I hate Roger Deakins for the exact reason that I love his work. Every movie he lights looks so simple and effortless that you mistakenly think "I could do that, that's pretty straightforward"... And then you realise you're wrong! :P
Alex Jackson Trust me. He is in a class of his own. I have tried to replicate some of his lighting techniques and by-god are they difficult to replicate.
I know. I'm a photographer and I always keep my lighting setups simple, mainly because I like to be efficient. 1 well placed light is better than 3 poorly placed ones. I also know Deakins tends to use just one or two lights and maybe a reflector. And even though he and I both embrace the simple approach, he's still light years ahead of me. Like I said, he makes it look so easy that I can't help but think 'Oh piss off, Roger! That's gorgeous!' :P
Marc Goldbaum yeah, that stuck out to me as well, but he did say he “may not have been very involved with the color grading”, so I’d hardly describe that as very incorrect information
It's in my opinion that No Country For Old Men is quite possibly one of the greatest films of all time, if you've never seen it I strongly recommend giving it a chance
I saw it for the first time about 4 years ago without any expectations. I was looking forward to having my med school interviews, or at least pursuing a career in engineering... Well, this movie changed that outlined future. I was hit by an epiphany of beauty and nuanced meaning (gotta hand it to the Coens). And now my future looks as dim as any artist with all odds except his strong will against him. I'm either gonna be a DP or a director, I can't even dream up another future. Perhaps I already make money with photography, so that's a good start!
Hmm have you seen There will be blood? not putting down No country, but you gotta admire what Elswit does with anamorphic, thats if you're a fan of anamorphic and PTA. But yes Deakins is probably the most wide ranged successful craftsman in cinematography film history, id say more so than Vittorio Storraro or even Conrad Hall.
I love both movies for different reasons, but I was reminded watching TWBB recently how beautiful some of the shots are. There is one shot early on, from inside an oil well, with Plainview and co looking into the hole ....the way the smoke plays with the sun light shining in is beautiful...and we haven't begun to mention the shot of the oil well on fire!
Doubt was his? I didn't know that!! I loved that film because of one of the major major element- cinematography, so simple yet impressive. The next reasons were the performances by the cast!!! Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Amy. Thank you for these information, I got know so many things. Kudos to you.
I've always loved his work. Before even knowing who he was or knowing the projects he was in, or even the fact that he worked for directors more than once, I noticed his work and loved.
This was absolutely excellent. Terrific work. I'm honestly shocked that you don't have more viewers and subscribers. Keep going! This is great content!
Do more with cinematographers as well (E.g Emmanuel Lubezki, Vittorio Storaro, Robert Elswi, Jeff Cronenweth etc). This video was absolutely informative. I loved it. Thank you.
Excellent editing, sound editing, and sound mixing here. Your vocal timbre compliments rather than contrasts the beautiful music, and the narration is very well paced. Very good essay.
I like how you probably love his cinematography so much and had to say something about it, so you just made this TH-cam channel to make this one beautiful video essay. We need some more tho. This was great! Gonna subscribe just Incase you take this to heart 😉
Informative, well crafted, entertaining, good length. I watch a lot of these cinema-related analysis vids, and their most common problem is being too long (quickly followed by being too pretentious :D). Hope you continue those qualities. Now you just need more videos :D
Let's look at the subject: Roger Deakins. Born in 1949 (he is in his 70's today). He is in the industry since the 1980s. Got his first awarded recognition in 2007. It seems like for a super talent like him, reaching to the point of maturity took about 25 years. The Zen wisdom says "to be a master (a legitimate simple recognition to get a title) one must spend at least 10.000 hours practising in doing that". This makes more or less about five years in minimum. To achieve a master level (if you have the talent and passion for what you are doing) this hits about 10+ years of continuous practice. Very interesting, but there is a truth in that numbers. The pop culture stars that achieve easy fame and recognition -like fireworks- they come and go, for they are empty inside, like a balloon. Easy come, easy go...
Thank you, I really enjoy looking at Roger Deakins' work and video essays. This one had similar effect as when I hear him talking about something, soothing and informative, calm and confident. ps. in the last scene - the one from the Village, the kiss then pan left to one chair, I could connect the dots, how the camera subtly suggests a dissonance - struggle to come in the contrast 2 to 1.
My Professor a few years back worked for Deakins department on set a few times for him. He said he liked to keep things at a minimal, which I see in a lot of the BTS. You are right though about getting the shot of the character. I think the hardest thing about a director, cinematographer, designer for both production and costume, editor, and sound designer is the character development. You pointed out that he works great with the director but the other departments really made him shine. Great video overall, I am still waiting to meet with him on set or in public like I have with other great talents in the industry.
احمد محمد well I went bananas over the phone hearing David fincher cause a professor I am close with worked on flubber in the VFX back in the day. My professors are the reasons I meet these people cause they do a lot of commercials and films together. I got to meet Anne Coates , Thelma schoonmaker, and Metallica chilling in the classroom. Lol. I missed an opportunity with the Franco brothers and especially Tim Burton. There is a ton to mention but mostly I prefer meeting editors and some of the great films you see today are from my professors who either director or worked on them. Great talent cause they are normal people but deeply talented when it comes to the screen.
One of the highlights of my life was getting to meet Deakins when he helped us with WALL-E. He gave a demo to the crew about simplicity in lighting that you can find in one of the extras on the disc. He's my hero.
Great info for at least for me sir. Such video provides nuances of the subjects that is hard to get in even film schools. Great sir gonna subscribe your channel. Keep making more indepth videos on the subject.
Deakins likes to go for simple aesthetics and for symmetric visuals (or as symmetric as they can be). There was a time not too long ago when I considered this too simple, or even cheap in the sense that going for an overly symmetric visual is too obvious, uncreative. But as I've gotten older, I came to appreciate simplicity and clean, sensible structure more than experiments. Or I'd rather say, I now appreciate both conservative and progressive approaches to lighting, camera angles, etc. Deakins' cinematography is a thing of beauty, it's refined, everything has its place, it's easy on the eyes. His work on Skyfall is stellar. No disrespect to Hoyte van Hoytema, but his work on Spectre doesn't hold a candle to what Deakins did in Skyfall.
I hate Roger Deakins for the exact reason that I love his work. Every movie he lights looks so simple and effortless that you mistakenly think "I could do that, that's pretty straightforward"... And then you realise you're wrong! :P
Alex Jackson Trust me. He is in a class of his own. I have tried to replicate some of his lighting techniques and by-god are they difficult to replicate.
I know. I'm a photographer and I always keep my lighting setups simple, mainly because I like to be efficient. 1 well placed light is better than 3 poorly placed ones. I also know Deakins tends to use just one or two lights and maybe a reflector. And even though he and I both embrace the simple approach, he's still light years ahead of me.
Like I said, he makes it look so easy that I can't help but think 'Oh piss off, Roger! That's gorgeous!' :P
Real skill looks effortless. But I've got a feeling you are on the right track.
My dad said the same when he saw his movies, and I shake my head silent, and have absolute confident that the simplest way are often must difficult.
he is a graphic designer after all
this is the kind of video that should go viral
indeed!
Though I love the tone and the editing, it has very incorrect information on a cinematographer's involvement.
Marc Goldbaum how so?
Lucas Preti when he mentioned that the cinematographer doesn’t have much say in the color grade.
Marc Goldbaum yeah, that stuck out to me as well, but he did say he “may not have been very involved with the color grading”, so I’d hardly describe that as very incorrect information
Things that we find simply beautiful are often things that are beautifully simple... what an incredible amount of ideas are filled in one sentence
Diptanu Chaudhuri reminded me of something Joe Pera would say
It's in my opinion that No Country For Old Men is quite possibly one of the greatest films of all time, if you've never seen it I strongly recommend giving it a chance
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I saw it for the first time about 4 years ago without any expectations. I was looking forward to having my med school interviews, or at least pursuing a career in engineering... Well, this movie changed that outlined future. I was hit by an epiphany of beauty and nuanced meaning (gotta hand it to the Coens). And now my future looks as dim as any artist with all odds except his strong will against him. I'm either gonna be a DP or a director, I can't even dream up another future. Perhaps I already make money with photography, so that's a good start!
Hmm have you seen There will be blood? not putting down No country, but you gotta admire what Elswit does with anamorphic, thats if you're a fan of anamorphic and PTA. But yes Deakins is probably the most wide ranged successful craftsman in cinematography film history, id say more so than Vittorio Storraro or even Conrad Hall.
I love both movies for different reasons, but I was reminded watching TWBB recently how beautiful some of the shots are. There is one shot early on, from inside an oil well, with Plainview and co looking into the hole ....the way the smoke plays with the sun light shining in is beautiful...and we haven't begun to mention the shot of the oil well on fire!
Lets not forget how Robert Elswit shot the movie on 35mm and didn't do DI, did it the old school way by photochemical color correction.
This is such a lovely and insightful video about an amazing cinematographer, possibly THE greatest living legend of cinematography.
It's funny how I never heard of Roger deakins until blade runner 2049.
i knew him from skyfall
I knew him from the village
I knew him from no country for old man.
Standing ovation for highlighting such incredible work
His works are so out of the world. Each frames were magnificent. Most recent, his work in 1917, blew me away.
Ugh.......Now I need to watch skyfall again!
what an amzing movie
Doubt was his? I didn't know that!! I loved that film because of one of the major major element- cinematography, so simple yet impressive. The next reasons were the performances by the cast!!! Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Amy. Thank you for these information, I got know so many things. Kudos to you.
I've always loved his work. Before even knowing who he was or knowing the projects he was in, or even the fact that he worked for directors more than once, I noticed his work and loved.
me too! it was really satisfying realizing that so many of the movies I love were shot by him :)
I absolutely love this piece on Deakins. Thank you.
He has such a perfect understanding of the world, colours and the environments the characters reside in.
I love Deakins work. Having just now learned about other films he shot through this video, has made me respect him even more.
This was absolutely excellent. Terrific work. I'm honestly shocked that you don't have more viewers and subscribers. Keep going! This is great content!
Please keep up creating those kind of videos! Thank you for this one!!
This video was Incredible, a fantastic way to showcase the work of a phenomenal cinematographer.
I love cinematography
I watch gangs of New York 2 days ago
Amazing cinematography!
Do more with cinematographers as well (E.g Emmanuel Lubezki, Vittorio Storaro, Robert Elswi, Jeff Cronenweth etc). This video was absolutely informative. I loved it. Thank you.
Beautiful analysis of an artist's beautiful work. Thank you.
Thank you for making this. This is incredible.
I hope you are trying to make more videos, this one was way to good to be a single! Simply great.
Great peek into Roger's mind and your treatment was... well, Deakinsesque. I'm looking forward to your next exploration.
Beautifully put. Avid fan of your work. Don’t wander too far. Your going places. 🎥🎥🎬👍🏻💪🏻
When you made a channel just for one video of *ROGER DEAKINS* , RESPECT
Dude you should make more like this one. You have a unique way to see things
Thank you for sharing!! I'm a big Roger Deakins fan.
Excellent editing, sound editing, and sound mixing here. Your vocal timbre compliments rather than contrasts the beautiful music, and the narration is very well paced. Very good essay.
Your voice over taking this video to next level
dude this is awesome. I really hope you make more. this video was a gift. thank you!
Great video. FYI, pronunciations for the two English places you've mentioned for future essays: Tork-ee, Buckingham-shir (almost like, "sure")
Blake.... Keep doing more man... We will voluntarily promote this video to as many people as we can if. Your video is awesome
Wow! Simple and overwhelming. More videos, please!
Thank you for making this. This video is very well put together and its very simple, much like the content at hand.
What a terrific video. A perfect hommage to Deakins' work. Well done.
I like how you probably love his cinematography so much and had to say something about it, so you just made this TH-cam channel to make this one beautiful video essay.
We need some more tho. This was great! Gonna subscribe just Incase you take this to heart 😉
Informative, well crafted, entertaining, good length. I watch a lot of these cinema-related analysis vids, and their most common problem is being too long (quickly followed by being too pretentious :D). Hope you continue those qualities. Now you just need more videos :D
this doesn't feel like 6 minutes please keep going on
This is an exceptional video, sir. You earned my respect and my subscription.
Amazing video, loved everything about it
Let's look at the subject: Roger Deakins. Born in 1949 (he is in his 70's today). He is in the industry since the 1980s. Got his first awarded recognition in 2007. It seems like for a super talent like him, reaching to the point of maturity took about 25 years. The Zen wisdom says "to be a master (a legitimate simple recognition to get a title) one must spend at least 10.000 hours practising in doing that". This makes more or less about five years in minimum. To achieve a master level (if you have the talent and passion for what you are doing) this hits about 10+ years of continuous practice. Very interesting, but there is a truth in that numbers. The pop culture stars that achieve easy fame and recognition -like fireworks- they come and go, for they are empty inside, like a balloon. Easy come, easy go...
need more videos like this
Randomly stumbled across this video, subscribed the moment it ended.
I didn't know that Mr. Deakins shot "A Beautiful Mind".
I watched The Goldfinch just for him.
Bro you need to make more content you’re talented.
Thank you, I really enjoy looking at Roger Deakins' work and video essays. This one had similar effect as when I hear him talking about something, soothing and informative, calm and confident. ps. in the last scene - the one from the Village, the kiss then pan left to one chair, I could connect the dots, how the camera subtly suggests a dissonance - struggle to come in the contrast 2 to 1.
A big aspect of his skill is his ability to work directly with production design to achieve the aesthetic he's looking for as well.
Excellent video, mate. Well put.
Cindy- it was simply amazing
Impressive. Sometimes I ask myself if art direction isn't the true meaning of filmmaking. I think it is.
Very well written and Very well edited. Subscribed!
Great video, well done. Deakin is legend
My Professor a few years back worked for Deakins department on set a few times for him. He said he liked to keep things at a minimal, which I see in a lot of the BTS. You are right though about getting the shot of the character. I think the hardest thing about a director, cinematographer, designer for both production and costume, editor, and sound designer is the character development. You pointed out that he works great with the director but the other departments really made him shine. Great video overall, I am still waiting to meet with him on set or in public like I have with other great talents in the industry.
interesting who did you meet and what it was like I am sorry for my Rudeness
احمد محمد well I went bananas over the phone hearing David fincher cause a professor I am close with worked on flubber in the VFX back in the day. My professors are the reasons I meet these people cause they do a lot of commercials and films together. I got to meet Anne Coates , Thelma schoonmaker, and Metallica chilling in the classroom. Lol. I missed an opportunity with the Franco brothers and especially Tim Burton. There is a ton to mention but mostly I prefer meeting editors and some of the great films you see today are from my professors who either director or worked on them. Great talent cause they are normal people but deeply talented when it comes to the screen.
wow Anne Coate and Thelma schoonmaker what school did you go to
احمد محمد I attended Academy of Art in San Francisco
Beautiful video. Thank you!
Excellent
Thank you for putting this together!
Dude you are a Genius. You have a great capacity. Proud of you!
Nice find. Thanks!
You should be more popular.. plz keep making more videos.. anyways new subscriber!
Great video, Deakins is a master in simplicity, but in the end it's all not that simple!
Beautiful video, thank you.
Thank You m8
Great first upload looking forward to more
This is a great video! Really appreciate the break-down of his style.
Excellent vid .
Well done. Thank you!
And, I should have said, very interesting and thoughtful video.
Nice work!
Please make more videos like these!!
Ok that's a damn good video, wanna see a lot more from you.
Lovely breakdown! Thank you :)
This was a really great watch thanks :)
Great video, thanks. I think you left out Sicario in your credits/film reference list.
This guy is a genius.
One of the highlights of my life was getting to meet Deakins when he helped us with WALL-E. He gave a demo to the crew about simplicity in lighting that you can find in one of the extras on the disc. He's my hero.
That's so cool, dude!!
Thank you for the video
Great essay!
I hope you go a bit deeper in future videos though.
Loved this, great work.
Amazing video
Great info for at least for me sir. Such video provides nuances of the subjects that is hard to get in even film schools. Great sir gonna subscribe your channel. Keep making more indepth videos on the subject.
Great VO
This was really great. I’m subscribing. Good job and keep up the good work.
Deakins likes to go for simple aesthetics and for symmetric visuals (or as symmetric as they can be). There was a time not too long ago when I considered this too simple, or even cheap in the sense that going for an overly symmetric visual is too obvious, uncreative. But as I've gotten older, I came to appreciate simplicity and clean, sensible structure more than experiments. Or I'd rather say, I now appreciate both conservative and progressive approaches to lighting, camera angles, etc.
Deakins' cinematography is a thing of beauty, it's refined, everything has its place, it's easy on the eyes. His work on Skyfall is stellar. No disrespect to Hoyte van Hoytema, but his work on Spectre doesn't hold a candle to what Deakins did in Skyfall.
thank you
Great work! Do make and upload more stuff bro.
The moment i saw blade runner trailer i knew the winner in cinematrography immediately
Magnificent.
Awesome job man!
The greatest ever!
I agree, his videos are beautiful and simple.
Just like sloths.
Bladerunner 2049 is a masterpiece, mostly due to his incredible work.
And the Oscar goes to .......
amazing
from what film is the opening from?
Entertainment_account The Village
Nice work
Master of simplicity in cinematography. Just watch Shyamlan's Village, how he turns a jungle so haunting with no artificial lights at all.
Awesome vid
@@manuprasadgopinath thank you! glad you liked it! :)
Nice thanks
Am I the only one who noticed that he only has this one video after one-plus years?