I am drinking my first cup of coffee this morning from my new “Buy More Nerd Herd” cup. I woke up this morning thinking about interview questions and the kinds of things our readers might want to know. What are our readers are interested in? How was it made, what kinds of problems came up and what were the solutions could be some of the things? I have two interviews coming up with well-known ASC members. I want to do a good job.
It might be more of a curse than anything but when I see something I want to know how to do it. I want the people that created it to reveal how it was done. I want to know how to do things. We all emulate or heaven forbid “copy” what other people have done in our artistic endeavors. Actually, I don’t see it as copying but as building on what was done before.
I want to know how they make those crash scenes, subways scenes, darkest shots, and special effects. I want to know what cameras, tools, and peripherals were used and I want to know what kind of planning and thought processes were involved.
In our workshops Peter Stein, ASC said many times that filmmakers can use examples of what they want to accomplish from the scenes in movies they have seen. It helps to get ideas from others and communicate the vision to the cinematographers by using these kinds of examples. It’s a communication tool.
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