+++ – Filmmaking Partners – Nomadland Trailer – New Naturalism – Light as Nature – Authenticity +++ Frances McDormand, Joshua James Richards and Chloé Zhao shooting tests for Nomadland +++ Filmmaking Partners Director Chloé Zhao teamed up with cinematographer Joshua James Richards on her first three features. The two are also partners in real life. [...]
Photograph of Darius Khondji by Marianne Chemetov +++ When I visit Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC, in his home in Paris recently for coffee, tea and talk about his art and craft, we speak in his dark living room, with a small pool of light from a lamp on a nearby table, and soft daylight coming [...]
+++ In part 2, Darius and I discuss: Big Light Sources Approach to Exposure Light Meters Contradictions Working with Directors +++ LINKS Visit with Darius Part 1 http://bit.ly/DariusKhondjiVisit1BenjaminB Part 2 http://bit.ly/DariusKhondjiVisit2BenjaminB +++
+++ I posted an interview with cinematographer Roger Deakins about a few of the lighting set-ups in Sicario, the film he shot for director Denis Villeneuve. The interview features video, frame grabs and a lighting diagram, and covers: 1. Villeneuve 2. Sicario Raid Scene Video 3. The Raid Set 4. Space Lights & Sunlight 5. [...]
The late, great Jean-Luc Godard re-invented the Cannes press conference during the 2108 Festival, by speaking with journalists via a smartphone using FaceTime. This post offers some of the highlights. +++ Godard’s Guernica FaceTime with Godard 1. Thinking with Your Hands 2. Editing Comes First 3. An Editing Equation 4. Separating Image & Sound 5. [...]
IDA director Pawel Pawlikowski and cinematographer Lukasz Zal, PSC This post is about the stunning Polish film IDA, and is the opportunity to present detailed examples of scene lighting with video and high-resolution images. Click on any image in this post to see a bigger version. +++ IDA was directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, with cinematography [...]
IDA director Pawel Pawlikowski and cinematographer Lukasz Zal, PSC, watching the camera monitor This post continues my in-depth look at scenes from the wonderful Polish film IDA. Once again I offer video and high-resolution images to present detailed examples of scene lighting. This 2nd post is intended to be seen after you’ve read the 1st [...]
A gallery of images of the historic project to create the first image of a black hole, or more precisely, of the shadow created by the sphere of a black hole’s horizon. The gigantic black hole in galaxy Messier 87 (M87) is the size of our solar system. The M87 black hole is actively creating [...]
+++ Part 1 of my video interview with legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch, whose credits include: The Conversation, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient and Cold Mountain. +++ LINK: http://bit.ly/Murch1-thefilmbook +++