Case Studies
The aesthetics of dystopia:
Colour grading Black Mirror season 7
PART THREE
In this three-part series, we go behind the scenes of three episodes from the latest season of Black Mirror, with senior colourist Sam Chynoweth at The Farm.
EPISODE 5: Eulogy
Eulogy is episode five of season 7, directed by Christopher Barrett and Luke Taylor and shot by cinematographer Álvaro Gutiérrez. It tells the story of an isolated man as he is introduced to a groundbreaking system that allows its users to step inside old photographs - stirring powerful emotions in the process.
“I was immediately drawn to Eulogy because of its incredible visual possibilities,” comments Gutiérrez. “We knew we could create a rich variety of looks while keeping everything grounded in the story. The link between memory and photography gave us this amazing foundation to explore different textures and visual languages.”
“One of the more distinctive aspects of our approach to separating memory from reality was how we controlled dynamic range, with each different format having a different peak brightness reflected by the mode of capture.”
