love for art and science of color grading beyond Hollywood, captivating a global audience of enthusiasts and professionals alike. As we kick-start the second season of our podcast, we're thrilled to connect you with a distinctive colorist whose vast contributions have immensely enriched our community. Despite his rigorous schedule working on groundbreaking films and TV series, this colorist also shares his wealth of knowledge by leading a masterclass on feature and commercials color grading at Colour.Training. Known as the most admired Italian in Hollywood after Vittorio Storaro, we are thrilled to present an intimate conversation with the remarkable Walter Volpatto. Thank you for tuning into this episode of Colorist Meetup. Remember to hit the subscribe button to stay up-to-date with our latest episodes. We look forward to bringing you more insightful discussions and explorations in the world of color grading. Until our paths cross again, keep weaving your tales with the myriad hues and colors.

Our today's guest will go down in history books as a part of a team that has changed cinematography forever. I am talking about the team behind the development of Arri Alexa. A digital camera that, until today, remains the most widely used digital camera in professional film production. And if you were to ask cinematographers why is it that they like Alexa so much. They would declare that it is all to do with Alexa's Color Science that is responsible for that illusive Alexa Filmic Look. In today's podcast, you will have a unique opportunity to meet the person responsible for this amasing color science. He is going to open his treasure chest and explain how he came up with it and how a rare opportunity that Arri gave him to work on an RnD project later was instrumental in the creation of Arri Alexa. This is also the right moment to talk to our guest as Arri has just announced the Alexa 35, the most advanced professional cinema camera ever created with 17 stops of dynamic range and with a brand new color science. And you will get a chance to learn many crucial details about the new Arri LogC4. Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a great honor to introduce you to Harald Brandel a chief color scientist of Arri.

This is a special edition of Colorist Meetup—one from my vaults. Back in the day, when meetups were in person, we would come after work to Abel Cine, have a glass of wine or a beer, some food, meet up, chit chat, and, like in this podcast, have a special guest. I never intended to publish these, but having listened to some of these recordings, I have realized that they are vital parts of color grading history and should be shared. In this podcast, you will learn the history of digital intermediate or how computers found their way into film-making. But what you will witness next is not a dry and boring history class. You will hear me and all of the audience laugh a lot. We were not sure if this was a stand-up comedy or color science. Our guest, a two-time academy award winner for his contribution and technical development, came dressed in a red Tootoo with a hat that said Make Technicolor Great again. You probably guess that I am talking about Josh Pines, who gave the most fantastic class on cinematic color over on-colour.training last week. And if you have missed the live event and this is stuff you are interested in learning, I would highly recommend it. But next, without further ado - ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Joshua Pines. https://colour.training

What do Kanye West, The Weekend, and Ariana Grande have in common? Apart from being world-class artists, they all grade their music videos with the same Colorist. And what happens when you take this raw grading talent out of the music video world and put him in charge of the color of Apple+'s prime TV show Grayhound. You get a powerful creative mix that has led to an HPA nomination for the best color in the feature film category. If this is not enough, this Colorist has just been named 30 under 30 by Forbes Magazine in section Art & Style, which is a historic nomination for any person working in post-production, not even to mention a nomination for a colorist. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to present Hollywood's next big color hit and one person to put on your watch list - Bryan Smaller from Company 3.

Today's guest has earned himself a reputation as an innovator who knows how to make a RED camera look good. This could have been because of the fact that he was responsible for the picture post of one of the world's first movies shot on RED ONE - Che by Stephen Soderbergh. Since then he has graded many award-winning movies, amongst whom we can find the series called Russian Doll that won EMI for cinematography. Recently I noticed incredibly interesting looks of a movie called No Sudden Move by Stephen Soderbergh and then I have found out that it was shot on RED and that the same person in question graded it. I could not resist but get in touch and schedule a recording of this podcast just before Xmas to get to know Nat better and be up close and personal. Ladies and Gentlemen, today I have the great pleasure of introducing you to Nat Jenks from Post Works in New York.

Today's guest is representative of the next generation of Hollywood colorists. He started over 25 years and has had an extraordinary career path. The level of innovation that he is bringing into the business of color grading is beyond anything that we have seen so far, primarily because he is working in a unique environment, a company that many of you know for their specialty in film processing. You will be pleased to learn that he has just been nominated for the outstanding color of a theatrical release at the Hollywood PostAlliance Arts and Crafts awards for his work on Green Knight. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to welcome Alastor Arnold from Fotokem LA. Shift Ai: https://shiftai.fotokem.com/#/ Instagram: @alastorarnold

Hi everyone and welcome back to Colorist Meetup. A podcast where color grading is at the center stage. Our mission is to elevate the wonderful art and science of color grading and bring it to millions far outside the borders of Hollywood. Today's guest is someone I met a few years ago and have since followed his work as a colorist educator and DCTL developer. I am so excited that we are today talking to Cullen Kelly, a senior colorist from Los Angeles who is also a developer of unique image processing DCTLs and an educator on the subject of Look Design and Show LUT creation. For Cullens DCTL tools: https://colloid.cc/ For Cullens training course: https://colour.training For Look Designer: https://colourlab.ai/look-designer use discount code DADO15 Follow us on Instagram @colour.training https://www.instagram.com/colour.training/

Welcome to Colorist Meetup Podcast The mission of Colorist Meetup is to bring together Colorists, Color Scientists, DITs, Workflow Supervisors, Cinematographers and anyone working with Color and Digital Imaging for Motion Pictures. We invite our guests to discuss the art and science of color, and in the process, we learn about the latest developments in the industry. Our meetups' content is truly unique as colorists spend most of their time in the darkroom, so it is rare to get this access and meet them in a relaxed environment. This is our first podcast episode, and it is a recording from a meetup back in 2019. We decided to start this podcast series with Matthew Tomlinson's talk about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Matthew is an incredibly talented color scientist, and an amazing human being and this meetup was voted as the best tech talk of 2019 - Welcome and Introduction - How Matt started in the industry and how to become a color scientist - The relationship between colorist and color scientist - The look of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - The game-changing moment - Details about film scanning - About the showlut - The Digital Intermediate Please subscribe to our podcast if you are interested in hearing more of talks like this. There is also a Youtube version of this talk. This podcast is brought to you by Colour.Training. Colour Training does courses that are useful if you consider advancing your career as a professional colorist. Colour Training was well known for years in the industry as a reference training company and has trained many big media enterprises, but now it does online training and remote classrooms and had massive success with it so far. Training is highly rated, and above all, made affordable, and because of that, the classes sell out regularly, so early booking is recommended.