Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted May 16, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 16, 2015 Nice montage: https://vimeo.com/122777048 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Such beautiful work. It's just reminded me that I picked up a copy of Pennies from Heaven at a yard sale a while back, and I still haven't watched it. Time to remedy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Liang Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 What great work - always good to be reminded of the genius known as Gordon Willis. I noticed that in his anamorphic films he often used somewhat medium-long lenses. Do you know if he was fond of the 75mm/100mm anamorphic lenses? Everybody talks about how he liked to use the 40mm in spherical, but I never see people talking about the anamorphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted May 17, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2015 I notice that a lot of that stuff plays in silhouette, which I suspect many of us would not be allowed to get away with. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Mark Kenfield Posted May 17, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2015 Lovely montage, thanks for sharing it David.Manhattan is just achingly, achingly beautiful. That film alone taught me so much about the interplay of sound, image and performance - and why you don't have to have a shot of a clearly lit actor just to get some dialogue across. The sound will carry the performance, the performance will carry itself, and the camera is free to reveal more to us than just actors talking to each other (which in the end, I feel, makes for a more compelling final product). And I disagree Phil, I think we're so much freer now to play around with things like silhouette precisely because guys like Willis blazed that trail for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted May 17, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2015 Well, I agree that we should be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted May 17, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2015 Great montage, appropriately titled. Willis always set a meaningful frame and let the action unfold in front of it - something I've been inspired by. His genius lay in the simplicity of his methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted May 17, 2015 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2015 Yes, much of "Manhattan" was shot with a 100mm anamorphic if the examples from the AC article on the lighting of "Manhattan" are any indication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole t parzenn Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Interesting. It's been a while since I last saw one of his films but the long lens never jumped out at me, until now. Nice to see "Stardust Memories" included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Gregory Irwin Posted May 17, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2015 A wonderful montage from a wonderful cinematographer. I've always noticed three specific motifs in his compositions: 1. Using a frame within a frame 2. Filming through windows 3. Silhouette Thank you David for sharing. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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