Interview: Colorist Warren Eagles, Part 2




The Color Correction Interview Series by TaoOfColor.com show

Summary: “What Makes A Great Colorist?”<br> At the fresh age of 17, Warren started his career working with images as a photographer for women’s underwear catalogues.<br> He moved on to working at several post houses around London before earning the opportunity to work as an assistant in a Telecine suite. His first professional gig as a colorist was in 1988 on Michael Jackson’s Bad World Tour.<br> Since then he’s:<br> <br> <br> * Spent time watching Guy Ritchie’s telly whilst discussing the look for “Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels”<br> <br> <br> * Worked on Australia’s first Digitally graded feature film “Blurred”<br> <br> <br> * Is now a freelance Colorist in Australia and Asia, has his own grading suite, and is a founding partner of the International Colorist Academy.<br> <br> You can find Warren at:<br> <br> * His <a title="WarrenEagles.com" href="http://www.warreneagles.com.au/" target="_blank">color grading home page</a><br> * <a title="ICA's Home Page" href="http://www.icolorist.com/" target="_blank">International Colorist Academy</a> – In-person color grading training<br> * <a title="ICA's Facebook page" href="http://www.facebook.com/icolorist" target="_blank">ICA’s Facebook page</a><br> * His <a title="Warren's Vimeo Channel" href="http://www.vimeo.com/icolorist" target="_blank">Vimeo page with screencast tutorials</a> for Apple Color and DaVinci Resolve<br> <br> <br>  <br> <br> In Part 2 of Warren’s Interview we discuss:<br> <br> * The advantage of a more relaxed color grading schedule<br> * Grading a feature film<br> * Warren’s color grading workflow<br> * Evaluating the image<br> * Identifying the focal point of a shot<br> * Creating “Looks”<br> * Trying to match the visual production values of major television shows<br> * The impact of a camera’s codec on the Color Grading process<br> * Color Correcting DSLR footage<br> * Mixing RED with DSLR<br> * RED DPs needing to grade their dailies<br> * Thoughts on the kinds of cameras we’ll see at NAB 2011<br> * Warren’s current business<br> * Being a freelance colorist<br> * Warren’s color grading kit (Show Notes have links to mentioned products)<br> * Working with new clients<br> * ICA’s different training options<br> * Why you should learn to create different Looks<br> * The future for professional colorists<br> * Warren’s upcoming online DaVinci Resolve training!<br> <br> Tweet, Like, or Leave a comment! (bottom of the page, no registration required)<br> <br> Listen Now <br> <a href="http://www.taoofcolor.com/441/interview-colorist-warren-eagles-part-1/">Part 1</a> | Part 2<br> <a href="http://bit.ly/hjz0mq">Subscribe in iTunes</a> | <a title="Sunday Morning Color Grading Newsletter Homepage" href="http://www.taoofcolor.com/newsletter/">Subscribe to the Tao Colorist Sunday Morning Newsletter</a><br><br> <a title="Tao Of Color's Interview Series Homepage" href="http://www.taoofcolor.com/blog/interview-series/">More Interviews</a><br> <br> Show Notes<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/color/">Apple Color</a><br> * <a href="http://decklink.com/davinci/resolve/">Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve</a><br> * <a href="http://www.caldigit.com/products.asp">CalDigit External Drives</a><br> * <a href="http://decklink.com/davinci/resolve/control/">Resolve Control Surface</a><br> * <a href="http://www.tangentdevices.co.uk/products_wave.asp">Tangent Wave Control Surface</a><br> * <a title="Korean LCD panel maker, Bon" href="http://www.bon.co.kr/main/index.html" target="_blank">BON – Korean LCD panels</a><br> * <a title="Plura LCDs" href="http://www.plurabroadcast.com/plura-monitoring-solutions/index.php" target="_blank">Plura LCD Solutions</a><br> * <a href="http://icolorist."></a>