u/panachezw

I've been inside Dune: Part 2's color grade for a few days now after a long break, lol. It carries some references from Blade Runner, which I loved. Today I was deconstructing, playing around and trying to learn more about what's under the hood in my grading suite, while also referencing videos of David Cole and other forums online.

One thing stopped me cold when I first watched Dune, the blue eyes. Why push them so hard? What were Villeneuve and David trying to make us feel? I do get they're a big part of the story, but finding out how they achieved those eyes fascinated me. No wonder they looked better than when they used contact lenses in the first one.

I've been inside Dune: Part 2's color grade for a few days now after a long break, lol. It carries some references from Blade Runner, which I loved. Today I was deconstructing, playing around and trying to learn more about what's under the hood in my grading suite, while also referencing videos of David Cole and other forums online.

One thing stopped me cold when I first watched Dune, the blue eyes. Why push them so hard? What were Villeneuve and David trying to make us feel? I do get they're a big part of the story, but finding out how they achieved those eyes fascinated me. No wonder they looked better than when they used contact lenses in the first one.

So I've been trying to reverse engineer the Dune infrared black and white look.

Not a 1:1 match, but something acceptable, otherwise it would be impossible without an IR-modified Alexa 65 and the lighting setup that supported the look.

Rec709 test footage breaks under the strain of this look so far. I'm yet to further test and improve this look on my raw log footage. Once ready, I'll post the LUT for you to experiment with.