LightBender Post

08/18/2023

In observance of the potential risk of Hurricane Hillary and our commitment to always safeguard our clients assets, we just finished testing our disaster recovery plan.

In any circumstance, we always have updated backups of the projects in a safe location off-site, and keep our disaster recovery plan up to date.

Stay safe out there! ❤️

08/09/2023

🎥 Produced by Universal, directed by Ben Ketai, and photographed by Gevorg Gev
Juguryan 'River Wild' spells suspense visually. Subtle tones dial up the intrigue, syncing
flawlessly with the movie's gripping tale and making sure each actor's look evolves, staying
true to the story's essence.

Color by LightBenders’ Juan Ignacio Cabrera & Francisco Jose Lorite

Netflix Universal Pictures Ben Ketai Colorist Society International - CSI Gevorg Gev Juguryan

07/13/2023

Wooohooo!!! So happy to see the new “River Wild” finally coming out!! One of our favorite projects this year, for sure!
Make sure to check it out August 1st on Netflix

Thank you Ben Ketai for your continuous trust, and for taking us with you in another adventure.

Director: Ben Ketai
DP: Gevorg Juguryan
Colorists: Juan Ignacio Cabrera and Fran Lorite

Real-life couple Leighton Meester and Adam Brody and costar Taran Killam tease their on-screen reunion in new thriller 'River Wild,' a reimagining of Curtis Hanson's 1994 film.

10/31/2022

Our Halloween picks feature:
🎃 The Alienist - The Angel of Darkness
🎃 The Last Circus
🎃 Beneath

Which one is your favorite? 🌕🧙‍♀️

08/25/2022

‘Mo’ is now streaming on Netflix! DP Timothy A. Burton wanted the series to look very cinematic and steer away from the typical comedy “all bright and colorful” concept. Check out what inspired the final look in our new Blog post! ✍️ https://www.lightbenderpost.com/post/netflix-mo-color

Mo Amer SLICK NAIM Tobe Nwigwe A24 SGO Mistika Streambox, Inc. Frame.io ARRI Sony

05/25/2022

to SYFY's Atomica, DPD’s by A. Burton.

📝Check out our Blog Post and get to know our tips when working on an indie production ➡️ https://www.lightbenderpost.com/post/five-tips-and-tricks-when-grading-an-indie-feature-film

05/04/2022

Non-destructive workflows for color and stereo on multi-studio and multi-platform environments.

05/03/2022

Super excited our latest project series Is premiering this summer! The series was created by Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef, directed by SLICK NAIM and DP’d by Timothy Burton.

04/22/2022

Honoring Earth Day with the Adam Pesapane’s stop-motion mini-masterpiece we graded a couple of years ago. 🌊 🐟

Parley for the Oceans Corona

04/01/2022

Working from a full-latitude 16-bit master and having light and color control in the CGI shots allows us to focus on embellishing the details and creating the desired atmosphere.

PlayStation Colorist Society International - CSI THX Ltd.

03/22/2022

Hello Spring! 🌸 It is not always about shadows, textures, and boldness… sometimes it is about luminosity, colors, and subtleties.

03/10/2022

Super excited to see some of our signature looks now available in the brand new Ravengrade plugin for DaVinci Resolve! 🥳 When designing the looks, our founder Juan Cabrera drew inspiration from some of our all-time favorite projects 'Start Up', 'Quantum Break', 'The Alienist' and 'We are in it'.
https://www.lightbenderpost.com/post/ravengrade

02/24/2022

Unleashing the creativity through haptic textures and details in the darkest areas of the low-light shots.

Colorist Society International - CSI

02/14/2022

Every car commercial tells a different story and triggers different feelings. Finding the perfect look and color for it will elevate that story.

Colorist Society International - CSI MAKINE Pixel Power Post Aldo Murillo Conill Advertising

02/08/2022

Happy to share that we have been a part of the LMU School of Film and Television Industry Awards 2021 prize package, offering tutoring and guidance through the post and color services to the winning students. ➡ https://www.lightbenderpost.com/post/lmu-sftv

Loyola Marymount University

02/01/2022

Isn't it nice when lighting is great, and the DP and you are able to experiment, push the concept, and create most of the Sci-Fi look in the color suite?

12/20/2021

to our first blog post discussing J.J. Abrams’ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” post workflow. Have a look at Juan Ignacio Cabrera’s detailed retrospective on the workflow he designed at Bad Robot and how things evolved from there.

https://www.lightbenderpost.com/post/starwars-vii-advanced-workflows

12/01/2021

Very excited to see our founder Juan Ignacio Cabrera being part of the “1 shot 4 ways” session at the upcoming ICA’s Colorist Mixer.

https://coloristmixer.com/

The International Colorist Academy
Blake Jones
Mercado

11/01/2021

Finally a plant that will not die for lack of light ☺️

06/14/2021

With being in the top 4 streamed shows on Netflix, we wanted to share some of our favorite workflow tricks that enabled us to work faster and smarter. 💡

We were super excited to see that the StartUp series, one of our all-time favorite projects, is now available on Netflix. This has brought up so many great memories that we wanted to share some HDR workflow tips and tricks that enabled us to work faster, smarter, and deliver a great-looking show. Sh...

06/02/2021

The Los Angeles Post Production Group session featuring our founder Juan Ignacio Cabrera is now live on YouTube. Check it out to see how we designed the color-grading and finishing workflow for TNT’s The Alienist: Angel of Darkness. Thank you, Wendy Woodhall and Woody Woodhall for having us! 😊

SGO Mistika

https://youtu.be/Ni6DubjvjWo

Finishing The Alienist with Mistika | LAPPG -- New videos online monthly. -- SUBSCRIBE HERE - http://bit.ly/2IzNYsCJuan CabreraLightbender Posthttps://www.li...

03/15/2021

What do you get when you combine a thriller with 80's science fiction? ‘Max Winslow and The House of Secrets’

Maxwinslowmovie
Director: Sean Olson
DP: Isaac Alongi
Sound Design: Andres Boulton
Music Composer: Jason Brandt

Maxwinslowmovie

03/12/2021

Thank you ProductionHUB.com for such a great interview with Juan Ignacio Cabrera. 🙌

Recently we had the opportunity to talk at length with Colorist Juan Cabrera, ASC Associate Member. Juan provided some incredibly valuable insights on his journey and on…

03/12/2021

Thank you Spain for featuring our founder Juan Ignacio Cabrera. 😎

El trabajo desarrollado en LightBender, su estudio de posproducción ubicado en la californiana Santa Mónica, y su faceta divulgativa, le han valido para ser miembro asociado de la prestigiosa ASC, Sociedad Americana de Cinematografía. “Creo que le debemos mucho a Netflix”

02/19/2021

[New Blog] Working on an indie production can be challenging, but if you approach it with the right mindset, it can be enjoyable and a springboard for your career. 🙂

https://www.lightbenderpost.com/post/five-tips-and-tricks-when-grading-an-indie-feature-film

Many people believe that working on blockbuster projects is much more difficult than on smaller ones, but anyone who has ever been involved in both worlds knows it is really not like that. A $200 million movie usually has no shortage of lights, sets look amazing, the cameras and lenses are probably....

01/13/2021

Finally had the time to go through the certification process!! Thank you Dolby for making it happen in the times of Covid. So proud to be a Dolby Vision Certified Facility.

01/07/2021

Testing new monitor with automatic desk de-cluttering system...

01/04/2021

Really interesting post from our Mixing Light friends!

A member asked for some advice on matching two shots that had distinctly different looks. In this Mailbag, we discuss strategies for matching these shots.

12/24/2020

Color is about finding the soul, not just picture perfection... See how we embraced the 8mm texture with the guys from the Itchy Teeth in their recently released single “Christmas Number One”, written by our friend Michael Giacchino together with Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson. Happy Holidays everyone!

Songwriters: Michael Giacchino, Elyssa Samsel, Kate AndersonItchy Teeth: Oli Booker, Xav Clarke, Charlie HannahArranged and Produced by John Robert WoodAvail...

12/22/2020

Is there a better way to kick off our brand new Blog than remembering "Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on the 5th anniversary of its release?

Have a look at Juan Cabrera’s retrospective on the post workflow he designed at Bad Robot and how things evolved from then. Let us know what you think!

https://www.lightbenderpost.com/post/starwars-vii-advanced-workflows

12/15/2020

It was such a great pleasure working with the outstanding DP Kira Kelly, ASC on the Daytime Emmy-nominated Hulu Original "East Los High". The show's big push towards inclusion and social change was very present in our minds when working on skin tones, environments, and looks. ☺

To boost and significantly optimize resources of the project, we developed a hybrid workflow with DIT, Harriman, enabling us to non-destructively use the color developed on-set, ignore it completely and start working from scratch, or combine both.

11/24/2020

The Falcon has landed!

11/16/2020

Thanks The International Colorist Academy for the invitation! ☺️

10/22/2020

Honored to be nominated for Outstanding Color Grading for The Alienist: Angel of Darkness!

09/16/2020

The Killers live in Pandora now!!!!
We are absolutely honored to being part of it.

The Pandora Live events you know and love, now from the comfort of your home. Get ready to see The Killers like never before on September 15th at 9PM ET.

08/17/2020

Our brand new Film & TV Color Reel is out today!
Let us know what you think :-)

Film & TV Color Grading work. Include clients like Paramount / TNT, Hulu, Sony, Amazon,... More info at http://www.LightBenderPost.com

08/11/2020

Repost. Great insight on The Alienist process Cathal!
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“I knew I wanted to light “The Alienist: Angel of Darkness” in a very stylistic way but in some way maintain a sense of naturalism to the image. I chose the ALEXA Mini and the ARRI Master Anamorphics as my camera package.

Even though I was using a lot of smoke as diffusion, the Master Anamorphics still rendered an image that was sharp from edge to edge, but had a naturalistic feel. I was also working with a lot of blue screen set extensions and I didn’t want too much flare but I was still looking for an anamorphic feel especially on the closeups which is what I got from the Master Anamorphics. The lenses don’t draw attention to themselves with very little artefacts or breathing but they always maintained a cinematic, pleasing image.

In “Angel of Darkness,” we wanted an image that was full of contrast both in the interior scenes and exterior scenes but an image that never lost detail in the dark areas. I found that shooting RAW on the ALEXA Mini and using the Master Anamorphics that we had so much information in the image even at very low light levels. The 1.9 stop across the set (180mm at 2.8) was amazing and enabled me at one point to light 2 of our leading cast with one candle. I was nervous but thankfully it worked out in the end! In fact, I would say 90% of the shots were at 1.9 (Sorry Chris and Rida 1st ACs!)

Pairing the Anamorphics with the ALEXA Mini was an easy match as I needed a camera that was extremely versatile and that wouldn't compromise on image quality. One minute a Mini was handheld in a carriage and the next minute it was on a technocrane.

I didn’t want to compromise how I was going to light “Angel of Darkness” and this is where the ARRI Master Anamorphics and the ALEXA Mini really came into their own. Ultimately, it’s all about telling a story and I felt with the camera package I had I got a naturalistic feel in a very stylistic setting which was what I was after.”

-DP Cathal Watters
Project:
The Alienist season Finale airs on Sunday on
The Alienist was serviced by in Budapest @ Santa Monica, California

08/08/2020

Get ready for the final episodes of The Alienist: Angel of Darkness tomorrow on TNT!
We are very proud of this project and the incredible work from colorists Juan Cabrera, C.S.I and Fran Lorite, C.S.I.
DP: Cathal Watters
@ Santa Monica, California

07/20/2020

Join us in a special online Mistika 10 Masterclass, where LA colorist and finishing artist Juan Cabrera will discuss high-profile episodic finishing workflow using Mistika Ultima and Mistika Boutique. This live event will take place on 23 July 2020 at 18:00 UTC (14:00 ET / 11:00 PDT). Juan Cabrer

07/13/2020

We need strong women!