The No Film School Podcast How 'The Creator' DP Challenges Big Budget Filmmaking with an Indie Mindset
Can you make a big budget, sci-fi film that isn’t a franchise, or a sequel, or a reboot, and tackle it using an indie mindset? That’s what the team behind the film, The Creator did. The film, which tells a story about war between humanity and artificial intelligence, is currently in theaters.
In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine speaks with DP Oren Soffer to discuss:
- Being offered a co-dp position on the film
- How shooting on one lens made the VFX much easier to work with
- The differences in lenses over time that affect their consistency
- Leaning into natural light as much as possible
- Wanting to maintain the creative energy of guerilla style filmmaking
- How the project originally got the green light from the studio
- Working in a very trusting environment
- Looking at tons of references images the director pulled from
Memorable Quotes
- “The visual effects approach was designed to fit the footage and not the opposite.” [6:53]
- “What do we need to add or subtract from that lighting to create a more curated lighting environment?” [22:04]
- “The filmmaking process itself felt really scrappy in the best way possible.” [36:39]
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