Frame by Frame – Lawless (2012)

Year – 
2012
Decade – 
2010s
Cinematographer – Benoît Delhomme (imdb) (instagram)
Director – 
John Hillcoat
Aspect Ratio – 2.35
Distributor – 
The Weinstein Company; Annapurna
Genre – Drama; Period Piece; 1930s
Cameras – 
Arri Alexa
Lenses – 
Zeiss Master Primes; Angenieux Optimo zooms; Spherical
Format – Digital capture
Categories – (Click on any of the following to see similar frames from other films) Night Exteriors; Reflections; Frames Within Frames; Silhouettes; Car Shots; Dusk; Three Shots

The Movie

At the tail end of Prohibition, three moonshine bootlegging brothers (Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Jason Clarke) refuse to bend when a federal agent (Guy Pearce) tries to cut himself a piece of the pie. Based on a true story.

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Lawless marked the first feature shot digitally for cinematographer Benoît Delhomme (The Proposition, A Most Wanted Man). It also came in the early years of the Arri Alexa’s rise to dominance. Click on any frame below to read Delhomme’s thoughts on the transition. All quotes come from this article on the French Society of Cinematographers website.

Posted on April 21, 2020 0 By mattmulcahey Frame By Frame Posted in Frame By Frame Tagged #frames 2.39, frames 2010s, frames 2012, frames angeniuex optimo, frames annapurna, frames arri alexa, frames Benoît Delhomme, frames digital, frames drama, frames john hillcoat, frames period, frames period 1930s, frames spherical, frames the weinstein company, frames zeiss master primes

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