The Color Couch

I had an awesome time chatting to my old friend, Creative Director, Barry Greaves. It  was such a good conversation that I am officially calling this 'Part 1' because I really want to speak with Barry again in the future and drill down into that planet sized brain of his and address more technical questions that I know he'll have such great insight on.

In the meantime please enjoy this podcast with Barry, he's such a lovely person with such a rich history and so many great stories about working his way up to the role of Creative Director. 

If you have a moment check out this link 'Masters of Color' and you'll get a great glimpse into some of the work that Barry is involved with.

In this episode of The Color Couch I'm chatting with Director Juan Poclava about his process of directing commercials. We were sitting on the 'actual' color couch for this one - in the same room!!!

We worked together on a lovely LG spot a little while back and had plenty of fun in the process. You can check out the LG spot and more from Juan here.

In this episode I am chatting to an incredible Colourist, (Colorist) Dee McClelland. Dee's reputation is second to none and she has worked on many (many!!) incredible films and television series over the years. She is also one of the loveliest people you'll ever meet. Dee talks about her career and the changes in technology including some new challenges she has faced whilst grading long form productions throughout a pandemic. Please check out Dee's work via her website. 

I'm chatting to storyboard artist Chris Mauch about the mysterious world of storyboarding. Chris has worked on so many great films including The Fantastic Mr Fox and Black Swan. You can check out some of Chris's work at chriswolfgangmauch.com

In Episode 4 of the Color Couch - the work from home edition - I chat with the incredibly talented and super awesome Cinematographer Katie Milwright (ACS) She works across feature films, television, art and documentary. You can have a peek of some of her work through her website katiemilwright.com 

Katie's work includes the Foxtel TV series UPRIGHT (2019) starring Tim Minchin and ACS Gold Award winning feature film CELESTE (2018) directed by long time collaborator Ben Hackworth. Other feature films include THREE SUMMERS (2017), THE SPACE BETWEEN (2016) SUCKER (2015) and LOOKING FOR GRACE (2015) which screened ‘in competition’ at Venice Int. Film Festival and won a Gold ACS award.

I know I say this every time - but it's true - the conversation is so fantastic and I reckon you'll love it!!

Stay safe and be kind to each other 

Vincent

In Episode 3 of the Color Couch - the work from home edition - I speak with acclaimed film and Television Colorist Warren Eagles as he lounges about near a swimming pool. It's a great conversation about Color grading in a time of isolation and also a broader chat about the process of learning how to color grade and the part that experience plays.

You can check out Warren's own podcast via International Colorist Academy at The Color Tour Podcast https://icolorist.com and for everything else at his website Warren’s website here: https://www.warreneagles.com.au 

I hope you enjoy this work from home edition of the color couch!

Stay safe and be kind to each other

Vincent

Creativity in the comfort of pajamas...  

Today on the color couch I speak to Alan Bibby a Director who I first met when I was grading at MPC in Shanghai. Alan and I talk about his work, how he got to that position and his incredibly diverse background - all of which he utilizes in his role as a Director. We also talk about what it's like to work in your pajamas.

You can see Alan's work here: https://www.executive-realness.com/ and also check out his Instagram: @alanmichaelbibby

I hope you enjoy the chat - V

It's all about the anticipation. 

That's what someone told me once when I complained about how the old episodes of the Batman TV series would finish. They would tease you about whether or not Batman would escape. It drove me crazy.

Okay, it's not quite as tense as that but here is a little teaser for Episode 2 of The Color Couch.

Inspiration and baby snot...

Today on the color couch I speak to Steve Mendonca and Craig Schlesinger, Associate Creative Directors at Anomaly

I worked with these two gentlemen only recently Color Grading a campaign launching the NBC Peacock streaming service.

You can check out some beautiful work from Steve and Craig via this address: http://www.craigandsteve.com/

Also, and I don't mean to nag you but - Don't forget to subscribe and follow me on Instagram @vincenttaylorcolor

I hope you enjoy the chat - V

The Color Couch is on its way. 

My Podcasting consultants have advised me that it's a good idea to kick off with a kind of trailer so I've done exactly that. 

Then, coming up...

The first episode will launch at the end of February and I'll be speaking with two very talented fellas from the amazing agency called Anomaly - Steve Mendonca and Craig Schlesinger. We cover topics from Ted Danson through to how to extract snot from a baby's nose. The conversation gets messy.

Keep coloring outside the lines!