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The performance of SHALLOW by Bradford Cooper and Lady Gaga at the 2019 Oscars was captured in a single-shot Steadicam “Oner”. The scene is beautifully sober, with simple backlighting and a staging and camera movement that ends up with a stunning close-up of their two faces.

As Lady Gaga recounts to Jimmy Kimmel, Bradford Cooper conceived and directed the entire performance, just as he directed the film “A Star is Born”. Indeed, one of the distinctive approaches of the movie is to shoot all the musical performances only from the stage, to bring the audience into the world of the performers.

Here too, the Steadicam operator starts behind the curtain at the back of the stage, then moves forward to meet the actors, but stays behind them facing the audience throughout, and the camera’s closeness to the actors give us a feeling of intimacy. Cooper also asked for an amber backlight on the audience that brings them into the performance, while keeping them anonymous.

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LINKS

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga perform Shallow at the 2019 Oscars
http://bit.ly/ShallowOscarsOnerCooperGaga

Lady Gaga on Jimmy Kimmel

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When accepting the Spirit award for the cinematography of Birdman,
Chivo gives a heartfelt and humorous thank you to

“my friend the director Alejandrito el negro Gonzales Iñarritu,
for your genius cabron (fucker).
You’re a pain in the ass
but you’re absolutely one of the greatest directors
I’ve ever worked with.
I love you. To your friendship my friend.”

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watch on YouTube

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The IDA cinematographer (in center with glasses) gets the good news. The stunning film by Pawel Pawlikowski was nominated for Best Foreign film, and also for best cinematography by Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski.

This is the first time a Polish-language film has ever been nominated for best cinematography. Lukasz and Ryszard won the Golden Frog at Camerimage Festival for the superb black and white images of this wonderful film.

Bravo !

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A photo-montage of
Chivo congratulated by his fellow nominees
Roger Deakins, Phedon Papamichael, Bruno Delbonnel & Philippe Le Sourd,
hugging Roger Deakins,
and receiving his well-deserved Oscar.

BRAVO EMMANUEL !

finally

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