CBE, ASC, BSC
Ha! I quite like it when it’s a few degrees from level (or it appears to be because of the angle to the room). I shot my second feature this summer and was playing with that and finding it just felt right for much of the story.
And formal was the word I was looking for earlier. That’d a great way to describe it. Now I think I might watch Kundun this weekend…
Yeah I feel being flat or on a 45 degree diagonal to a room feels very “graphic novel” in my mind’s eye. Or even Kubrickian, which I love in a lot of instances. To me it’s a much “tighter” composition.
Sidenote: I recently bought DVDs of Northfork, Jackpot and Twin Falls Idaho. Jackpot is an underrated indie and Jon Gries is so great in it. Northfork is so delightfully strange and visually impressive. You designed a great look for that one.