the IR/color mix is really interesting, but I thought what really sold the Day for Night effect was how the light sources/practicals were put in; nobody seems to mention that. In many of the shots you see the house lit up in the BG or distant lights (sometimes just those faint red "aircraft warning lights" on the hills)...I kept thinking they must be doing MOCO multi passes shooting the house at night in perfect register to be able to "burn in" the practical etc... I've had to do day for night a bit lately and the best results involved getting a VFX house in there; trying to do it just in the grade was pretty tough.This wonderful footage in Nope looked really great as "day for Night in sunlight" ( you could tell that's what they must have done), but the addition of the light sources pushed it right over the top I thought.
