Frame by Frame: Insecure – Season 2 (2017)

Frame By Frame

Year – 2017
Decade – 2010s
Cinematographer – Ava Berkofsky (official site) and Patrick Cady
Director – various
Aspect Ratio – 1.78
Distributor – HBO
Genre – Drama
Camera – Arri Alexa
Format – Spherical

Other Key Words
Location – Los Angeles                    Short Siding                         Headroom

Further Reading
Interview with cinematographer Ava Berkofsky from Mic, which details Berkofsky’s approach to lighting the varying skin tones of Insecure

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Frame by Frame: Hell on Wheels – Season 1 (2011)

Frame By Frame

Year – 2011
Decade – 2010s
Cinematographer – Elliot Davis (pilot), Marvin Rush (all other Season 1 episodes)
Director – multiple
Aspect Ratio – 1.78
Distributor – AMC
Genre – Western
Camera – Arri Alexa
Lenses – Spherical
Format – Digital

Key Words
Silhouettes           Low Angles            Scene: Campfire              Candlelight
Day Exterior        Night Exterior       Desaturation                   Close-Ups
Wide Shots           Firearms 

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The Show
A freed slave (Common), an unscrupulous magnate (Colm Meaney), and a Confederate soldier hellbent on revenge (Anson Mount) are among the characters in this Western detailing the building of the first transcontinental railroad. The show ran for five seasons an AMC.

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Frame by Frame: Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

Frame By Frame

Year – 2018
Decade – 2010s
Cinematographers – Kramer Morgenthau (IMDB link)
Director – Ramin Bahrani (IMDB link)
Aspect Ratio – 1.78
Distributor – HBO
Genre – Sci-Fi
Cameras – Panasonic VariCam 35 (3840×2160 UHD with AVC-Intra compression) for the main cameras; Zenmuse X5S on a DJI Inspire 2 drone for wide aerial shots; GoPro Hero4 Black for point of view shots
Lenses – Zeiss Super Speeds for the main lenses; Panavision Primo zooms and Lensbaby Composor Pros (for flashbacks) were also used
Format – Digital; Spherical
Miscellaneous – According to American Cinematographer magazine, Morgenthau favored the 29mm and 40mm Super Speeds and typically shot between a T1.4 and a T2.0. Director Ramin Bahrani’s visual references included Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil and The Trial.
Other Key Words
Opening Credits             Color               Flashbacks             Point of View              Night Exteriors

Further Reading
American Cinematographer magazine’s feature on the film, from the June 2018 issue
CinemaTechnic’s history of the Zeiss Super Speeds
Interview with cinematographer Kramer Morganthau from Panavison’s official site

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Frame by Frame: Paterno (2018)

Frame By Frame

Year – 2018
Decade – 2010s
Cinematographer – Marcell Rév
Director – Barry Levinson
Aspect Ratio – 1.78
Distributor – HBO
Genre – Drama
Camera – Alexa Mini (3.2K ProRes 4444 XQ)
Lenses – Spherical; detuned Panavision Primos
Format – Digital
*Some of Paterno’s flashback scenes were shot with 8mm and 16mm film, the latter with Arriflex 416 cameras and Arri Zeiss Standard Speed lenses
Other Key Words
Scene Breakdowns         Low key lighting              Highlights               Flashbacks

Thanks to Paterno director of photography Marcell Rév for providing me with tech specs. Check out his official site.

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Frame by Frame: Westworld – Season One (2017)

Frame By Frame

Year – 2017
Decade – 2010s
Cinematographers – Paul Cameron (pilot); David Franco; Jeffrey Jur; Robert McLachlan; Brendan Galvin
Director – multiple
Aspect Ratio – 1.78
Distributor – HBO
Genre – Western; Sci-Fi
Camera – Arricam Lite; Arriflex 435
Lenses – Cooke S4; Canon K35; Fujinon Premiere zooms; spherical
(Most of the show was shot on the Cookes. The K35’s were used for flashbacks/dream sequences.)
Format – 35mm; 3-perf Super 35
Film Stocks – Kodak Vision3 (5219 500T; 5207 250D; 5203 50D)
(5219 500T for night interiors/exteriors, 5207 250D for some dusk scenes, and 5203 50D for daylight interiors/exteriors.)
Other Key Words – Wide Shots; High and Low Angles; Composition; Two-Shots; Close-Ups; Shot/Reverse Shot; Bokeh

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Frame By Frame: The End of the F***ing World (2017)

Frame By Frame

Year – 2017
Decade – 2010s
Cinematographer – Justin Brown (episodes 1-5), Ben Fordesman (episodes 5-8),
Director – Jonathan Entwistle (episodes 1-5), Lucy Tcherniak (5-8)
Aspect Ratio – 1.78, 1.33 (flashback scenes)
Distributor – Netflix
Genre – Drama; Road Movie

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