Nandita Goel August 6 Share August 6 Hi Guys! I've been an assistant colorist in India for the past year and a half. Before that, I graduated from a film school in USA, got really into color grading, taught myself some basics, shadowed at a post house in California for a few months and then came back to India to continue my career here. I'm looking to switch jobs because I think I'm not growing at my current company. I'm just matching big budget bolIywood films (which has been a great experience in terms of training eye and improving my matching skills) but now I want to start learn how to build looks and work with clients, do my own independent projects under the supervision of a colorist, learn more technical stuff from an experienced colorist. I feel like I'm at a point where I really want to work under someone who can really teach me and help me grow and not just work for any company/colorist who's reputed just for doing big budget films. Even though my company is considered one of the best in India for commercial films, I feel like there is a lack of innovation and technical know-how, they have been following the same methods since 30-40 years so I feel like I'm not learning enough. Like the best they do for giving a shot a film look is slapping some grains on it. There are many other small studios as well who are considered good and I want to apply there but my issue here is that I don't know how to identify a colorist whose work is crazy good? Like, how do you know just by looking at their work that this colorist is good/ know what they are doing? That they are creating amazing innovative looks? Are they technically strong? Their foundation is strong? How do you even identify that just by looking at their work? If y'all have any advice on how to approach my situation please please let me know! My untrained eye needs help. Studios that I'm thinking of applying are - (if y'all wanna check it out) Studio Skewer- https://www.instagram.com/studioskwer/?hl=en (Nicola Gasparri's work seems interesting to me) Bridgepostworks - https://www.instagram.com/bridgepostworks/?hl=en Famous- https://www.instagram.com/famous_1945/?hl=en Red Chillis - https://www.instagram.com/redchilliesent/?hl=en (Ken Metzker seems great!) P.S - I'll be traveling to the United States soon for vacation so I would love to visit some studios based in US and meet some fellow colorists there. I'll be in New York and California, Let me know if you're willing to meet me! Thank You! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites
Tom Evans November 2 Share November 2 Hi Nandita, I think color is subjective and the final grade is always a result of the production, client and the people in the room. Therefore it’s not always possible to jugde the skills of a colorist by only looking at their final work. In addition, if a colorists does well is just as much about handling the process and the people in the room. That said, if a colorist has been working on long contracts with big clients in a large facility, you can assume they do their work quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites
