Cinematographer Roger Deakins recently sat down for a talk with BSC president John de Borman after a screening of The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
The 50 minute discussion is a fascinating one and covers his career, including:
- His early years
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- The influence of documentary
- Using different approaches for different films
- Shooting night-time exteriors
- Lighting the train scene in The Assassination of Jesse James (2007)
- Shooting day and night sequences in True Grit (2010)
- How he used shadows in No Country For Old Men (2007)
- Differences between American and European cinematographers
- Switching to digital cameras
- Preparing for the new Bond movie with Sam Mendes
- Army of Shadows (1969)
- His break working for director Michael Radford
Roger Deakins talks with John de Borman. from BSC on Vimeo.
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