Colombia. The DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio program together with the DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel and DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel devices have been used in the editing and color grading of the video clip Mañana, the latest single by Grammy Award-winning Colombian singer-songwriter Carlos Vives.
With a professional career spanning nearly four decades, ten studio albums, and five number ones on the U.S. Hot Latin Songs chart, Vives has made his mark on the industry and is recognized worldwide for his colorful and cultural visuals. For his latest music video, he decided to shoot in historical places, such as the Huaca Pucllana pyramid and the Plaza de Armas in Lima (Peru), among others. This was directed and produced by Mestiza Films and completed by the post-producer Estudio Roco, both Colombian companies, in collaboration with the Chroma Hollywood studio in Los Angeles. Post-production was divided between the latter and Estudio Roco, due to the desire to achieve a more Hollywood style in Latin American productions.
Previously, Diego Yhamá, colorist and project director at Estudio Roco, and Henry Santos, colorist at Chroma Hollywood, had worked with Mestiza Film using DaVinci Resolve in the color grading of the video clip "Hoy Tengo Tiempo (Pinta Sensual)" by Carlos Vives. Both the producer and the singer were very satisfied with the style and the result, so they decided to hire them again for "Mañana".
"We were excited when we were hired to work on this new project, as we could use DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio for the first time and test its features, especially the remote collaboration mode. My office is in Colombia, while Henry's is in Los Angeles, so we took advantage of this option. This performance shone with its own light when Mestiza Film came to my studio and saw in real time how Henry, thousands of kilometers away, colored the video clip. This turned out to be really useful, since the producer told us what colors and tones she liked, while we adjusted them at that precise moment," said Yhamá.
The team also took advantage of the ResolveFX add-ons powered by GPU and CPU, especially the facial recognition tool that automatically detects and follows a person's features, so colorists can adjust, illuminate or modify the color without the need to select these areas manually or without rotoscopy techniques. This allowed Santos to focus on specific areas of the face in order to refine and unify skin tones.
Once the music video was almost finished, Mestiza Films sent a new opening scene because the record label needed it to be shorter for commercial purposes.
Throughout the color grading process, Yhamá and Santos used DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel and DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel devices in their work dynamics. Yhamá had the Mini version in Estudio Roco, while Santos had the same at home and the most advanced model in Chroma Hollywood.
