Davinci Resolve, chosen for the ‘reality’ ethalonage (HBO Max)

The ‘reality’ docudrama ethalonage of HBO Films (HBO Max) was executed by Marcy Robinson (Nice Shoes) using the Davinci Software Resolve Studio of Blackmagic Design.

Released worldwide in the Berlin International Film Festival This year, Reality It tells the real story of the interrogation led by the FBI of Reality Winner (Sydney Sweeney), a former member of the United States Air Force and translator in the NSA that becomes an informant. Tina Sate directs this project that adapts the transcription of the real interrogation represented in the play Is this a Room, which translates into a visceral tape that reproduces textual dialogues of the audio recordings registered during the interrogation.

To better understand this work from the visual point of view, Paul Yee, director of photography of Reality, deepens its visual peculiarities: “It develops in a house, mostly in a single room quite stripped, in the course of Usa a few hours. We wanted subjective and visceral ”.

The color in Reality

Limitation in scenarios and situations of Reality gave rise to a thorough ethalonage That he sought to move the characters in a certain way from the austerity of the room and add outstanding details through color, sometimes subtly and sometimes more evident. In addition, a fundamental part of work with DaVinci Resolve Studio He focused on achieving the consistency between all the images, according to Robinson: “Although the film develops mainly in a single room, there were many obstacles in terms of continuity that kept us alert. The room was quite stripped and had fluorescent lights. We wanted these aspects to feel authentic inside their roughness but, at the same time, with a visual attractive, so that we should get a balance during the whole Etalonage process.

Beyond color, there was an important job for those scenes that included Visual effects: "Paul achieved some incredible effects, and we had to match them in Ettalonage. As for Resolve, we used some OpenFx effects of brightness and diorama quite frequently. In addition, I used the masks tools to control and balance fluorescent and window lights."

“Reality It is an extraordinary film and a project that I appreciate a lot. I really loved working with Tina and Paul. They have a huge talent and are fantastic collaborators, ”concludes Robinson.