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The Queen's Gambit (Netflix Series) - Shot on RED Ranger Monstro

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The Queen's Gambit
Netflix Series TV-MA | Drama | TV Mini-Series (2020– )

Creators: Scott Frank, Scott Allan, Allan Scott
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp




Storyline

Nine year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and the thought of escape becomes all the more tempting. Based on the book by Walter Tevis.



Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Stereo
Color: Color (DolbyVision)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1

Camera: Red Ranger Monstro
Lenses: Zeiss Supreme Prime Lenses
Laboratory: Light Iron, Los Angeles (CA), USA (digital intermediate)
Negative Format: Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process: Digital Intermediate (4K) (master format), Redcode RAW (8K) (source format)
Printed Film Format: 4K Video (UHD)



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This show looks excellent! I love the wide dynamic range of the lighting, and the Monstro seems to be holding detail even in the brightest areas of the frame like white curtain sheers.

There is a faint grid pattern in the bokeh now and then, too small to be from net diffusion, I think it might be from using Black Satin or Black Diffusion/FX filters, they have a printed grid of black dots on the glass. But I could be wrong.
 
David Mullen ASC said:
This show looks excellent! I love the wide dynamic range of the lighting, and the Monstro seems to be holding detail even in the brightest areas of the frame like white curtain sheers.
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There have already been a few IMDB reviews that mentioned the cinematography. Red needs to license some footage for its Monstro reel.

On a side note, it is so cool to see this story on the "silver screen". I mean, it's essentially a story about a young woman who loves chess!
 
Michael Winokur said:
It's a good one, worth watching. They are doing really nice things with bright, creamy side and backlighting to create beautiful portraiture and skin tones.
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For sure, and you will notice that the DOP had a lighting look for her that was consistent with most three-quarter looks to the camera. Like a good old fashioned lighting love affair between the lead actress and the DOP, so to speak.
 
David Mullen ASC said:
This show looks excellent! I love the wide dynamic range of the lighting, and the Monstro seems to be holding detail even in the brightest areas of the frame like white curtain sheers.

There is a faint grid pattern in the bokeh now and then, too small to be from net diffusion, I think it might be from using Black Satin or Black Diffusion/FX filters, they have a printed grid of black dots on the glass. But I could be wrong.
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Have you tried one of the newer diffusion filters released by Tokina Cinema by the name "Black Alchemy Diffusion" Filter series?

During the manufacturing process, they add fine black volcanic dust into the mix and it gives this unique look that mimic the diffusion applied in this movie.
 
That's a beautiful show. We just watched Episode #4 last night -- the one set in Mexico City -- and they did some pretty amazing crane shots in the hotel lobby, which I suspect could have been interior drones. This must have been an incredible amount of trouble, given that it's a period show set mostly in the mid-1960s. Series star Anya Taylor-Joy is an incredible actress with a unique look, and they do a great job a bringing out her beauty. Looks fantastic in 4K HDR on Netflix.
 
This show is inspiring.
All around a great job from script to post.
Heck, my wife is commenting on the cinematography and I'm too enthralled with the storyline/look to stop and talk about it ;)
A few episodes left, so I'll just rewatch and go over the finer points later :)
 
My partner and I just finished watching this and we thought it was brilliant from start to finish!
 
Excellent production and cinematography. However, watching it on a 4K HDR screen I clearly noticed, at least in the first episode, that some low-key shots had terrible grading work where dark areas were lifted do the point where sparkling noise appeared. The first shot of the first episode starts in this noise covering the entire image. Later there's a scene where her mother argues with the father through the window of the RV and the mother's face has clearly been lifted with a circle window to the point there's noise all over that section.

Then there's the return of the stuck pixels again, just as I mentioned about the third season of Stranger Things. I don't know why this keeps happening, but there's clearly one camera in Queen's Gambit that has a stuck pixel slightly above and to the right of the center. Whenever the image was smoothly lit it was clear as day and often right in the center of someone's face. I'm not sure why this keeps happening; if it's because the grading is done on a 2K monitor that makes it hard to spot these things, or if it's done on a too-small monitor? But on a 75-inch screen, it's very visible.

Hopefully, stuck pixels will be a thing of the past now that R3D RAW has an auto feature to remove it, but it's annoying that these things slip through the cracks.
 
Christoffer Glans said:
Excellent production and cinematography...
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Totally agree!

I am watching it all over again to pixel peep.
Watched it with the wife and soaked it in without narrating on top.
She really hates that ;)
 
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