Mixing Light Interview Series
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago -Team Mixing Light interviews colorists, color engineers, hardware vendors, and anyone else who can help you better understand the craft and business of digital color grading.
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The Career Lessons Learned Of Senior Colorist Ferg Rotherham
April 01, 2024 15:23 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBAccelerate 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...
An Interview with Oscar-Winning International Colourist Hootan Hagshenas CSI
January 11, 2024 17:12 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBAccelerate 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 Melb...
A Career Empowering Colorists: Talking with FilmLight's Peter Postma
December 22, 2023 11:57 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBAccelerate 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 gr...
What’s The Role of VFX Colorist? With DNEG's Christian Ganea Reitmeier
October 20, 2023 13:01 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBThis 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 det...
From Freelancer to Facility Owner With Senior Colourist CJ Dobson, CSI
July 19, 2023 14:02 - 1 hour - 58 MBMelbourne-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, includ...
Talking Dailies Colour Grading With Renowned Colourist Fergus Hally CSI
April 21, 2023 18:36 - 54 minutes - 125 MBIf 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 ...
A Conversation With Senior Colourist Vincent Taylor CSI
February 10, 2023 14:27 - 27 minutes - 62.9 MBWe'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-pod...
Creative Professionals, Contracts, and Kill Fees in the Age of Covid-19
March 24, 2020 01:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBAttorney Seth Polansky, Esq, discusses the rights of creative professionals if clients start to pull jobs (and you've turned away other work)?
Understanding Professional Displays With Flanders Scientific’s Bram Desmet
January 15, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBWant 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/
The 3000 NIT FSI XM310K: Talking HDR With Bram Desmet
June 15, 2018 04:00 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MBWant to join the conversation? Leave your comments, questions, or observations on this episode's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-tutorial/the-fsi-3000-nit-xm310k-discussing-hdr-with-bram-desmet/
LG 2018 OLEDs & Talking Calibration With Tyler Pruitt
April 26, 2018 04:00 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBWant 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/
Color Restoration & Remastering: A Talk With Marc Wielage
January 10, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBWant 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/
Moving From A Mac to PC: Answering Member Questions – Part 2
May 27, 2017 04:00 - 41 minutes - 76.5 MBWant 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/
Moving From A Mac to PC: Answering Member Questions – Part 1
May 09, 2017 04:00 - 42 minutes - 77.1 MBWant 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-1/
Building a PC Optimized for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve
March 09, 2017 05:00 - 27 minutes - 31.8 MBWant to join the conversation? Leave your comments, questions, or observations on this episode's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-tutorial/building-pc-optimized-premiere-pro-davinci-resolve/
What Mac Post Pros Need To Know About Building A Custom PC
February 22, 2017 05:00 - 48 minutes - 55.5 MBWant to join the conversation? Leave your comments, questions, or observations on this podcast's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-tutorial/mac-post-pros-need-know-moving-pc/
The State of the Mac Desktop (after Apple’s October 2016 Presentation)
October 28, 2016 04:00 - 32 minutes - 52.7 MBWant to join the conversation? Leave your comments, questions, or observations on this episode's homepage: https://mixinglight.com/color-tutorial/state-of-the-mac-desktop/