Colourist for hire in the UK
The colourist grades the finished footage — balancing shots and building the film's final look in the suite.
Are you a colourist? Get listed and take work near you
Post the role, your postcode and your rate. The nearest colourist is asked first — within 19 miles, or further for anyone who has said they travel — and if they pass it moves to the next nearest. Nothing is charged unless someone accepts.
Colourist work near you
Is this your job? Set up your profile with your day rate and how far you travel. When a production nearby posts for the role, the nearest people are asked first and the job reaches your phone. You only take the ones you want.
What a colourist does on a shoot
- Balances the footage shot to shot so the cut holds together.
- Builds the look with the director and DoP and carries it across the timeline.
- Handles technical delivery — scopes, legal levels and the formats the platform asks for.
Gear a colourist usually needs
Crew and kit are hired separately on Picturental. If the production is supplying the package, these are the categories this role tends to work from.
How hiring a colourist works
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Post the role
Say you need a colourist, where the shoot is, the dates and the rate you're offering.
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The nearest is asked first
The closest colourist gets it alone, and it widens to the next nearest every 60 seconds until someone accepts.
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First to accept takes it
The job locks to them, you swap details, and you rate each other afterwards.
Hiring a colourist
- What is the difference between a colourist and a DIT?
- A DIT protects and monitors footage on set and often sets an on-set look. A colourist grades the finished cut in a suite afterwards. Same craft family, opposite ends of the job.
- What do I send for a grade?
- A locked cut, the original camera files, and any on-set LUTs or references. Grading an unlocked edit means grading the same shots more than once.