Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

(Above) In case you were wondering how Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 made Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord fly. Pic comes from the Instagram feed of Guardians writer/director James Gunn – which is crammed full of awesome set shots from the film.

Guardians Vol. 2 is out on DVD/OnDemand this week. Check out this interview I did with the film’s cinematographer Henry Braham for Filmmaker Magazine. The movie was the first to use Red’s new Weapon 8K Vista Vision camera.

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The Shot Behind the Shot: Get Carter (1971)

In Get Carter, a London gangster (Michael Caine) travels to the industrial berg of Newcastle to investigate the death of his brother. Here’s director Mike Hodges on how he settled on Newcastle:

“As soon as I saw those huge rust-coloured bridges stretching across the Tyne I knew this was (Jack Carter’s) manor. Tough, ruthless and uncompromising. I moved into the city for a week or more and walked its streets looking for locations to use. They came in an abundance. Gentrification was a word unknown in 1969. That said, I had happened upon a city in violent transition. It was a place that somehow captured the cataclysmic rupture slowly happening to British society but not yet visible to most of its inhabitants.”

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Set stills from David Lowery’s A Ghost Story

Banner photo courtesy of A Ghost Story cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo

Put together a few behind the scene pics from A Ghost Story, a rumination on mortality, time, and humanity’s place in the cosmos from writer/director David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Pete’s Dragon).

Check out this interview I did with the movie’s cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo for Filmmaker Magazine. I also highly recommend American Cinematographer Magazine’s feature on the film from the August issue.

Tech Info
Aspect Ratio: 1.33
Camera: Arri Alexa Mini (2.8K ProRes, 4:3 mode)
Lenses: Panavision Super Speeds and Ultra Speeds, Panavision Primo Zooms

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