Exclusive event | Creating the unique HDR look for Netflix's Mindhunter

[Keegan@Netflix]

Join us for an exclusive presentation by colorist Eric Weidt, who will demonstrate how he collaborated with producer and director David Fincher to create the look of the masterful psychological thriller Mindhunter.

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore how Eric developed the HDR color grade, which drew inspiration from films of the '70s – demonstrated live on BaseLight.

The presentation will be followed by a technical discussion where Eric will be joined by Peter Postma, FilmLight's Managing Director of the Americas, Thomas Graham, Dolby's Sr. Manager of Imaging Content Solutions and Chris Clark, Manager - Imaging Science Technologies at Netflix who will share insights from their work with the latest tools and solutions for creating amazing HDR content.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/exclus...-netflixs-mindhunter-registration-43846219222

 

[Blair S. Paulsen]

Just registered, thanks for the note Michael.

IMO, as the color tools evolve, the pliability of RED's un-processed data set for building custom looks without twisting the life out of the source material will show it's strength. In the early days of making RGB images from R3Ds, Assimilate Scratch was the only tool that could partially re-characterize the data set upstream of the matrix. Every other color grading tool I know of got it's best results by authoring 10bit log DPX image sequences (16 bit TIFs also worked but ate more storage) and using grading tools that had been developed and iterated for film scans. The ability to use log pivots, power/slope/offset vs lift/gamma/gain, etc suited both the native image characteristics (silver halide response is naturally logarithmic) and the built skill sets of colorists, TK operators, etc.

Now that R3Ds have become one of the most common origination formats in the industry, vendors like FilmLight are motivated to show just how well their tools can work with native data. Not only does this offer the opportunity for more sophisticated grading, but it saves the storage space required to create an intermediate format like DPX. Striking DNxHD/HR or ProRes media for creative editorial will still be a popular workflow for some, but other than that, the need for transcoding to a RGB format is vanishing quickly.

Cheers - #19

 

[Marc Wielage]

Mindhunter is an amazing show, not only brilliant in terms of story and character but also some really interesting looks. The camerawork and lighting are excellent from start to finish. It's a very disturbing, compelling show that I thought had a lot of impact in 4K Dolby Vision.

 

[WesG]

Live stream? Or post event video?