Palme d'Or Winner Anatomy of a Fall Finished with DaVinci Resolve Studio
Brie Clayton May 30, 2024
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Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for five Oscars, Anatomy of a Fall is a compelling family drama that unravels the shocking implosion of an ordinary family.
Directed by Justine Triet, her fourth feature film paints a dizzying portrait of a woman accused of murdering her husband, set against a suffocating backdrop. Graded at M141 with DaVinci Resolve Studio, Colorist Magali L onard of Chroma Shapers goes behind the scenes of her work on this film, discussing the artistic and technical challenges.
Justine and Director of Photography (DP) Simon Beau ls contacted me early on during the camera tests, prior to the commencement of filming. I had previously collaborated on the grade for Justine's lm Sibyl,' for which Simon also lensed. This project marked my second collaboration with Justine and my sixth with Simon, L onard explains.
Director and DP were involved throughout picture finishing, and thanks to this close collaboration and dialogue, L onard was able to translate the film's singular atmosphere into the grade. It was a stimulating and exciting process, she reveals.
The Vision Translated
For her lm, Justine envisaged a raw, contrasting narrative that embraced imperfections and blemishes, creating something carnal and sensual. This vision was particularly prominent in the trial scenes, characterized by flushed skin tones, perspiration, and palpable exhaustion.
I channeled that and Simon's direction into the visuals, paying particular attention to the faces and skin tones. We collaborated closely in establishing a look, starting with extensive camera tests during preproduction involving hair, makeup and costumes, says L onard.
In the early stages of the project, Beaufils shot tests on 2 perf 35mm film so that L onard could get close to how film looked when calibrating the digital camera tests. This served as our foundation to nd the film's mood and visual identity, she noted.
Triet and Beau ls opted for a large format camera with Hawk V lite anamorphic lenses, despite the lm's aspect ratio of 1.85, reveals L onard. The anamorphic lenses brought a richness of colors, ares and unique blurs to help soften the sensor's digital sharpness. Simon was fantastic to collaborate with, crafting beautiful images which conveyed complex emotions, she continues.
My approach to the visuals was iterative, playing with contrast using DaVinci Resolve's custom curves, and then colors, saturation and highlights. I'd then add grain to create a more pronounced look, which we applied from the rushes onward, giving us a good basis for the film's general mood, says L onard.
Fine Tuning and Collaboration
In the later stages of the DI, L onard returned to the nodes used to establish the look to finetune her work. I ventured into bolder suggestions, working to nuance the highlights and specular lights while adding subtle diffusion. For example, we pushed the saturation in the blues while retaining a rawness present in the set design and costumes, she explains.
For the court scenes, the grade evolved as the hearing unfolds towards a heavier and more golden atmosphere. It was important to accentuate the actors' faces while maintaining the initial appearance of a slightly rough and textured visual, a palpable and living material, reveals L onard. I liked the idea of allowing the images to express their best potential as the story unfolds.
During the grade, we went to the Max Linder cinema several times to watch the film in theatrical conditions, offering a perspective on the visuals and allowing me to make finer adjustments to the final look, concludes L onard. For example, we noted through those screenings that some scenes would benefit from more saturation or contrast.
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Palme d'Or Winner Anatomy of a Fall Finished with DaVinci Resolve Studio 
