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I love barrel distortion. I think it is also widely considered a “cinematic” trait as often found in anamorphic lenses.
You may want to watch Steve Yedlin’s very interesting presentation “Debunking HDR”, recoded at FotoKem; Roger and James were in attendance. You find it on his website.
Yedlin also joined Team Deakins Podcast again recently to discuss this topic as it can be very confusing (and misleading) even for professionals. I can’t include links, otherwise it won’t let me post a comment.
I think starting with your phone is perfectly fine for the following reason.
Also, I have a second question: what is cinematography really about? Is it mostly about lighting, emotions, or something else?
It’s goal is to help tell the story. The story dictates many of the decisions.
Everyone talks about Roger Deakins’ lighting but in my opinion the more critical quality is “putting the audience where they need to be”. Simplified it means where he puts the camera, and thus us, the viewer. From shot to shot and as a scene, he is one of the best, maybe the best, to do this. He could shoot a movie without lighting at all and it would still work and be terrific because of this skill.
And this is what you can study and then practice just with your phone – learn about framing and putting the audience where they need to be.
In my experience this can happen when you start out and work on small projects. The more serious the work gets with time, the less this should happen. If you feel you are stuck in the kind of projects (and contacts) that won’t let you progress, try to take it step by step and build a portfolio you are proud to show, however possible.
It seems clear that the role of cinema as a moral guide may be somewhat overrated.
I don’t think it’s overrated, it’s not like you watch a movie and that molds your views forever. “Come and See” is still one of the most powerful anti-war movies but a single movie – even when you played the lead role in it 40 years ago – cannot negate decades of state propaganda that floods your everyday life.
It makes me question the power of cinema
I think it better showcases the power of propaganda. The russian propaganda is telling their people that they are fighting Nazis in Ukraine, defending Russia from Nazism. So the actor may really believe that he is in the same position as his character in Come and See. Of course it is not true but that is what millions of russians are told every day since many years, with all opposing voices being crushed, and a large part does believe this narrative.
I often cannot post links, photos, sometimes I cannot post at all. It’s always the “too many redirects” error (it is not on the user side).
It would be great if someone knowledgeable could fix these errors.
Absolutely. They need to be checked by a native speaker. But ChatGPT does a decent job and if you have a native speaker read over and correct a translation instead of translating themselves, it is easier, faster and cheaper.
If you want to do it yourself you can use the Studio Version of Davinci Resolve. It automatically creates subtitles from your audio tracks. If you have the English subtitles created, you can use ChatGPT to translate them to French and replace the original.
I can’t include YouTube links, otherwise it won’t let me post this comment, so I’ll try to add them in a second post.
how can I make the windows glow – look soft and natural, not overexposed – while still having enough light inside to properly expose the scene?
You can also use haze to raise the shadow levels and have the windows ‘glow’.
As long as shadow direction and falloff are approximately consistent, audience shouldn’t notice anything. Slight color temp variations are dealt with in post anyways.
One thing to consider is audio if there is a dialogue. The impulse response needs to be the same, or very close.
If audio does not match it will throw off the audience more than slight visual differences. Vice versa, if it sounds like recorded in one room, it will magically glue both shots together.
