ResolveCon Panel - Color Grading for Broadcast

How to deal with clients ? How does a job come to you ? When should you buy kit ? and many more questions were discussed here in this 1 hour session.
I was delighted to be asked to be part of this panel with my good friends and fellow industry colourists Daria Fissoun CSI and Cullen Kelly, to discuss Color Grading presented live at ResolveCon on day 2.
Thanks to Casey Faris and the team at ResolveCon for such a great event. was a pleasure to be a small part of it. Check out Casey Faris channel to see the two days of ResolveCon in its entirety.
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[@Milo-mw8we]

Daria Fissoun, you are a class act! full of knowledge and yet so humble. Thanks for sharing Darren and keeping it real on the art of grading a documentary :)

[@wildpatagoniafilms16]

totally agree and she is adorable as well! ;)

[@rdstudios-production]

....and has some Ghostworld vibes.

[@milquetoes]

Thank you. When you are more excited and nervous. I love that.

[@gentilsamuel]

Would absolutely love a podcast of juste you guys talking about color grading!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Ill see what i can do!

[@Boz1211111]

excellent event topics and guests. loved it. thought hour is going to be long but it was over so quick!

[@pingopallo1]

great discussion, I'm watching these panels over and over and couldn't help but feel the time was too short for how interesting the conversation was

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. All the panels were valuable. Im watching them too as I missed a few live.

[@he.smile_]

The Trinity

[@nashhall694]

Really enjoyed this & all of Resolve Con Darren 👍😀

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you Nash. Appreciated. Casey Faris and his team deserve all the credit! I just showed up!

[@StefanRingelschwandtner]

Great conversation. Thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoyed it. Was a pleasure to be invited to be a part of ResolveCon

[@sergiobasilioli384]

Upto a few years ago I didn't know that professional color grading was a job. Fantastic Panel!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks. Ive been doing colour specifically for about 15 years now!

[@JimRobinson-colors]

It's tough for front lighting when there is a screen behind. I had to grade a club/live show from a band that had a huge screen behind them as part of their show. The light that gets reflected for a camera pushes it way up in IRE and makes it tough on exposure. I noticed when this was being presented that same problem was evident. Might be a consideration for next year. I loved that you guys let the other person talk. Shows respect and being polite. Not sure if it was by choice or not, but I feel like you should have had a segment on your own. I enjoyed both Cullen's and Daria's segments. Would have enjoyed having you do one as well. Oh well, what's that old Rolling Stones song? - "Can't always get what you want."

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi Jim. We really didn't plan this too detailed - we knew a very rough idea of the questioning but not what each others answers were, so that made it fun live. I loved that we didn't all agree on everything as we all have our own experiences proving again that no two jobs are the same or that one answer fits all - experience is the only uniform answer here - Casey and his team made it really easy for us to be chilled and just enjoy the session, which I very much did. There was no time allocated for me to do my own session on the weekend, but happy to if they ask me in the future.

[@frankinblackpool]

So, so so glad that this has been posted sir. I was multi-tasking between making tea for she-who-must-be-obayed and running back to my computer to watch this. Next time can you please ensure that all this runs on GMT? If questioned just use the immortal words "Do you not know who I am?" And as for buying kit, I'm firmly in your camp. Buy it when the fancy takes you, which is probably why I have enough kit to open my own filming and editing shop. But as they say, and in my case especially, "All the gear, and no idea". 😀

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi Frank!! Good to hear from you...and BTW congrats on your sub count which is growing healthy over time!! Top job!! Glad you enjoyed this panel discussion - it was a lot of fun to talk with Cullen and Daria - two of my faves!

[@frankinblackpool]

@@DarrenMostyn I really should complain to KZbin. They keep omitting the "K" from my subs count. 😀 My growing subs count is indeed a very pleasant and welcome mystery to me, especially as I have never once used the KZbin mantra "Subscribe and hit that bell notification". Hope you didn't have too much jet-lag.

[@SteveGerrardPhotography]

Really enjoyed that even though I'm a photographer not a colourist. Definitely a few areas where the ideas overlap.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi Steve, Lots of the views here probably relate to many industries TBH. Handling clients is a huge part of what we do. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@MikeVR180]

Great video! Four of my favorite colorists! Thank you for all the information.

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

awesome conversation....thanks for making this kind of event for free...we r very grateful 🙏

[@trafficarte]

Great discussion, I myself bought the grading monitor first, with a Mini Monitor by BMD for it, then a faster computer, painted the studio neutral gray after that, bought a fast and big Raid, then a used Tangent Element Kit. Good monitor is paramount for me, the panel helps going faster and makes the client feels relaxed because you are faster.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks for sharing! Good to know you have monitor!

[@Sagar_G_Sharma_ContentCreator]

Wow those are so consoling problems you guys shared 😅 I'm glad to know that im not the only one who hate those time constraints and confirming challenges. Coming from an I.T.department , i still love troubleshooting equally as Grading .. i was happy to see the same energy in you all 🙂 🙇 highly informative session...Thank you Darren 🙂.

[@yorkunt]

58:20 Darren once you shared a video about keyboards, man I thought I can build a poor mans color suite with cost of those. Love!

[@peturthor5140]

fantastic input from all three. Just a wealth of knowledge.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dedarcolor]

great show I love & appreciated the effort

[@CesarAugustoTejada]

Amazing discussion!! Really valuable knowledge that you guys put there. 👏

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it

[@svengiebel9345]

Wow! That was great.

[@HeliopausePictures]

A very nice conversation, Darren. Thanks for posting. I have to confess being a total techno gear nut :)

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Scott glad you enjoyed it.

[@sashazephiria3869]

Absolutely love this discussion ! :D Super insightful

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@coccodrillo21]

Thank you!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Monica. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did doing it.

[@jensgeumann7564]

"I'm a Colorist, not Jesus" 🤣 That would be a great T-Shirt.

[@redstoneranger1404]

53:30 : Cullen before/after horizontal wipe... I wonder how he did this :)

[@jeetinj]

Hi Darren when I export my video for final output the final video colours looked washed than what I see inside Davinci.. I work on Mac..I will be really grateful to you if you can guide on this.

[@DavidHarryUncut]

So it doesn’t take an hour to grade a one hour documentary 😂