Color Correction 101: A Filmmaker’s Guide

Learn from a colorist with 15+ years of experience who has delivered 500+ episodes of Emmy and Peabody Award–winning content to Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and more!

Walk away with a downloadable Color Correction Quick Reference Guide you can use on every project from this day forward!

PLEASE NOTE: This exclusive Stage 32 webinar is now available to watch on-demand and no longer live.

If you have ever wanted to truly understand color — how it works, what it does to your story, and how to use it the way the professionals behind your favorite films and series do — this exclusive Stage 32 webinar was built for you.

In this webinar, Alan Maynard gives you everything. How color correction and grading work and why the difference between them changes every decision you make. How color shapes emotion, tone, and storytelling from the first frame to the last. What a colorist actually does — and what no colorist can fix once the wrong decisions have been made on set. When to bring a colorist on, what they need from you, and how to communicate your creative vision without a technical background. The shooting decisions and on-set practices that protect your grade in post. How to use color deliberately to define characters, direct attention, and bring your story to life. Real before and after examples, the most expensive mistakes filmmakers make and how to avoid them starting today — and a live Q&A with Alan to close.

You will also walk away with a downloadable Color Correction Quick Reference Guide you can use on every project going forward.

Alan Maynard is one of the most accomplished colorists working today. Over 15+ years he has delivered 500+ episodes of Emmy and Peabody Award-winning content to Netflix, HBO, Hulu, PBS, and ESPN. His work has screened at Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, and Hot Docs. He is an Adjunct Professor at UNC Chapel Hill, a member of the Television Academy and the Colorist Society International, and operates out of Trailblazer Studios — an Emmy-winning facility that has delivered nearly 2,000 television shows worldwide. This is hard-won, real-world expertise from someone who has spent a career at the highest level of the industry — and in this exclusive Stage 32 webinar, all of it is yours.

Color is one of the most powerful storytelling tools you have. This is your chance to finally own it.

PLUS! You will receive this handout to help you:

• Color Correction Quick Reference Guide