The Color Code – Details, episodes & analysis

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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Get on the waitlist for this year's final round of my color grading

course, the Colorist Career Accelerator (happening mid-October):

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I speak with Maxine Gervais, colorist for The Continental, American

Sniper, Jonah Hex, Book of Eli, Speed Racer and many more. She talks all

about her challenges and triumphs on these high profile projects.

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In this episode, Cullen sits down with Harbor Picture Company supervising colorist Andrea Chlebak to discuss her journey to becoming one of the industry's most in-demand artists, working on projects including Mandy, Elysium, and The Girl from Plainville. Their conversation touches on look design, tool selection, creative inspiration, effective client collaboration, and much more.

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Welcome to the Color Code! This episode dives into what you can expect to hear and learn in the show.

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:

1. Why finding the perfect LUT won't make your job easier — and what you need to do instead
2. The thing most colorists try to do that works against getting great filmic images
3. Why only focusing on color is "career suicide"
4. How to be a stand-out collaborator instead of an order-taker
5. The right process for problem-solving in a grade
6. Why recording out to film for "the film look" is mostly a waste of money

Want 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

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/contour

Download Referent, my free viewing transform: https://cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/referent