"Only Murders in the Building" Uses DaVinci Resolve Studio

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"Only Murders in the Building" Uses DaVinci Resolve Studio

PostThu Aug 05, 2021 1:04 pm

Blackmagic Design today announced that the Hulu Original series “Only Murders in the Building” was graded by Colorist Nat Jencks of PostWorks New York using DaVinci Resolve Studio. Leveraging DaVinci Resolve 17’s new HDR Primary Grading Palette, Jencks was able to finesse a unique, darker comedy look to help match the tone of the murder mystery series.

“Only Murders in the Building” follows three strangers (Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez) who not only share an obsession with true crime mysteries but find themselves living one after a death in their apartment building. As their own investigation takes shape, the trio begins to realize a murderer might be living among them. Shot by DP Chris Teague, the goal was to create a look that felt both classic and fresh.

A large portion of the series takes place inside the apartment building, which was shot on a stage and made extensive use of the practical lighting designed into the sets. “It’s standard for comedy to be lit quite broadly, with the thinking being that you need to see what’s going on for the jokes to land. But we didn’t really want this show to feel like that. We respected legibility of course but didn’t want things to feel too stagey or lit,” said Jencks. “Certain lighting might look fine in SDR, but in HDR it’s way too bright. DaVinci Resolve Studio’s zoned grading toolset was extremely useful in targeting this elegantly rather than using a luminance key, as I might have done in the past.”

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