Right , that was another point I didn ' t remember to list . Thank you for that . <| sep |> When I first started color I was doing super low budget indie shorts and stuff like that . Mainly for people I knew , or for my own projects . When I had my first reel I started looking for gigs on Mandee and other websites like that . Those were mostly indie films as well with the occasional bit of branded content . Over time I slowly found myself grading more and more legit stuff , updating my reel , working for small post houses , etc . At one point I was staff editor at a small production house that hired me because I was also a colorist , so I graded a TON of projects there , almost everything that came through , so that helped a lot with my reel . I just slowly worked my way up to bigger projects from the smallest . Next week I ' m grading a series for food network . I still have a ton of room to climb so I ' m excited to see what the future holds . I still do my share of grading indie films and docs , but only when the price is right nowadays , plus I really enjoy doing those .