“Steve had a very simple explanation as to why he wanted to shoot it in one shot, and that is, in the real world when you're looking at two people speaking, you do not get up and walk around the room and sit closer to them and sit further away from them. You sit there and you watch them and you listen, and it's that simple, and he's absolutely right. What that means in cinema is some ways slightly different, but it has a unique affect now. We're so used to the quick cut and for everything being edited that when there isn't a cut, we're not given an escape. We're not allowed to think, 'oh it's just a film', because every time you put a cut into the film, subconsciously the mind is like, 'oh it's a film, it's a cut, it's a cut, it's a cut'. You take the cut away and the audience is drawn in, because they're not allowed to go anywhere else.” I love it!
Great DP. BABTA Guru, thanks for sharing this interview. The work that Bobbit made in The place beyond the Pines has a big impact on me. The movie has a lot of reallity, end the technical and creative work was beautiful.
If you changed the angle at which the running shot was filmed you could have easily avoided reflections but it might affect how people interpret the scene.. So really depends on the artistic choices..?
can i be a director and cinematographer at the same time? just asking. and i'm planning to get a canon dslr. can you anyone recommend something for me? thanks
If you demonstrate to the studios that you are an expert in both, which would obviously be difficult but not impossible. Stanley Kubrick is the prime example of a master director/cinematographer, even though he gave credit to hired cinematographers.
arjay2002ph Many great directors both shoot and direct, Peter Soderberg is an excellent example, Kurosawa too. as for DSLR's get the cheapest thing that shoots HD and allows you to adjust aperture, ISO and shutter speed. Then invest in a few lights and a good microphone + recorder. With that you're set to make a film, though a fluid head tripod is brilliant too if you have the money
one of my favorite cinematographers
"go out and shoot shoot.....and be critical about it! This is such a fundamental advice from him. One of my favorite DP's :)
“Steve had a very simple explanation as to why he wanted to shoot it in one shot, and that is, in the real world when you're looking at two people speaking, you do not get up and walk around the room and sit closer to them and sit further away from them. You sit there and you watch them and you listen, and it's that simple, and he's absolutely right. What that means in cinema is some ways slightly different, but it has a unique affect now. We're so used to the quick cut and for everything being edited that when there isn't a cut, we're not given an escape. We're not allowed to think, 'oh it's just a film', because every time you put a cut into the film, subconsciously the mind is like, 'oh it's a film, it's a cut, it's a cut, it's a cut'. You take the cut away and the audience is drawn in, because they're not allowed to go anywhere else.”
I love it!
get that but McQueen did that like once for that one scene. Why never again?
07:54 is what differentiates us from the so-called 'Wedding Videographers' who call themselves Cinematographers..
Great DP. BABTA Guru, thanks for sharing this interview. The work that Bobbit made in The place beyond the Pines has a big impact on me. The movie has a lot of reallity, end the technical and creative work was beautiful.
Excellent words to live by
If you changed the angle at which the running shot was filmed you could have easily avoided reflections but it might affect how people interpret the scene.. So really depends on the artistic choices..?
Awesome video. Thank you!
The annotation at 7:31 has a typo. "Click here for mroe" *more
Oh wow, Shame AND The Place Beyond The Pines? This guy has some serious talent!
can i be a director and cinematographer at the same time? just asking.
and i'm planning to get a canon dslr. can you anyone recommend something for me? thanks
If you demonstrate to the studios that you are an expert in both, which would obviously be difficult but not impossible. Stanley Kubrick is the prime example of a master director/cinematographer, even though he gave credit to hired cinematographers.
arjay2002ph Many great directors both shoot and direct, Peter Soderberg is an excellent example, Kurosawa too. as for DSLR's get the cheapest thing that shoots HD and allows you to adjust aperture, ISO and shutter speed. Then invest in a few lights and a good microphone + recorder. With that you're set to make a film, though a fluid head tripod is brilliant too if you have the money
ah ha