Description

In this episode, I'll be talking to Thatcher Freeman. He's a California-based colorist and software engineer. For his day job, he's an actual AI specialist. He's made great contributions to the color grading and software coding communities. He's also a filmmaker, so I wanted to talk to him to find out what makes him tick.

We discuss: 

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:10) - Interview starts
• (01:57) - Thatcher's background in film making.
• (05:01) - The difficulties on finding resources on color theory.
• (06:41) - Current industry trends.
• (09:14) - A colorist's value.
• (10:21) - The combination of art and technology.
• (13:14) - Freelance pressures.
• (29:14) - Subtle vs Pushed graded.
• (33:00) - Things that break the signal.
• (54:29) - Personal taste in films and watching as a professional.
• (01:08:19) - Thatcher's DCTL library.
• (01:15:22) - Advice for DCTL coding.
• (01:36:23) - Current Research.
• (01:41:27) - Outro
• (01:41:49) - End logo