Colorist Ian Vertovec’s Instagram Notes on His Work for David Fincher

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The Social Network Dir: David Fincher DP: Jeff Cronenweth For this film David and Jeff wanted to avoid a neutral look throughout the film. I pushed all the interiors warmer (not pink though) and all the exteriors cooler. This makes the world inhabited by the Accidental Billionaires as seeming a little off. Fun Fact: The first film ever shot on the RED MX sensor. #thesocialnetwork #davidfincher #500millionfriends

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Dir: David Fincher DP: Jeff Cronenweth On this film, the ice and snow was very much a character. We tried to make those icy environments as oppressive as possible. This played in contrast to the summertime flashback Kodachrome look. #thegirlwiththedragontattoo #davidfincher #rooneymara #danielcraig

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Reposted from @ianvertovec – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Dir: David Fincher DP: Jeff Cronenweth One of the best technical and creative accomplishments of our team's career was collaborating on this film. GDT included scenes shot on the first RED Epic camera (mixed in with lots of RED ONE MX) and was the first 5K RAW DI. We had to work with Quantel at the time to innovate a new way to do DI in a 5K extraction and display in 4K. It was our first time making 5K DSM non-scaled 2.40 and 1.78 masters so no blow-up was required for deliverables. It also means there is a 4K 4:3 version somewhere! The creative techniques and technology discovered on this film went into hundreds of films we did thereafter. Sometimes I travel the world and people ask, "How do you get RED cameras to look so good?" I tell them, "Don't worry so much about it. We all have access to the exact same technology to make these pictures look great. The difference is in who actually touches the tech." Colorist @ianvertovec is the key to these images and leads the Light Iron creative team to bring the best color regardless of the camera. Now you can follow his colorful journey on Instagram. Follow @ianvertovec #thegirlwiththedragontattoo #davidfincher #rooneymara #danielcraig – #regrann #regrann  #redcamera #redepic #redcamerausers #lightiron #lightironcolor #digitalintermediate #colorcorrection #cinematographer #cinematography #resolution

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Calvin Klein "Downtown" Dir: David Fincher Dp: David Devlin . Here David wanted to create the look of the East German BW ORWO film stock. I did a lot of research on what I could do to emphasize this concept. I ended up creating a black halation that resembled a kinescope effect. You can see the Halo around Rooney's head against the white walls. . Shot on RED mono. Filmout and rescanned at Fotokem for natural grain. . #calvinklein #davidfincher #rooneymara #redmono #blackandwhite

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Gap "Dress Normal" Dir: David Fincher Dp: Jeff Cronenweth . Black halation effect here emulating the old television kinescope look. #davidfincher #thegap

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Gone Girl Dir: David Fincher Dp: Jeff Cronenweth . Suburban life is portrayed a little more neutral at first. As the story gets a little more twisted, the white balance starts drifting. . #gonegirl #davidfincher #benaffleck #rosamundpike #gillianflynn

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