Making IMAX History on SINNERS with Autumn Durald Arkapaw and Ryan Coogler

SINNERS is only in theaters April 18 and we made a special two-part miniseries about the making of the film! Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw sat down with director, writer, and producer Ryan Coogler at IMAX headquarters to discuss their collaboration as director and DP, how they called Christopher Nolan and Hoyte van Hoytema for advice, and how they brought this movie to life on the biggest screen possible.

With SINNERS, Autumn made history as the first woman to shoot a theatrical feature film in 65mm and IMAX. She is a visionary cinematographer known for her work on THE LAST SHOWGIRL, PALO ALTO, and BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER. She was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the first season of Marvel’s television series LOKI. She has also shot music videos for artists like Janelle Monáe and Solange Knowles, as well as Rihanna for the Oscar-nominated song "Lift Me Up" from the WAKANDA FOREVER soundtrack.

This episode is presented by IMAX.

SINNERS is produced by Proximity Media and Warner Brothers.

Learn more and read the transcript of this conversation at ProximityMedia.com.

(2:34) Get Reel
(12:57) Advice for filming in IMAX
(17:07) Testing IMAX shots in Palmdale
(24:22) Scene breakdown: Opening scene
(31:16) Scene breakdown: Farmhouse scene
(44:27) Prox Recs

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CREDITS:

In Proximity is a production of Proximity Media

Director: Paola Mardo

Executive Producers: Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Paola Mardo

Film Score, Theme Song, and Additional Music: Ludwig Göransson

Associate Producer: Celine Mendiola

Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Ken Nana

Audio Editors: Cedric Wilson, Judybelle Camangyan

Production Assistant: Isabella Miller

Social Media Coordinator: Alexandria Santana

Sound Recordist: Marcelo de Oliveira

Video Producer: Bianca Catbagan

Director of Photography: Andrea Walter

Video Editors: Bianca Catbagan and Andrea Walter

Gaffer: Chris Boulos

Key Grip: Kevin “Chui” Chiu

Production Intern: Faith Wang