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The Color Code is a podcast focused on the craft of color grading hosted by supervising colorist, color scientist, and educator Cullen Kelly. Cullen will host a variety of top production and post-production professionals for candid discussions on how they capture and shape world-class motion images.
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- Aug 26, 20261h 27m
Ian Vertovec on Building Looks That Survive the Whole Pipeline
Ian Vertovec has been shaping images you'd recognize instantly for nearly two decades. He co-founded Light Iron in 2009 and has graded The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Palm Royale, Gone Girl, Devotion, GLOW, and much more. We talk look development, why the grade should be fine-tuning rather than invention, and what story-first finishing really looks like. ______________________________________________ Wanna go all-in on your grading with pro-level tools, private workshops, and AMAs with top-tier colorists — including Obsession colorist Jake White? Check out my membership program: https://colorist.inc Grab Referent, my free viewing LUT. It’s the foundation I use on almost every project for clean, filmic contrast and color right from the start: https://cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/referent
- May 28, 20261h 3m
Spielberg threw him into the deep end. It launched a 50-year career.
Cinematographer Steven Poster, ASC has spent five decades behind the camera, and helped lead the industry from film into digital along the way. He's shot for Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, and John Carpenter, and served as president of both the American Society of Cinematographers and the International Cinematographers Guild. He also oversaw one of the first digital intermediates ever finished, lensed the cult classic Donnie Darko, and shot the iconic "Like a Prayer" video for Madonna.We explore his origins learning his craft from a Chicago newsreel shooter, his career-long drive to innovate new technologies and techniques, his approach to daylight and diffusion, and why he thinks DPs shouldn't operate their own cameras.Grab Sweet Spot, my free exposure tool that gives you simple, scene-accurate metering in stops, for every camera: https://cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/sweet-spot. Steven called it a “game-changer” after using it on his most recent project.Chapters 0:00 — Welcome0:24 — Chicago beginnings and union politics5:55 — Seeing digital coming: NHK, Sony, and the HD experiments9:51 — Stuart Little 2 and one of the first digital intermediates14:00 — Three weeks on the soccer field: working blind20:22 — Donnie Darko: 22 days, anamorphic, and an untested film stock27:35 — Shooting daylight: polarizers and diffusion30:34 — Coming up with Vilmos Zsigmond33:42 — Blade Runner: the tunnel shot44:00 — Collaborating with Richard Kelly on Donnie Darko50:28 — Why a DP shouldn't operate their own camera51:55 — Working with Sophia Loren56:09 — Lessons from Ridley Scott59:51 — Core principles: don't be afraid1:02:30 — Next-generation display technology
- Mar 25, 20261h 24m
5 Rules for Starting Your Own Color Grading Company ft. David Tomiak
David Tomiak went from breaking both his arms in a bicycle accident and leaving behind cinematography to grading A24 features with A-list talent. In this episode, David shares with us the 5 rules that took him from freelancing in a 100 square foot room to being founder of Elemental Post.From how he almost quit the industry entirely after starting his first color business, to building one of Vancouver's most respected post houses, David opens up about the real cost of starting your own color grading company — the loneliness, the ignorance tax, and why compromising your standards means you should "just go work for someone else".Check out my look dev plugin Contour (which David used to build the look for the A24 film "Eternity"): http://cullenkellycolor.com/contourDownload Referent, my free viewing transform: https://cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/referent
- Feb 2, 20261h 1m
The color science process behind the Genesis plugin
Today you get a chance to learn with a 2x Oscar-winning film chemist who spent nearly 30 years working at Kodak. He's the co-creator of Genesis, the man behind the Joker LUT, and the person who built the Kodak Look Management System - basically the first film emulation out there (so good, Kodak's "jaws dropped").It's a very special treat to further introduce you to Dr. Mitch Bogdanowicz, who's about to share some important grading and filmmaking lessons from his 50 year career in the business. We'll also be revealing the process behind how we built our film emulation plugin Genesis.Also, Mitch's knowledge goes far beyond just film chemistry. After working in the film business for nearly 50 years (and nabbing two Academy Awards along the way), he’s an incredible problem-solver and collaborator – skills he's passed along to his three kids, who all have done major work in Hollywood and film.Mitch also covers:Why finding the perfect LUT won't make your job easier — and what you need to do insteadThe thing most colorists try to do that works against getting great filmic imagesWhy only focusing on color is "career suicide"How to be a stand-out collaborator instead of an order-takerThe right process for problem-solving in a gradeWhy recording out to film for "the film look" is mostly a waste of moneyWant to understand what makes film the gold standard in high-end grading — and get those aesthetics in your own work using tools you already have? Grab a seat for this free webinar (limited spots): https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5417725689482/WN_IF6s_rdYQTu4yizr7zNWRg
- Jun 21, 20241h 4m
Corinne Bogdanowicz
I'm speaking with Corinne Bogdanowicz, Hollywood colorist for projects like Our Flag Means Death, Reservation Dogs and more. Hear about Corinne's start in the industry "dust busting" and how she grew her client skills and coloring skills into a professional practice.
- Apr 5, 20241h 3m
Siggy Ferstl
I'm speaking with Siggy Ferstl, Senior Colorist at Company 3 and colorist of Wednesday, The Boys, Narcos, Lost in Space and more. Hear about Siggy's long journey in the industry and how he continues to innovate.This episode is brought to you by Portrait Displays http://www.portrait.com
- Feb 16, 20241h 4m
Joe Slomka
Our guest Joseph Slomka, principle color scientists for movies like Batman, Dune, Oppenheimer and more talks with me about workflows and deep dives into color science.
- Sep 28, 202358 min
Jill Bogdanowicz
Cullen talks to renown colorist, Jill Bogdanowicz about her work on movies like Joker, John Wick, Umbrella Academy and more. She gives us insight on how best to collaborate with DPs and directors and how she builds a well rounded color practice.--Get on the waitlist for this year's final round of my color gradingcourse, the Colorist Career Accelerator (happening mid-October):https://bit.ly/cca-waitlist-autumn-2023
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