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  • in reply to: Working with limited lighting #216682
    Roger Deakins
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      I think knowing something of the story would help explain your problem.

      in reply to: “Prisoners” church cellar scene #216680
      Roger Deakins
      Keymaster

        I seem to remember it was just the torchlight coming off a bounce card. The bounce may have been a 1′ x 1′ soft silver, which would have made teh light a little more directional.

        The tree definitely is a metaphor for ……

        in reply to: Skyfall – M’s apartment prop lighting #216679
        Roger Deakins
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          I suspect you could find something similar online. As for the make/model, I have no idea.

          in reply to: Working with limited lighting #216678
          Roger Deakins
          Keymaster

            I’m not sure why you want to change what is there. I certainly wouldn’t consider reproducing the existing lighting with my own, no matter what budget I had. Is in not possible to turn off a single bank of lights if you want a little more contrast. If you are shooting from one side of the ring you could have less light coming from behind the camera.

            in reply to: Film Emulation LUTs/Deakins LUT and Dior Lens Filter #216655
            Roger Deakins
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              I don’t believe an image or a look is created with a LUT. But i come from film and believe in shooting an image the way you want it to appear on the screen.

              in reply to: Lighting setup for high-rise buildings during the day. #216654
              Roger Deakins
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                Always a difficult problem to solve, especially so when shooting on film. I have used small lighting rigs set above a window or bouncing off the ceiling near a window but it is never satisfying to do that kind of lighting. However, if the production will not spend the money on a set there is little else you can do.

                in reply to: Directing effect of 1:33 (4:3) ratio #216589
                Roger Deakins
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                  2:40 could be claustrophobic if you cut the frame with walls on either side.

                  in reply to: Directing effect of 1:33 (4:3) ratio #216586
                  Roger Deakins
                  Keymaster

                    Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone would have been better storytellers had they worked in 4:3?

                    Seems to me the same justifications, the format’s intrinsic intimacy etc., are used whatever the ratio is.

                    Besides that, the ‘best’ story tellers that I am familiar with are photojournalists, most of whom work in 3:2.

                    in reply to: Do actors influence cinematography? #216585
                    Roger Deakins
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                      I briefly worked with an actor who had a thing about the size of his nose. He only wanted to be shot on a 50mm or longer.

                      in reply to: ‘Sicario’ – A Question Regarding Shot Terminology #216584
                      Roger Deakins
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                        Yes, the overhead could be from a helicopter or it could be God looking down on his creation. Who knows? There was a need to establish the geography of the action and this shot is just a repeat of one that followed the team across the border in the first place.

                        I loved Cormac’s writing style. His descriptions allude to so many more things that what he is immediately referring to. Robert Olmstead’s writing has similar qualities as does Richard Flanagan’s of course. Flanagan’s latest book, Question 7, is a marvel.

                        in reply to: Inspiration Sources #216582
                        Roger Deakins
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                          Curios? You answer yourself. I find inspiration from being emotionally engaged with an image rather than admiring it for its technical representation of what might be considered ‘real’.

                          in reply to: White Balance Warm/Tungsten #216579
                          Roger Deakins
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                            If you were shooting on film you might use a tungsten balanced stock to achieve a dusky blue. What is the difference in altering the camera setting? Why is that cheating? Sounds like a good solution to me.

                             

                             

                            in reply to: Inspiration Sources #216575
                            Roger Deakins
                            Keymaster

                              Edvard Munch, George Bellows, George Inness, Oscar Kokoschka, William Blake, Henry Fiseli, L. S. Lowry, Wassily Kandinsky, Otto Dix and more.

                              in reply to: White Balance Warm/Tungsten #216562
                              Roger Deakins
                              Keymaster

                                For the tunnel in 1917, the camera was set at 3200K and the LED in the flashlight was around 2800K. The lights were warmer in M’s apartment.

                                 

                                in reply to: Recent movie recommendations #216556
                                Roger Deakins
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                                  The idea is scary!

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