After working together on Jockey, director Clint Bentley knew he needed the "story-first" style of cinematographer Adolpho Veloso for Train Dreams. In fact, Veloso's work on the film is almost an extension of his exploration of natural light on Jockey. "What we started on Jockey, and then moved…

As a pair who worked together so well on Uncut Gems, it made sense for writer-director Josh Safdie to once again rely on the expertise of cinematographer Darius Khondji with Marty Supreme. Khondji, who Safdie lovingly refers to as the “king of darkness,” was also thrilled to be involved and…

For Wake Up Dead Man, the third film in Rian Johnson's Knives Out series, Johnson says the movie has “a different tone and palette. It's a little more gothic and moodier in its tone, so that defined a lot." He worked closely with longtime collaborator and cinematographer Steve Yedlin to achieve the…

With how popular the Demon Slayer anime and the previous film Demon Slayer: Mugen Train have been, it’s no surprise that the Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle was met with just as enthusiastic a reception. As the cinematographer for both the series and the films, Yûichi Terao worked to blend 2D…

Every year, the Academy members vote to create a shortlist of eligible films in certain categories. Crafts take up a good portion of the 12 categories that make up the shortlist, especially with this year’s addition of the cinematography and casting categories. 16 films advanced in the…

If you ask people what stands out about The Studio, you're going to get a lot of different answers. The thing that truly makes the series shine however, is the 'oner' approach to filming. A oner is a continuous, uninterrupted shot with a long duration, which is not a new method of filming, but it is…

Since the creation of the camera and the dawn of cinema, film has been one long experiment. Experimental film has often been defined through its rejection of traditional storytelling and structure, its defiance of logic or reason while creating mesmerizing scenes through dreamlike abstraction and subjective…

For The Day of the Jackal, cinematographer Christopher Ross says the approach to the job was to capture the "world of lies" that both protagonists live in. Every assassination had moments of misdirection, on both sides, which needed to be captured on camera as small clues for the audience to piece…

The American Society of Cinematographers today focused in on the delayed nominations for its 39th annual ASC Awards, which celebrate the year's best in cinematography in seven categories spanning feature films, TV, documentaries and music videos. See the list below. Vying for the marquee…

It can be incredibly difficult to tell an expansive story while restricting yourself to a single location. However, with September 5, the restriction actually enhanced the storytelling for the filmmakers and craftspeople, once they realized they found themselves in a very similar position to that ABC…

EXCLUSIVE: "In Wicked, the light is actually the darkness and the darkness is actually the light," says cinematographer Alice Brooks in a new Wicked featurette. "All through movie one, the pink sun rises for Glinda, and the sun is always setting for Elphaba." In the cinematic retelling of the…

When he first met with Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross, cinematographer Jomo Fray was excited by the challenge of filming from a character's perspective. "It was a completely different experience to anything I've ever shot," says Fray. "As the cinematographer, you have to be present to the scene in…