How To Create Amazing Cinematic Sequences with the 'Elvis' Editors and Cinematographer
Jul 12, 2022
01:10:17
Editors Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa and DP Mandy Walker share how they helped create the dizzying and epic Elvis through the vision of Baz Luhrman. Elvis is in theaters now!
In this episode, we talk about…
- Determining what to include and scratching Baz Luhrman’s itch
- Why Baz Luhrman considers biopic a dirty word
- Visually contextualizing what influenced Elvis’ music without dialogue
- Using original footage like Easter eggs and balancing scenes played by Austin
- Details about the emotional sizzle reel made for studios
- Organic process of trial & error when deciding what to cut from 4+ hours of film
- Maintaining perspective on what’s working and what’s not
- Mediums and tools used to create the visuals for Elvis
- Lenses used to capture the different decades throughout the film
- Replicating lighting and scouring Australia for vintage rock ‘n’ roll lights
- Selling the illusion that Austin Butler is Elvis Presley
- 16 weeks of prep and testing meticulously planned sequences, lighting, visual effects
- Moving from metaphorical to physical and creating a world people can feel
- Constantly communicating with Baz and finding the harmony of visual language
Links to Resources:
Elvis - https://elvis.warnerbros.com/
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