Flying High with Simone Biles
With three back-to-back world championship titles, Simone Biles is at the top of her sport. Simone’s spot showcases her preparing and fine-tuning her routines ahead of the Games, and as Curreri explained, “It’s a montage piece that we kept very documentary-looking. It was shot with available light, which was mixed depending on which corner of the gym she was in and included daylight, fluorescent lights, incandescent lighting and more.
“DaVinci Resolve Studio helped me isolate the mixed lighting to make it more consistent and uniform, as well as to create a more pleasing aesthetic. I used the software’s qualifier to isolate where the walls and surrounding environment were picking up green or magenta, and I swung that back toward its natural color to get it more consistent,” he added.
Once the lighting was balanced, Curreri kept the overall look organic, clean and natural, not only to maintain the documentary-style look, but also to let the emotion come through.
“Since there wasn't a huge need for creativity color-wise on this spot, DaVinci Resolve Studio helped more technically,” concluded Curreri. “Sometimes the color can distract from the story if it’s too stylized, so we wanted to steer clear of that and let the emotions of the spot come through.”
