Interview with Kevin Shaw - Part 1

Interview with Kevin Shaw - Part 1

From Color Mentor by Paul Hanrahan

October 30, 2024 · 2h 43m · Episode 7

About this episode

In this episode, Paul Hanrahan interviews colorist Kevin Shaw about the evolution of telecine and the color grading industry.

In this episode I chat to Kevin Shaw. He is a well know colorist and educator in our industry. He has also been a key figure in setting up and promoting the Colorist Society, which is the topic of our following episode. In this episode however we discuss telecines. Kevin started grading 10 years before I did, at a time when color grading was either telecine or film lab based. We discuss various stages that the industry has gone through since then, all the way up to the present. We discuss: (00:00) - Intro. (00:48) - Introduction to Kevin and telecines. (02:39) - Interview starts. (04:37) - Telecine engineers. (06:30) - Music videos. (07:34) - Study. (11:11) - Telecine Limited. (12:15) - Analog Davinci. (13:13) - One new feature per year. (13:43) - Davinci product demos. (14:08) - No freelancers. (14:53) - What is a telecine? (17:24) - Blue Moon. (17:45) - Tape playouts. (18:44) - Facility life. (21:00) - Abekus and frame store. (23:12) - Long hours. (24:21) - Tools. (27:55) - Picture encoding. (29:12) - God monitor. (33:21) - Titles and finishing. (35:01) - Low contrast prints. (36:45) - Telecine as loss leader. (42:55) - Show it on the wall. (44:02) - Quality vs convenience…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Hanrahan

Guest: Kevin Shaw

Topics covered

  • color grading
  • telecine
  • film industry
  • interview
  • colorist education

Keywords

  • colorist
  • telecine
  • film lab
  • grading
  • Davinci
  • Colorist Society
  • music videos
  • analog

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Colorist Society

Products: Davinci, telecine, Analog Davinci

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