A Primer on the Cinematic Techniques of 3-Time Oscar-Winning DP Emmanuel Lubezki | No Film School

His work in The Revenant has been the topic of conversation for months (especially after winning an Oscar for it last night), and before that, and the brilliant "seemless" camerawork in Birdman. But what exactly distinguishes Lubezki's cinematography from other DPs? This video from wolfcrow breaks down the techniques of the illustrious cinematographer, including how he uses natural light, as well as what motivates him to move his camera. It's a great starting point for those who want to know more about good ol' Chivo!

One interesting thing about Lubezki's approach to cinematography is that even though he certainly has his own distinctive style, he has shown that he can produce images that directors want. In other words, he's very adaptive, which is a trait that all great cinematographers should have.

Speaking of adaptive, as digital filmmaking started becoming a mainstay in the industry, Lubezki managed to make the transition from film to digital in brilliant form. In the video below, he talks about when he began shooting on digital cameras, how at first he promised to only shoot landscapes and grand vistas with them, but as time went on he realized that they provided a clean, grainless images that he thought captured the emotional impact of the images better:

It's the first camera that I worked with that really -- that almost translates to 100% of what you're feeling when you're at the location.

Lubezki is definitely a DP that is more than worthy of our study, and hopefully the video from wolfcrow provided a great springboard for more of it.

Source: wolfcrow

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Celebrate the love and hope at the center of Nolan's space epic in the format it was meant to be seen.

If we know anything about Christopher Nolan, he likes to go big. Nolan started with smaller-scale stories (as many of us do) with early noir adjacent works like Following, Memento, and Insomnia, then started going and staying big with his illusionist drama The Prestige. Since then, the scale has been various degrees of massive, with the biggest scope in his time-and-space sprawling epic, Interstellar.

While Interstellarmight not be everyone's favorite Nolan outing, there's no denying it's an impressive feat of filmmaking and his most emotional—if watching Matthew McConaughey's Cooper desperately try to reach his family through quantum space-time doesn't make you cry at least a little bit, what's going on, dude?

With Interstellar'sIMAX release, it's a great time to shed some tears in a public setting in one of the most prestigious film formats around. As we mentioned in our film gauge piece, Nolan loves shooting on film and utilizes 65mm intentionally to provoke a tone of massive scale. In that regard, Interstellar was made for 70mm IMAX. That goes without saying, dawg. That being said, other factors make Interstellar a perfect movie to revisit in theaters while you can.

Let's break down the release further below.

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