The Art of Colour Grading Podcast Angela Cerasi

In the final episode of the season, senior colourist Angela Cerasi explores the ways in which grading commercials is unique from drama and documentary.  She explains how colour work for motion picture is different to print advertisements and touches on colour perception.

In life and in art, light and darkness can be representative of good and evil, hope and fear.  But what else can it symbolise?  How can light and darkness be used as a visual motif and how can it be used in the colour grade to add deeper meaning to your imagery?  Senior colourist Angela Cerasi breaks it all down in this episode.  See angelacerasi.com.au for show notes, links and images.

HDR is a superior picture format which now comes as standard in most modern TV's and devices.  It is also becoming a required deliverable that filmmakers need to provide streaming platforms.  So what are the basics that you need to know?  And how can finishing in HDR be used to enhance your story?  Senior colourist Angela Cerasi demystifies it for you - minus the techy talk.

How do I know when my work is finished? Why do I have imposter syndrome and self doubt? How do I stop procrastinating? Everyone from directors to editors to colourists deal with the wild ride of being creative and working in a creative industry.  Senior colourist Angela Cerasi breaks it all down in this episode.  See angelacerasi.com.au for the show notes and images.
 
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Art and money Procrastination Imposter syndrome Self-doubt Charging (or not) for your creativity The etiquette of a 'value exchange' The feature colour is...

Senior colourist Angela Cerasi explores the meaning behind the colour blue and how its various shades, hues and tones are used in visual language to subliminally layer a story and add greater depth to a film.
 
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
 
The shades of blue Blue light in the natural world The link between blue and sadness Blue as powerlessness Working with blue in the colour grade The "teal and orange" look Using blue in the colour grade to create atmosphere Moonlight The ocean The feature colour is...

As a filmmaker working today, you will no doubt hear a cinematographer, DIT and/or a colourist talk about LUTs.  So what even is a LUT and what do you need to know?  In this fun episode, senior colourist Angela Cerasi breaks it down for you so that next time you hear about them you can participate confidently in the conversation.







 





TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
 
What is a LUT? The different types of Technical LUTs. Why you would use a Creative LUT. If you know only one thing about LUTs, know this… The feature colour is…