Director & Cinematographer. “menswear guy of cinematic lighting”
Los Angeles, CA
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Here’s some of what I’ve made recently! The letters on the bottom indicate if I was the Director (D), Cinematographer (C), or both (DC).
I specialize in colorful imagery that showcases diverse voices across fiction, documentary, reality, music video, and commercial.
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What stands out here is the locked-off camera. In a typical documentary, you don't know where your subject will be so the camera inevitably has to move with them. Here, the shots seem pre-composed in a "okay now walk over to the window" or "scoot to your left a bit" type of way.
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What's happening here is a color technique called Split Toning, which has become more popular in the last couple of years. It has to do with the Color Grading process that footage goes through in post-production. 🧵
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I NEED a professional to tell me why everything looks like this now. It was the same problem with Wicked and a million other recent movies. WHAT is going on here?? And why so much backlighting??????
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It's not "everything" that looks like this - it's just a trend that is dictated by execs who are afraid to let things fall to shadow, or for light to be too harsh. If you want the opposite of this, look to Heated Rivalry:
Let’s talk about the lighting in Heated Rivalry and why it stands out among a lot of shows/movies in the romance genre. #heatedrivalry #cinematography
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Sure, yeah. So a mid-shot lighting change like this is a type of "lighting gag" and CAN technically happen on ANY production, but doesn't. Because it calls attention to itself, therefore breaking the 4th wall. Here's how it's done, and why. 🧵
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I actually used this EXACT scene as inspo for a lighting gag in my own film "Dracula's Ex-Girlfriend" except instead of a push-in, I broke the 180-rule and instead of killing fixtures, I changed the lighting from warm to surreal. And then with a cough cue, brought it back to warm
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End of thread. Sorry for all the personal plugs! But in my defense, I actually do think those videos I linked are useful.
If you have any other questions about cinematography, tag me.
If it’s “why are movies so dark now?” check this thread here:
No, you’re not crazy! Night scenes DO LOOK darker now than they did in the decades prior.
But it’s not because cinematographers refuse to light their scenes (common misconception). It’s because the STYLE of lighting has changed. Let me explain. 🧵
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Show this to clients who say “But the house already has lights, why do you need to bring your own?”
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A few years ago, I asked my friends at Adobe:
"Why hasn't Adobe created a free video guide to Premiere Pro?"
The only guides available at the time were big fat books OR 3rd-party tutorials on scattered websites.
They said: "You make it."
I said: "Say less."
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Love it when my own work jumps out at me while scrolling my timeline! I shot the image on the left of Miley.
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*taps the sign* Please watch this @imPatrickT video. He explains it so well that I really have nothing to add.
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I would actually love to hear a cinematographer explain why so many movies look like this now? It’s not just marvel, even comedies that are shot on location constantly have this out of focus background that makes everyone look like they’re standing in front of a green screen
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