Cinelab delivers remote HDR dailies for Netflix film using RePro

“RePro was pivotal for the success of our first remote HDR dailies grading. Its stability and picture quality enabled seamless, real-time collaboration with our colourist, even in remote locations. Streamed from the Lab in London directly onto an HDR reference monitor in the DIT tent or on my iPad while travelling, RePro let me keep creative control and ensured every frame truly reflected our vision.”
Ben Davis / Cinematographer

Shot largely at sea aboard a luxury superyacht and across remote locations in Scotland and Norway, The Woman in Cabin 10 presented significant creative and logistical challenges. Directed by Simon Stone, the Netflix psychological thriller required a tightly controlled look, monitored and approved in HDR from the earliest stages of production.

Cinelab Film & Digital delivered digital dailies, HDR grade review, and a bespoke ACES 2.0 workflow, enabling HDR-first dailies while providing accurately mapped SDR media for editorial.

Dailies colourist Darren Rae collaborated with Davis remotely throughout production, reviewing graded material live each morning using RePro.

“We would go live every morning,” says Rae. “It was like Ben and I were in the same room.”

On set, the DIT cart provided the critical reference point. HDR monitors received both the live camera signal and the HDR dailies grade streamed via RePro, allowing Davis and the DIT to compare capture and grade side by side on calibrated displays that matched what Rae was seeing in London.

Because The Woman in Cabin 10 was mastered in HDR for Netflix, evaluating exposure, contrast, and highlight handling in HDR during dailies was critical.

“It hasn’t changed the creative workflow,” Rae explains. “It’s just made it easier. It lets you keep doing proper supervised dailies sessions – even if you’re nowhere near each other.”

The Woman in Cabin 10 is now streaming on Netflix.

Read the full case study via Cinematography World

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