Interview with Thatcher Freeman
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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
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