Go Creative Show The Social Dilemma Cinematography (with John Behrens) GCS259
Feb 16, 2021
57:19
THE SOCIAL DILEMMA shined a light on our addiction to social media and its effects on society. Cinematographer John Behrens explains the documentary's distinct looks and the challenges of filming with 6 cameras for each interview.
John and Go Creative Show host, Ben Consoli, discuss why and how they filmed the interviews in a huge vacant home, how John dealt with ever-changing exterior light, why some interviews took over a day to film, and much more!
What you will learn in this episode- The effects of The Social Dilemma (01:02)
- Creating the visual looks of The Social Dilemma (03:51)
- Filming interviews with over 6 different angles (09:19)
- Making interview subjects comfortable on camera (23:53)
- Approach to lighting interviews (31:56)
- Shooting interviews in a vacant home (34:15)
- Filming interviews with changing exterior light (45:36)
- Most challenging setup (52:50)
- And more!
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