Hiro Murai look

[ThatGreasyFootball]

Howdy all, I am curious if anyone has an idea of how to get a sort of Hiro Murai look. In my opinion, his work on Atlanta has some of the most pleasing images that someone can get out of a digital camera. Attached are a few stills, ideally looking to get something similar out of a Fx30. Let me know if anyone has any ideas. Thanks!

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[Tyler F]

I believe there are a few interviews out there:
– Arri Amira + Kowa Cine Prominars.

– Rate camera at 1280 + Underexpose, then correct for proper exposure in post.

I would study the lighting as well and see that it tends to lean more natural and not heavy handed with lighting– “I shot on the ARRI Amira with Kowa Prominar Spherical Prime lenses.  Keslow Camera was our rental house.  Lighting-wise, I would say 75% of the show was lit with LEDs.  Our gaffer Cody Jacobs works very closely with LightGear and we built a lot of custom fixtures, LED gem-balls and LED pancakes, and little fixtures that we could hide or quickly toss up on the ceiling.  We used a lot of Cineo Trucolor sources and ARRI SkyPanel lights. Then we also sort of pilot tested out the Cineo Quantums that Cinelease makes.  I think we were one of the first shows to use them at the time.”

 

[ThatGreasyFootball]

Thanks for the advice Tyler! But just to clarify, what do you mean my rate? not a term that I am familiar with.

[Tyler F]

Simply put — Rate (or set) your camera at an ISO.

Rate refers to the rating system determined for film speeds / film rate.

For example.. 250 speed rating, 400 speed rating, 500 speed rating.

Same can be applied for setting your meter (or digital camera).

Most digital cameras have base iso ratings (Ex. 800 iso). If I then “rate” the camera at 500iso, i’m applying less gain to the video signal, which in turn gives me a “cleaner” signal to the noise floor. I’m sure David Mullen has a more appropriate answer but this is how i’ve come to understand it.

[dmullenasc]

“Atlanta” used a high ISO for more noise to add texture to the image. I think that is less important here in terms of recreating the look compared to the lighting, which in those examples is soft with underexposed keys and negative fill / no fill / minimal fill.

 

[ThatGreasyFootball]

Cool cool, thanks to yall. Should help me get a bit closer. I will investigate the lighting in the show with a keener eye too and see what I can come up with.

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