Color
Back to WorkNeon Vesper
Cinematic grade pass for a Netflix neo-noir feature — pink-magenta neon palette tuned to the emotional arc of the third act.
A pink-magenta neon palette held for 8 episodes.
Atlas Pictures came to us with a single page of script and a question: could a stop-motion short, made over six months, set the visual tone for an entire upcoming streaming series? The piece had to feel like a film — not a stylised teaser, not a calling card. A film.
We agreed on three constraints up front. The story had to land emotionally. The character had to feel hand-made — not motion-graphics-clean. And every shot had to be one we could put in front of a feature audience without flinching.
Building the look frame by frame.
Look development is part science, part instinct. A walk through the LUT build, the test grades, and the final master.
/ 01 · Skin tone reference
/ 02 · LUT prototype
/ 03 · Neon ambient test
/ 04 · Episode grade
/ 05 · IMAX master
Niko's grade is the show. That sounds dramatic. It isn't.
Lena WhitfieldDirector · Netflix
By the numbers.
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