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"1917" Director Sam Mendes & Cinematographer Roger Deakins

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The Language of Obio

We didn't want to pan back and forth between two people in a conversation, which really is a sort of poor man's cut. And equally, you can also feel the operator if it's constantly handheld. So, all these things emerged organically as a part of a discussion with Roger in very early prep. And then we started storyboarding it. Often, we would storyboard sequences four, five, six times.

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