Creating Ridley Scott’s Ethnographic World with Cinematographer Ross Emery, ACS

The career of cinematographer Ross Emery, ACS, includes a large number of major effects-heavy science fiction films. His latest project,…

Developing Westworld’s New World with Paul Cameron, ASC

While ‘free will is not free’ sounds like an exhortation from Patrick McGoohan’s ‘Number Six’ character in The Prisoner TV…

Breaking Down the Cinematography of The Lighthouse

Generally, the words “what did you shoot this on” are frowned upon around Musicbed. We’re generally a bit more interested…

DP Chayse Irvin, CSC on Constraints, Contradictions, and Shooting ‘BlackKklansman’

Chayse Irvin is defined by contradiction: “I'll shoot black and white. I'll shoot color. I'm mixing things. I'm breaking the…

The Art of Articulation: A Conversation with Alex Buono

Whether it’s documentaries, mockumentaries, feature films, or wildly popular television shows, you can probably find it somewhere on Alex Buono’s…

The Long Haul: A Conversation with Reed Morano

It took seven years from the time Reed Morano graduated from NYU’s film school to the time she worked as…

How to Tell Stories Cinematically

In film, it is not enough to be a storyteller. You have to be a storyshow-er. A storyvisualizer. You need…

No Plan: A Conversation with Autumn Durald

Some people know what they’re going to do with their lives before they’re old enough to drink a beer. Some…

Planning vs. Improvisation on Volvo’s New Ad “Moments”

The tagline at the end of Volvo’s new ad, “Moments,” says: Sometimes the moments that never happen matter the most.…

Finding Traction: A Conversation with DP Rachel Morrison, ASC

There is a point at which most creatives wonder if they’ll ever get where they’re going. Usually, it comes along…