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colorist

colorist

1 6.5
A person who changes the look of film or video after filming by adjusting light and tones
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌlərɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : colorista
  • Keith Roush, Senior DI Colorist at ROUSH Media, provided color grading and restoration of archival footage for the documentary on Image System's Nucoda Film Master.

So I will most likely hire a colorist and a sound mixer.

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Examples

  • I have a good friend who is a seasoned resolve colorist for motion pictures and broadcast.

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  • So I will most likely hire a colorist and a sound mixer.

  • So I will most likely hire a colorist and a sound mixer.

  • And Marks and Claire was a colorist for Claire or major colorist.

  • Stefan Sonnefeld was our colorist out of CO3, and he did an amazing job delivering this look.

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  • Mick and Ronnie have chosen to avail themselves of the services of colorists.

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  • "The Bardot" also features a special appearance by colorist Patrick Fitzwater, a rising star with Redken 5th Avenue.

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  • Following the film, we will have a Q&A with Award-Winning Director James Moll and Senior Colorist Keith Roush.

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  • The series from Naughty Dog Creative Director Neil Druckmann, artist and writer Faith Erin Hicks, and colorist Christina Strain is scheduled to release in Spring 2013.

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  • The colorist enhanced the film's visuals, making the sunset look more vibrant and realistic.

How Skilled

colorist
  • US
1 6.3
colorist
  • Specialized
1 6.5
colorist
  • US
3 3.8

Surface Forms

colorist singular
colorists plural
colourists plural
colourist singular

Morphology

colorist = color (transparent) = color + ist

Productive agentive formation; in this sense it denotes a specialist in color grading/correction but the morphological derivation is straightforward.

Etymology

Colorist comes from color 'colour' and the ending -ist 'one who does'. In film and TV a colorist is the 'colour artist' for the picture, the person who adjusts tones and light so each scene looks right on screen.