Digital Vision's Nucoda
Film Master Adds Drama to BBC One's Mistresses
August 16, 2010
Source: Digital Vision
Digital Vision announced that its Nucoda
Film Master was used to conform and grade the new series of
BBC One’s Mistresses by Bristol based facility Films@59.
Produced by Ecosse Films, Mistresses delves into the tangled
lives of four female friends and their relationships. The
first of the four-part 60 minute drama aired on 5th August.
Films@59 Colourist Tony Osborne who carried out the grade
knew from very early discussions with the series producer
Rhonda Smith and DoP Alan Almond that they required a very
different look and feel from the first two series, which had
a glossy, glamorous sensibility and softer storylines. They
also wanted to move away from film and go digital and so opted
for the RED digital camera system.
Osborne explains, “The idea was to achieve a look that
was darker and richer but without too much contrast and one
that would not be overly saturated. From the start of the
project Alan said that he didn’t want the American look
that you get with some dramas, which have vibrant brash colours.
He wanted a natural look - that was the premise throughout
filming.”
Osborne used Nucoda Film Master for three stages of the post
production process. The first-stage was to carry out the data
conform from the RED RAW files processing out to LOG files.
He says, “This gives us the best starting point for grading
as the OpenEXR format, which is built into the Nucoda Film
Master, retains greater detail in the shadows and the highlights
than other systems. The floating point, which OpenEXR facilitates,
means that the grade is not disrupted. The second-stage was
the grade itself and during the third-stage Osborne used elements
of Nucoda Film Master’s DVO toolset to reduce shimmer
and grain.
The series, which opens in the present with a prologue, conjures
up a feeling of tension and unease. Osborne explains, “There
are unresolved issues and the viewer doesn’t yet know
what they are so it had to draw the audience in immediately.
The DoP, producer and director wanted to give that first scene
a look completely different to the rest of the series. The
story lines are dark and it was important that this was reflected
in the grade.”
Throughout the rest of the grade Osborne was sensitive to
maintain the colour theme relating to the four main female
characters and their environments.
Martin Bennett, VP Worldwide Marketing, Digital Vision comments,
“Tony has achieved a very unique look for this project
using Nucoda Film Master. The grade significantly adds to
the drama in the production reflecting the change in storyline
from the first two series. Also the use of OpenEXR, which
is integrated into all Nucoda systems and has been adopted
by other facilities and studios including Pixar and Lucasfilm
in the US and Animal Logic in Australia, ensures that the
creative vision is preserved and delivered in a manner that
has never before been possible.”
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