Chapters: 00:00 The Cinematography of Wally Pfister 01:08 Early Career & Meeting Christopher Nolan 03:20 Minimal Lighting (Memento) 04:40 Lighting as a Metaphor (Insomnia) 07:26 Handheld & The Fire Light (The Prestige) 09:18 Revolutionizing IMAX (The Dark Knight) 11:13 The Zero Gravity Fight Scene (Inception) 13:14 Directing Career
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I actually prefer his collaborative work with Nolan rather than Hoyte Van Hoytema. Both are amazing but there's something magical about his work. Maybe that's why Nolan's older movies are better than the newer ones. I'd really wish for him to come back for more Hollywood movies.
I think Dunkirk is Hoyte and Nolans best collaboration together. They developed new techniques for filming in water and new mounts (possibly the same mounts used in Interstellar) to put on vehicles and yet audiences seemed to not care for Dunkirk. As for Wally I’d say 90% of his work with Nolan is fantastic.
@SHAHZEB MIR I think Dunkirk and Interstellar had that effect because of a lot of sea shots and the overall color pallete of the shot having that green mixed in. For example, In interstellar, when Cooper is crying while watching the videos, in the background, the ship's interior which covers the majority of the shot is green. That green dominates the color pallete of the shot. The cornfields were green too. And in Dunkirk mostly all shots have the because of the sea. Tenet has more vibrant color grade in comparison imo. So I wouldnt judge Hoytema's ability based on 2 movies. I think he's done a fabulous job and I think the same of Pfister.
I served him couple of drinks in a bar in London, when he worked on the dark knight. Very friendly, and sympathetic fellow. Great cinematographer, as well.
I wish he would collab with Nolan again, there was just something about his shooting style and Nolan's stories that worked really well artistically. the way he shots the movies using natural lighting and natural color grading was awesome, it was a really fresh and unusual style in blockbuster films (especially in the time when every blockbuster started to copy Michael Bay's style color grading) sort of giving the movies a more indie raw feeling. shame that Nolan also fell into the common blockbuster format style cinematography (since Interstellar) now his movies also has that green-ish and orange color grading, and more steady wider shots. not that i hated it, but i just prefer Wally's style. it was like seeing a indie filmmaking technique in a blockbuster scene
I was an assistant for Wally on a couple films in his pre-Nolan days, for Roger Corman (not Slumber Party). They were only my 2nd and 3rd films as a focus puller, but Wally made it challenging for sure. Even then I could see the organic quality of his lighting methods. All good experiences made memorable by his good nature and sense of humor. (Because they taste funny).
I just simply wanna say Thank You 👏👏 It takes a lot of work to bring us this wealth of film knowledge in a the beautiful way you'se do. Thanks again folks ✌
The Dark Knight Rises Cinematography was brilliant & The best of the Nolan CBM, sad it never got nominated for Best cinematography at the academy awards 2013.
Man I am not into movies making but these videos are so addictive and powerful and specially now I get flex a little bit around my friends cause I can talk about styles, techniques. You guys are just awesome.
New video! I really love Wally's work on Inception and The Dark Knight, I call that having a style 💫 And it makes it even more brilliant with the great direction of Chris Nolan.
One of the greatest thing Nolan has - he worked with at least 3 other cinematographers, but the value of Chris's films cinematic aspects are the same and perfect. Camera moves, like "hand held camera" from Vintherberg-Trier dogma style Nolan mainteins in his every films! By the way , please make one analysing vid for triers films :) . Acting style in Nolan's films are based on Chris's terms, as i see. Even in composing music is based on Nolans strong demands, as his favourite composer Shephard used to write. Nolans scripts are very poetic. So i have seen meny videos of this channel about Christopher and i think there are even more to speak about this great director. P.s you are doing priceless job !
*Spellbound by your work and hug respect to your work OSCAR-WINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER WALLY PFISTER thank you studiobinders your are bridge to the passion and knowledge to the work* 👑🙏🏻
It's Pfister who moved away: he wanted to make his own movie (Transcendence). Unfortunately it bombed the boxoffice, so now Nolan has another DoP, and Pfister didn't make it as a director.
@@StudioBinder short film vs features films writing .... character arc , subject themes , dialogue , visuality , human topics ..etc....step by step ...
Nice video!!! Very engaging from the beginning to end.nevertheless business and investment are the easiest way to make money irrespective of which part you came from.
Your videos are the most amazing educational ones about cinema. I'm waiting for you to do analysis about my favorite director 'jean Lua Godard" for so long! I hope to see it soon! ❤️❤️
As an amateur filmmaker, I used StudioBinder on a recent short film, and I enjoyed it. But as a marketer, I can't help but appreciate how well this content establishes StudioBinder as a relevant authority. Kudos to unsung heroes in the StudioBinder team for always putting out videos that are frequent, insightful, information-dense, well-edited, and well-paced. This channel is pure gold.
Wally Pfister did memorable films! The dark Knight was a technical marvel. I’m not so sure about is directorial debut... I still have tremendous respect for is work and sense of honesty mirroring his old school documentary style. Hoyte Van Hoytema cinematography is a bit of both realistic-naturalism he has a way more pronounced sense of aesthetic he embraces the pure visual artistic language with all its imperfections in DUNKIRK you clearly see vignetting since the use hasselblad medium format lenses in IMAX (were film travel horizontally in the film plan like in analog film photography) it feels like old film photography. In interstellar the shallow depth of field with anamorphic vintage lenses provides a nostalgic feel and it’s imperfect but so beautiful. In my opinion Hoyte Van Hoytema photography looks a lot like modern film photography. where Wally’s photography is more of a raw documentary style. I still struggle with the naturalistic vs realistic debate...but I love both!
I remember when I first saw Transcendence, my mind was blown. Then I read the reviews. Everyone called it stupid. Now it doesn't seem all that stupid. Uploading human consciousness isn't that far.
@@krishmav The subject isn't stupid, but the movie somewhat trivialized it, or over-simplified it. The subject is complicated with deep and far reaching implications. The script of Transcendence didn't really focus on what it was trying to say, or what kind of movie it was trying to be. Maybe they were trying to say too much and became lost in the process.
More Shallow Depth of field is way more difficult to do in the film industry. I'm in film school now and I'm learning about Depth of field right now and all about the camera angles. And using bigger lenses like 15/70mm is way more expensive but for the viewers its all really a great experience. Using bigger lenses though adds a much greater experience for the viewers once they see the movie. Also the lighting point of view for the movies you have to make sure its all set up the right way because if it's not then the scene won't look right.
@@StudioBinder I see a lot of screenplay structure and you are talking about it. But when writing a story, tell me how to start it, what should be the steps regarding character, theme, outline, character arc, as well as what is the difference between writing many feature films and web series and its steps because there are so many story structures, I am confused. . When writing a dialogue, you have to write it keeping in mind the visual image as well as the plot of story ideas then outline and then how to go into the screenplay please tell me and I hope you think about this.
Chapters:
00:00 The Cinematography of Wally Pfister
01:08 Early Career & Meeting Christopher Nolan
03:20 Minimal Lighting (Memento)
04:40 Lighting as a Metaphor (Insomnia)
07:26 Handheld & The Fire Light (The Prestige)
09:18 Revolutionizing IMAX (The Dark Knight)
11:13 The Zero Gravity Fight Scene (Inception)
13:14 Directing Career
You could not possibly know how much I needed you to post this today. You reminded me of your channel, just as I was losing my mind. I'm off to binge now, thank you.🤗💋
Wooo damnn good one there. Waiting for christopher doyle here and loveless & the return director in directors chairr
I discovered your channel a month ago and just want to say I'm working my way backwards through your stuff but absolutely adore the work the studio binder team has been doing and this is my favorite channel now. I know youtube can be thankless job but I really appreciate what you've all been doing. I've sent it to so many people and LOVE your work. Better than film school.
This is why we make them. Thanks for the complement!
It’s the BEST channel, right?!
The cinematography was equal to the mind blowing story and screenplay in Inception . I like the tone of Inception. It is one of my favourite films.
It all comes together!
I actually prefer his collaborative work with Nolan rather than Hoyte Van Hoytema. Both are amazing but there's something magical about his work. Maybe that's why Nolan's older movies are better than the newer ones. I'd really wish for him to come back for more Hollywood movies.
Interstellar and Tenet are amazing imo. But yes Pfister is great.
I think Dunkirk is Hoyte and Nolans best collaboration together. They developed new techniques for filming in water and new mounts (possibly the same mounts used in Interstellar) to put on vehicles and yet audiences seemed to not care for Dunkirk. As for Wally I’d say 90% of his work with Nolan is fantastic.
Nolan's newest one was missing Hans Zimmer. Still can't bring myself to watch it. Terrified I'll hate it.😬😱
@@Digitalhunny Yes. Tenet is a movie that divides opinion. But you should definitely give it a watch.
@SHAHZEB MIR I think Dunkirk and Interstellar had that effect because of a lot of sea shots and the overall color pallete of the shot having that green mixed in. For example, In interstellar, when Cooper is crying while watching the videos, in the background, the ship's interior which covers the majority of the shot is green. That green dominates the color pallete of the shot. The cornfields were green too.
And in Dunkirk mostly all shots have the because of the sea.
Tenet has more vibrant color grade in comparison imo.
So I wouldnt judge Hoytema's ability based on 2 movies. I think he's done a fabulous job and I think the same of Pfister.
I served him couple of drinks in a bar in London, when he worked on the dark knight. Very friendly, and sympathetic fellow. Great cinematographer, as well.
Class act 👌
The most underrated part of The Dark Knight Triology. Everyone Says Hans Zimmer & Nolan Is A Great Combo. For Me, Its Always Pfister, Zimmer & Nolan.
The trifecta
And Jonathan Nolan's writing.
I wish he would collab with Nolan again, there was just something about his shooting style and Nolan's stories that worked really well artistically. the way he shots the movies using natural lighting and natural color grading was awesome, it was a really fresh and unusual style in blockbuster films (especially in the time when every blockbuster started to copy Michael Bay's style color grading) sort of giving the movies a more indie raw feeling. shame that Nolan also fell into the common blockbuster format style cinematography (since Interstellar) now his movies also has that green-ish and orange color grading, and more steady wider shots. not that i hated it, but i just prefer Wally's style. it was like seeing a indie filmmaking technique in a blockbuster scene
Mr. Wally Pfister is my favourite!💖 That man working with Nolan _and_ Zimmer, I'd give anything for another collab with them.🤞💋
We can only hope!
I was an assistant for Wally on a couple films in his pre-Nolan days, for Roger Corman (not Slumber Party). They were only my 2nd and 3rd films as a focus puller, but Wally made it challenging for sure. Even then I could see the organic quality of his lighting methods. All good experiences made memorable by his good nature and sense of humor. (Because they taste funny).
It's when the film looks so effortless is when you don't notice the cinematography. This guy is amazing.
the bar for quality work is set so high for this channel and yet with each new video I'm never disappointed the bar just creeps a little higher.. 👍💯😁
That's the goal :)
Perfect ok
Uff
Malayaali sthiram prekshakan aano
Ith mathi aliya. 😂
Dey
Malayali !!?
One of the greatest to do it! Thank you for this!
Thanks for watching!
I just simply wanna say Thank You 👏👏
It takes a lot of work to bring us this wealth of film knowledge in a the beautiful way you'se do. Thanks again folks ✌
Hope it helps!
Wally Pfister is a legend for a reason. He’s up there with Robert Richardson and Roger Deakins. I wish he would go back to working with Chris Nolan.
Man is carving his own path!
@@StudioBinder I know just wish that he would return to the big screen after Transcendence (2014).
The Dark Knight Rises Cinematography was brilliant & The best of the Nolan CBM, sad it never got nominated for Best cinematography at the academy awards 2013.
This channel is so good! Thanks a lot! Hope there was even more videos/channels like this
We'll keep the vids coming!
Man I am not into movies making but these videos are so addictive and powerful and specially now I get flex a little bit around my friends cause I can talk about styles, techniques. You guys are just awesome.
Happy flexing 😂
What a legend man so inspiring to me
Lots to learn from him
@@StudioBinder And from you guys as well! Your guy's videos are always incredible.
New video! I really love Wally's work on Inception and The Dark Knight, I call that having a style 💫 And it makes it even more brilliant with the great direction of Chris Nolan.
Agreed! They're a fantastic duo
Next video on David Fincher about his cinematography and editing .
A true master of the craft
One of the best!
That's so cool, you should do one like that with Janusz Kaminski, and other people in the business if you can. Thanks for sharing StudioBinder.
Thanks for the suggestion!
@@StudioBinder you're welcome. I only said that because he gets mentioned a couple of times in this vid.
Bane killing it with his infamous sense of humour 😆
😂
One of the greatest thing Nolan has - he worked with at least 3 other cinematographers, but the value of Chris's films cinematic aspects are the same and perfect. Camera moves, like "hand held camera" from Vintherberg-Trier dogma style Nolan mainteins in his every films! By the way , please make one analysing vid for triers films :) .
Acting style in Nolan's films are based on Chris's terms, as i see. Even in composing music is based on Nolans strong demands, as his favourite composer Shephard used to write.
Nolans scripts are very poetic. So i have seen meny videos of this channel about Christopher and i think there are even more to speak about this great director.
P.s you are doing priceless job !
He just creates a magic somehow , surely a true artist
Earned all his accolades 👌
best film theory channel in all da innanets.
💖
*Spellbound by your work and hug respect to your work OSCAR-WINNING CINEMATOGRAPHER WALLY PFISTER thank you studiobinders your are bridge to the passion and knowledge to the work* 👑🙏🏻
Will keep the bridge standing! haha
very inspiring cinematography!
All of us agree on one thing , we want wally back .
Agreed 💯
He is probably making better money directing commercials. Plus they are less of a time commitment and offer more creative diversity.
That was fantastic.
Glad you liked it!
outstanding cinematography videos ❤️
Appreciate the feedback!
I was waiting for this
Hope it was worth the wait!
This is literally a story about Nolan brings out a genius won his Oscar.
Awesome guys, so appreciate your hard work. God bless
Enjoy!
I just did a shot analysis of the opening scene to Dark Knight for my final and StudioBinder was super helpful with videos and their website
Great to hear!
Make video on Difference between story ,screenplay also GIVE advice by legend .
Thanks for the suggestion!
Hope to see your work again Wally
Let's hope!
I was convinced Deakins was gonna get that Oscar.
They both eventually got the recognition they deserved
Please could you make one of Rodrigo Prieto
If there's a strong demand we might!
Amazing 💫
Glad you liked it!
Inception and Dark Knight is closest to my ❤️
Ours too :)
Great video ! Thanks for sharing ;-) Heath Ledger was the best Joker ever !!
Glad you liked it!
Great! Make one with Larry Fong!
Thanks for the suggestion!
@@StudioBinder Thanks for your marvelous work. I think it is the best channel on TH-cam ever. At least for those who love cinema.
THANKS A LOT👌
Your welcome!
IMO Wally Pfister’s cinematography fits Nolan’s movies better. There’s something mathematical about it just like Nolan’s movies.
Is there a video that analyzes the cinematography of Emmanuel Lubezki?
We don't have one specifically on him yet!
@@StudioBinder Ok. No problem. Thank you!
Ist comment ,true lover of studiobinder
Yeah who needs film school when you have them
Welcome :)
Hey studio binder please search the song cinematography technique in the song @kaadhal sadugudu in tamil
Thanks for the suggestion!
I really hope he comes back to cinematography on the big screen.
Agreed!
Wish it was lengthier and elaborate. I was so sucked into the narration.
Will keep in mind!
Wooo damnn good one there. Waiting for christopher doyle here and loveless & the return director in directors chairr
Thanks for the suggestion!
❤️❤️❤️
💕
Come back to films Wally. We miss you :/
We all do 😢
I wonder why Nolan moved away from working with him.
Supposedly Pfister has moved on to directing and won't shoot for any other directors.
It's Pfister who moved away: he wanted to make his own movie (Transcendence). Unfortunately it bombed the boxoffice, so now Nolan has another DoP, and Pfister didn't make it as a director.
@@doyle8120 oh
@@doyle8120 lol, I'd say it's bs. The Nolan produced his directorial debut, there was no fight between them.
Pfister wanted to move on to directing!
❤️❤️❤️🇮🇳
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Keep videos on short film
Any suggestions?
@@StudioBinder short film vs features films writing .... character arc , subject themes , dialogue , visuality , human topics ..etc....step by step ...
Thanks for your support and keep making videos
Nice video!!! Very engaging from the beginning to end.nevertheless business and investment are the easiest way to make money irrespective of which part you came from.
Is Wally retired from the professional movie cinematography industry?
Well what happened to him?
No one asked him about Transcendence?
No need 😂
Hope he returns to the scene.
We all do!
Your videos are the most amazing educational ones about cinema. I'm waiting for you to do analysis about my favorite director 'jean Lua Godard" for so long! I hope to see it soon! ❤️❤️
Thanks for the suggestion!
Amazing! Thank you very much! Underrated channel
Thanks for watching!
As an amateur filmmaker, I used StudioBinder on a recent short film, and I enjoyed it. But as a marketer, I can't help but appreciate how well this content establishes StudioBinder as a relevant authority.
Kudos to unsung heroes in the StudioBinder team for always putting out videos that are frequent, insightful, information-dense, well-edited, and well-paced. This channel is pure gold.
We appreciate it! 💖
Chris Nolan, Wally Pfister & Hans Zimmer are the perfect combination.
The ultimate trio 🔥
Don't you mean Chris Nolan, Wally Pfister, Hans Zimmer and his additional composers are the ultimate team
I’m only 15 but I already feel like I’m in film school with your channel 😂
class in session!
Smol boi
Long live Wally!
Man is a legend 🔥
Wally Pfister did memorable films!
The dark Knight was a technical marvel.
I’m not so sure about is directorial debut...
I still have tremendous respect for is work and sense of honesty mirroring his old school documentary style.
Hoyte Van Hoytema cinematography is a bit of both realistic-naturalism he has a way more pronounced sense of aesthetic he embraces the pure visual artistic language with all its imperfections in DUNKIRK you clearly see vignetting since the use hasselblad medium format lenses in IMAX (were film travel horizontally in the film plan like in analog film photography) it feels like old film photography.
In interstellar the shallow depth of field with anamorphic vintage lenses provides a nostalgic feel and it’s imperfect but so beautiful.
In my opinion Hoyte Van Hoytema photography looks a lot like modern film photography.
where Wally’s photography is more of a raw documentary style.
I still struggle with the naturalistic vs realistic debate...but I love both!
Both cinematographers have a great visual style!
Wish Wally would come back to making movies. It seems like people give him a hard time for making Transcendence.
His most popular work has come from his collabs with Nolan
I remember when I first saw Transcendence, my mind was blown. Then I read the reviews. Everyone called it stupid. Now it doesn't seem all that stupid. Uploading human consciousness isn't that far.
@@krishmav The subject isn't stupid, but the movie somewhat trivialized it, or over-simplified it. The subject is complicated with deep and far reaching implications. The script of Transcendence didn't really focus on what it was trying to say, or what kind of movie it was trying to be. Maybe they were trying to say too much and became lost in the process.
Absolutely amazing work.
Cheers!
Slumber Party Massacre 3 is one of my favorites I cannot believe the man who shot the dark knight shot that film. My jaw dropped when he said that.
haha we all start somewhere
@@StudioBinder Very respectable start in my opinion!
You are my life ♥your team...looking forward to working under your team...under your guidance
Thanks for watching!
Studio Binder is the best TH-cam channel in the world & my favorite
The Light Knight Rises
Not everyone knows that they changed title and thumbnail
👍
Do Guillermo del Toro Directing Style 🤟🔥
Thanks for the suggestion!
Awesome :)
Cheers!
That was so inspiring
Lots to learn from the best!
Would love to see some acclaimed Indian directors' styles documented, like Anurag Kashyap and Zoya Akhtar
Still waiting for the best director academy award for cris nolan.
We all are 😢
YES!!!
💕
😍😍😍
😊
What's inside studiobinder? How does it work ? Pls tell us.
Good. As always.
More Shallow Depth of field is way more difficult to do in the film industry. I'm in film school now and I'm learning about Depth of field right now and all about the camera angles. And using bigger lenses like 15/70mm is way more expensive but for the viewers its all really a great experience. Using bigger lenses though adds a much greater experience for the viewers once they see the movie. Also the lighting point of view for the movies you have to make sure its all set up the right way because if it's not then the scene won't look right.
Good luck in film school!
Hi, Can u do a directors chair video on zack Snyder, I really like his directing style and I would love to learn more about it, it would mean a lot
we have a short video on his color palette you might enjoy! th-cam.com/video/muTyXvOaSn0/w-d-xo.html
PTA's part-2 directing style?
on the way!
Jeff cronenweth
Thanks for the suggestion!
Keep videos on screenwriting elements
Any suggestions?
@@StudioBinder I see a lot of screenplay structure and you are talking about it. But when writing a story, tell me how to start it, what should be the steps regarding character, theme, outline, character arc, as well as what is the difference between writing many feature films and web series and its steps because there are so many story structures, I am confused. . When writing a dialogue, you have to write it keeping in mind the visual image as well as the plot of story ideas then outline and then how to go into the screenplay please tell me and I hope you think about this.
Do a vid on Subrata Mitra's cinematography.
Thanks for the suggestion!
I want Directing Style Of Zack Snyder..
Thanks for the suggestion!