“The Best Job In The World”
Warren Eagles - Colorist, Founder - iColorist.com
At the fresh age of 17, Warren started his career working with images as a photographer for women’s underwear catalogues.
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.
Since then he’s:

* Spent time watching Guy Ritchie’s telly whilst discussing the look for “Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels”

* Worked on Australia’s first Digitally graded feature film “Blurred”

* Is now a freelance Colorist in Australia and Asia, has his own grading suite, and is a founding partner of the International Colorist Academy.

You can find Warren at:

* His color grading home page
* International Colorist Academy – In-person color grading training
* ICA’s Facebook page
* His Vimeo page with screencast tutorials for Apple Color and DaVinci Resolve

 

In Part 1 of Warren’s Interview we discuss:

* Working as an underwear photographer
* Working as a projectionist and editing on flatbeds
* Working through the ranks of a London post house
* Becoming an Assistant Colorist & learning to ‘Fly Grade’
* Gaining confidence as a Colorist
* The insights gained as an Assistant Colorist
* We meet Roxie!
* Starting a Telecine Department
* Evaluating New Recruits
* The technical side of Telecine Color Grading
* The difference between mechanical Telecine and digital Color Grading
* The cost of hardware-based Telecine
* The challenges when migrated to digital Color Grading
* What is a true “D.I.”?
* “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels”
* Color Grading in a “Black Box” Theater
* The value of taking breaks
* Re-watching your work

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