OW Cinema Look No.05 - Odyssey 65 DCTL
Select your input. Choose your variation. Set the strength. One node.
Requires DaVinci Resolve Studio • SDR Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 output • Instant download
A film-derived look. Multiple camera pipelines. One simple workflow.
Odyssey 65 is an original digital film look inspired by the large-format film pipeline and elemental colour world of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
The look begins with a custom Cineon film-emulation foundation, then introduces original colour decisions built around pale landscapes, steel-blue environments, weathered earth tones, controlled highlights, and warm human detail.
The result is a distinctive film-derived starting point for modern digital footage, rather than a simple ancient-world colour filter.
The DCTL brings the input transform and complete Odyssey 65 look together in one Resolve effect. Select the profile entering the node, then adjust Look Strength to suit the footage.
Instead of selecting separate camera-specific LUT files or manually combining a technical transform with a creative LUT, the DCTL normalizes the selected input before applying the finished look—all inside a single node.
Built from a film response, not only a colour palette
Odyssey 65 was developed using custom Offwhitecolor film-stock profiles and a Cineon-based negative emulation.
The underlying film response was informed partly by photographed colour-chart references and partly by published technical film data. These sources were used to shape the tonal response and colour relationships beneath the finished look.
Original colour decisions were then added to control the relationship between bleached earth, cooler environments, protected skin tones, and selective warmth.
It is not an exact reproduction of the film’s private negative, laboratory, or final grading pipeline. It is an independently developed digital film look inspired by its large-format film language.
What you will notice
- Denser, more substantial midtones
- Controlled highlights in hard daylight and reflective environments
- Pale sand, stone, and earth tones without a heavy sepia wash
- Steel-blue separation through water, skies, and cooler shadows
- Warm skin, firelight, and bronze held apart from the surrounding palette
- Restrained saturation with clear colour separation
- A grounded image that works across wide landscapes and close human detail
Adjustable Look Strength
Look Strength blends between a neutral Rec.709 conversion and the complete Odyssey 65 look.
- 0% — Neutral Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 output
- 100% — The complete Odyssey 65 look
- Anything in between — A controlled balance tailored to your footage
Simple one-node workflow
- Balance exposure and white balance before the DCTL.
- Select the correct input profile.
- Adjust Look Strength.
- Apply any final shot matching or finishing adjustments after the look.
The DCTL produces a finished SDR Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 image. No additional Rec.709 output transform should be placed after it.
Best suited for
- Narrative, historical, and myth-inspired filmmaking
- Coastal landscapes, beaches, mountains, and exposed natural environments
- Stone architecture, weathered locations, and practical sets
- Images combining warm skin with cooler water, skies, or shadows
- Travel, documentary, fashion, and editorial work
- Natural daylight, overcast exteriors, and firelit scenes
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