Hulu Original Series Iki wo Hisomete Shot With URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 and Posted with DaVinci Resolve Studio

Hulu Original Series Iki wo Hisomete Shot With URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 and Posted with DaVinci Resolve Studio

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Brie Clayton June 8, 2021

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Blackmagic Design announced today that the Hulu original series, Iki wo Hisomete, was shot on Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2. The series used DaVinci Resolve Studio with Speed Editor and Editor Keyboard for color correction, preparing for final delivery globally and editing.

Iki wo Hisomete consists of eight episodes, is directed by award winning Ryutaro Nakagawa and stars many of Japan's top actors. This heartwarming omnibus drama series from Hulu has aired since April 23rd and depicts life and relationships of people living near Japan's Tamagawa River during Covid 19 time in 2020.

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Editing was done by Genta Tamaki of Interceptor Inc. using DaVinci Resolve Studio. The studio and my home are connected via VPN and I have direct access to the data base server in the studio from my home. When I work alone, I edited at home with my M1 Mac Book Pro and a DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor. When I edited at the studio with the director attending the editing session, it was a simple workflow. I opened the same project I had worked on and continued editing using DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard, said Tamaki.

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From offline to finishing, the post process was basically done in DaVinci Resolve Studio, said Dai Sano, a producer from SPOON inc. After Tamaki's editing, we graded the footage at the post house IMAGICA. The workflow was really seamless and it was so easy to go back to editing as we used DaVinci throughout the post process. For example, we needed to shoot some extra shots after editing was finished. My colorist could easily edit the additional shots during a grading session, which was so efficient.

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