Academy Award Winners for Best Cinematography:
2014 — Emmanuel Lubezki, AMC, ASC
Gravity (2013)
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
“I never want to base my work on other films. I use them as reference for what I don’t want. But what I did was a very intense search of images from NASA and the Russian Space agency.
We put together a large collection of photographs and picked what was best for the movie. The only thing we couldn’t get was how the stars looked during the daytime. At first we based that on descriptions from astronauts and then we had to take license. Without the stars it’s just blackness and feels two-dimensional, and we wanted it to feel as deep as possible. We had to kind of cheat, sometimes, to give that impression of depth.” — Emmanuel Lubezki
Whaaaat @megalomano tagged me on this two weeks ago but I just noticed. Damn. But here is it because better late than never? I’m not too sure about the dynamic so I hope I’m doing this ok :-) Thank you btw
1. Are you named after anyone?
No, and I’m glad.
2. When was the last time you cried?
Oh damn. Not sure. It has been a while. I kinda can’t cry even tho I want. So, probably around a month?
3. Do you have any kids?
A dog?
4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Not really.
5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?
Not entirely sure. Probably their mood? Like, I’m not sure, but it seems I can always notice when a person it’s feeling uncomfortable and nobody else seems to care of notice. So, the mood? Their feelings? Who knows.
6. Eye colour?
I’d day black, but you’d say black eyes don’t exist, so I guess dark brown.
7. Scary movie or happy ending?
Scary movies, ofc.
8. Any special talents?
Zero. I have literally no talents.
9. Where were you born?
Mexico City :-P
10. Hobbies?
Movies. I’m boring af, I literally care way too much about movies. I love swimming in the sea too, but that doesn’t happen often.
11. Do you have any pets?
Oh, here was the dog question. Yes, a dog, named Canela.
12. What sports do you/have you played?
I hate sports
13. How tall are you?
1.71. That’s cm, because feet???
14. Favourite subject in school?
Photography.
15. Dream job?
Cinematographer.
I won’t tag anybody because I don’t know who is my mutal anymore :-( But if you’re my mutal, thank you and tqm
Every scene is a challenge. There are technical challenges, but often it’s the simplest challenge where you feel a sense of achievement when you pull it off. — Roger Deakins