Fargo Bluray vs 4k Which is the correct exposure

[sanghamithran]

Hi Master Roger,

I’d come across this different exposure stills online of fargo marked as bluray vs 4k which have a normal and brighter exposure correspondigly.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u0GkOHwARHBxhixnXMDu6RBZAGE8TeFv?usp=sharing

could you please check the images in this link and let me know, which one is the correct exposure you intended.

Thank you.

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[dmullenasc]

Stills from 4K blu-rays can be misleading since if it is an HDR version, you can only simulate how they might look when viewing on an SDR monitor.

DVDBeaver.com reviews of 4K discs always have this warning:

“It is likely that the monitor you are seeing this review is not an HDR-compatible display (High Dynamic Range) or Dolby Vision, where each pixel can be assigned with a wider and notably granular range of color and light. Our capture software if simulating the HDR (in a uniform manner) for standard monitors. This should make it easier for us to review more 4K UHD titles in the future and give you a decent idea of its attributes on your system. So our captures may not support the exact same colors (coolness of skin tones, brighter or darker hues etc.) as the 4K system at your home.”

[Roger Deakins]

There are so many versions of a film out there today I could no longer say which is ‘correct’. I know what I prefer but, even when we have made a new ‘master’, as we did recently with Fargo, it can still skew in many different directions by the time it gets to your eye.

• This reply was modified 3 weeks, 5 days ago by Roger Deakins.

[sanghamithran]

Thank you Master David and Master Roger, I get what you are saying,It must be hard to have artistic control exactly as intended at home viewing due to the non uniformity of all kinds of displays and formats. But Master Roger Could you pls tell which one you prefer.

I wanted to understand the effect you had in mind atleast when shooting these scenes to learn more about the story telling through exposure.

To know the intend as to whether you wanted the light shining on both the kidnappers face when they are inside the car to be really brighter as in 4k to affect the audience with heat or did you actually intended to expose for that highlight and not go for very strong feel there as it would happen in the 4k version. Same for the interior day shots of the wife character. Did you intended for a strong bouncing daylight outside or a dull much more dim diffuse light happening outside, based on the exposure in these images.

Thank you.

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