Kali grew up in a small country town. She progressed from Film School to junior coloring jobs via editing to the dizzy heights of grading Elvis. We chat about the early days of grading for tattoos right up to being a VFX colorist at D-Neg in Vancouver.

Warren Eagles' Color Tour Podcast

Warren Eagles/International Colorist Academy

Podcast S4 EP03: Kali Bateman, Brisbane, Australia.

FEB 8, 202359 MIN
Warren Eagles' Color Tour Podcast

Podcast S4 EP03: Kali Bateman, Brisbane, Australia.

FEB 8, 202359 MIN

Description

The Color Tour Podcast is back with a fantastic live on location Podcast with Kali Bateman in Brisbane, Australia.

Her new boutique color shop is in my adopted home town, so only a short drive for me.
Kali grew up in a small country town. She progressed from Film School to editing then onto the dizzy heights of grading ‘Elvis’. It’s a great journey that shows that if you want it enough, it’s acheivable.

Topics discussed

  • The journey up the color ladder.
  • Being a VFX Colorist for D Neg in Vancouver.
  • Starting a boutique post house in difficult times.
  • Coloring Elvis for Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin.
  • Grading in C19 quarantine whilst 7 months pregnant!
  • Getting paid in tattoos, I once got a skateboard for a color job!

 

At the local

Kali Bateman in color correction suite
Kali Bateman and Warren Eagles
Kali Bateman in color correction suite