Utilising Natural Lighting & Long Takes / Ben Davis
In this weeks episode Ben Davis talks to COT about how to utilise natural lighting. How can you use the location to your advantage? How should one shots be used?
Using colour in cinematography / Seamus McGarvey
In this episode Seamus talks to Cooke Optics TV about the use of colour in his films. He tells COT about what characteristics some colours can have and how they can be used to create emotion or define a character.
Cinematography Masterclass: Filming Night Scenes
Cooke Optics TV presents the first of a new roundtable series featuring world-renowned cinematographers. In this masterclass, they discuss some of the best approaches to filming exterior night shots. Topics include types of lighting fixtures to use, handling locations and permissions and cinematography techniques.
Lighting Masterclass / Billy Williams
In this weeks episode Cooke Optics TV speak to Billy Williams about his lighting experience on films such as ‘Gandhi’. He talks about matching shots, how to use natural lighting and much more.
How & Why I choose lenses / Bradford Young
In this weeks episode Cooke Optics TV discuss with Bradford the steps he takes into choosing his lenses. Why is getting closer to the subject better? What effect does it create?
The Irishman Cinematography Featurette by Rodrigo Prieto
Cooke Optics welcome cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto to Cooke Optics TV. A veteran of the cinematography world, he has collaborated with Martin Scorsese on three feature films that include ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, ‘Silence’ and ‘The Irishman’. In this video, he deconstructs some of the photographic decisions they made in ‘The Irishman’ and how he…
The Cinematography of Joker / A Case Study with Lawrence Sher
This week Cooke Optics TV welcome Lawrence Sher to the channel. He talks to COT about filming Joker. What made the style? What challenges did they face? What were some unique scenarios?
Deconstructing Film Lighting / Masterclass by gaffer Julian White
Julian White tells Cooke Optics TV about the different lighting sources that are used in film and what effect they can give. We see behind the scenes footage compared with the shot in the film. What is the difference between fluorescents and LED?
IMAGO & Digital Orchard Foundation: Diversity and Inclusion Roundtable
At Camerimage festival, IMAGO’s D&I Committee joined forces with Digital Orchard Foundation to talk with a phenomenal group of peers and experts about the reality of diversity and inclusion for mid-career filmmakers in 2020. They spoke from personal experience about barriers that go overlooked, facts that are silenced, implicit biases that need to change, and…
