Latin America. The new psychological drama Huracán was filmed with a URSA Mini Pro 4.6K digital cinema camera, while its color grading took place at DaVinci Resolve Studio. The film premiered this month on HBO and is also available on HBO Max.
The film tells the story of an aspiring mixed martial arts fighter who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. It was directed by Cassius Corrigan, who also wrote the screenplay and was part of the cast and produced by Delaluz Pictures. The story takes place in various neighborhoods of Miami.
Cinematographer Mike McGowan used a URSA Mini Pro 4.6K camera as the main unit to film emotional dialogue, therapeutic sessions, action-packed fights and sensational landscapes in Miami.
Corrigan explained, "Having used the camera to shoot an advertisement, I knew it would give me the quality I needed to create a beautiful film. Due to the scarcity of time, we needed a unit that we could use repeatedly during the long testing stage, before production. The URSA Mini Pro 4.6K model did not disappoint. Thanks to its intuitive operating system, it allowed us to start at full speed, and its interchangeable mount gave us great flexibility at all times."
"The combination of the camera's colorimetry with DaVinci Resolve Studio gave us the opportunity to achieve the style we wanted for the film," Corrigan said. "Particularly, in the brightest scenes, Miami's warm colors stand out on screen, and this brought to the aesthetic the dynamism we were looking for."
In developing the film's appearance, colorist Luis Castañeda turned to DaVinci Resolve Studio for a vibrant, natural, textured style.
"We were able to implement intense, nuanced styling on a budget, thanks to the program's ability to take full advantage of sensor colorimetry," Corrigan added. "Although we always used very little artificial light, the dynamic range of the camera and the Power Windows of DaVinci Resolve Studio allowed us to fix any problems. In addition, their tools gave us the possibility to create a particular granulosity that greatly helped us define the final aesthetic of the film."
