Halo provided full Picture and Sound Post Production for this spectacular series.
Talking Grade, halo’s Colourist Katherine Jamieson delves into her thought process on how she helped achieve the desired look for each setting:
“The series is about exploring hidden and unknown worlds, places where we have very little access and visual representation for. Therefore, it was our job in the grade to create colour palettes for each of the places that they visit throughout the series and also to evoke the environments they inhabit.”
She goes on to explain…
“Venus for example, a world of sulphur is yellow, but not a sunny yellow of warmth more an insipid greeny yellow where you feel sickly and claustrophobic. Mars, often known as the red planet we made a pinker shade of red to separate from the more orangey red tones we used for Titan. The teal green for Uranus with contrasting purple aurora and getting the blue just right for Neptune were all very considered. Where possible, we consulted the science, though unhelpfully the further from the sun, the more burnished and rust-coloured it became so we used a little artistic licence to create separation between the moons and planets for the series.
As it’s all presenter-driven, the Picture Finishing team used different techniques to bring together the conditions of actuality with the artificial environments to really make it feel immersive.
It was a real world building creative experience working on this series and I’m so proud with how it looks.”
Exec Producer, Gideon Bradshaw said “We’ve felt totally supported throughout the process and are hugely appreciative of all the talent, care and attention to detail that the entire halo Space Team have brought to this project.”
Line Producer, Sarah Reddi added “Halo’s great teamwork has resulted in a fantastic looking series.”
Solar System is available on BBC iPlayer from Monday 7th October.
Watch the trailer here
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