Tom Poole

My last two assistants (last 5 years) are now colorists at Company 3 and doing great. They both started in the machine room and moved up. I would rather have someone with a great personality and street smarts,than somebody who is techy.

Unfortunately, the apprentice approach to Assists is dying out - but not on my watch. 

80-100 hours depending on budget, length etc. 

I've done DI's in way less time than that though

There is no secret sauce (technique). Stef uses the same LUTs most of the other guys use. He tends to keep things super simple (few nodes) and doesn't do chroma adjustments in the mids. 

Stef just has a great eye and works with great DP's. Simple as that.

I had an editor stand behind me on a commercial job recently. He said "Don't mind me, I'm just stealing your technique". I laughed and said "No worries, because you can't steal my taste"

1 hour ago, Sebastiano Dell'eva said:

And that was actually the plan from the start, I was seeing this sort of a decent plan B. Getting hands on experience, shadowing and assisting trumps that 100 folds. I will hopefully be success in doing that. 

I forwarded your CV to several people. Will follow up soon 

T

Send me your CV. I'll forward it to some people: tom.poole@company3.com

Save your money for the crappy pay you'll receive, working an entry level job at a post house. 

Get in. Find a colorist you like. Be cool and helpful (don't brown nose and talk too much though). Work your ass off at all aspects of the job. They'll see you care and want to mentor you. 

System schystem - I've used Resolve and Baselight. Both have advantages and I will agree that the Baselight panel is a beaut. But at the end of the day it doesn't mean anything if you ain't got the eye, taste or ability to make the client happy.

To be honest, I probably use about 10% of the Resolves tools. I find that people who wax lyrical about the tech side of the color boxes, usually aren't very good. My advice to my assists and people coming up is always the same "Immerse yourself in all things visual - photography, film, art, whatever it is". These are the things that will make you a good colorist, and also allow you to hold conversations with other creatives.