Seeing in the Dark: Colorist Stephen Nakamura Manages the Film's Footage

摘要

Colorist Stephen Nakamura of Santa Monica's Company 3 says Zero Dark Thirty was an interesting film to work on. The production moved quickly, so portions set at night, especially the climactic Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound, were shot under a variety of conditions. Significantly, footage included very low light nighttime sections that pushed the limits of the Alexa sensors intermixed with shots captured day-for-night under late-afternoon light. Nakamura's job in the Dl process was to use his Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve to even everything out without giving any of the material a slick, "worked on" feel that would go counter to the complete naturalism that Bigelow and Fraser were striving for.