Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:51 pm
With any holiday season, we’ve come to expect variations of the age old stories of Santa, but in “Violent Night,” director Tommy Wirkola brings us a new vision of Saint Nick, one that might haunt us like those infamous lumps of coal. The unique holiday film was shot by Matthew Weston and graded by David Hussey at Company 3 using DaVinci Resolve Studio.
In the film, a team of elite mercenaries break into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage. But the team isn't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he's about to show why this Nick is no saint. “Violent Night” was produced by Guy Danella, David Leitch and Kelly McCormick of 87North and distributed by Universal Pictures. Hussey had met the producing team while working on “Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw” and subsequently collaborated with them on the summer action film “Bullet Train.”
Hussey discussed the look Weston and Wirkola were going for prior to the commencement of principal photography so communication could be well underway by the time the color grading began. “I basically tried to enhance via the grade what Tommy and Matthew had designed on set,” Hussey recalled. “They had made a plan during the production to make the downstairs interiors warm and rich while keeping the exteriors, where many of the action scenes take place, cooler with some edge. There’s also a barn and an attic where action occurs, and we made sure that area was a very moody and cool color temperature.”
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In the film, a team of elite mercenaries break into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage. But the team isn't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he's about to show why this Nick is no saint. “Violent Night” was produced by Guy Danella, David Leitch and Kelly McCormick of 87North and distributed by Universal Pictures. Hussey had met the producing team while working on “Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw” and subsequently collaborated with them on the summer action film “Bullet Train.”
Hussey discussed the look Weston and Wirkola were going for prior to the commencement of principal photography so communication could be well underway by the time the color grading began. “I basically tried to enhance via the grade what Tommy and Matthew had designed on set,” Hussey recalled. “They had made a plan during the production to make the downstairs interiors warm and rich while keeping the exteriors, where many of the action scenes take place, cooler with some edge. There’s also a barn and an attic where action occurs, and we made sure that area was a very moody and cool color temperature.”
For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0221221-01