podcast: Jaws

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In this episode we take a closer look at a cinematic masterpiece, Spielberg's Jaws. This look reveals the elegance of fundamental blocking, the importance of limiting the pan, and the distinction between darkness and invisibility in the context of fright.

Images & Links:
Images from Jaws
Jaws on IMDB
Watching the Directors podcast (Their Steven Spielberg episode here.)
Fat Free Film podcast
American Cinematographer podcast

Music: intro - Junior Boys ; outro - Infadels

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pocast: The Words of Sven Nykvist

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In this special audio-only edition, we discuss the working philosophy of cinematography legend, Sven Nykvist. In an essay published in the book, Making Pictures, Nykvist discussed his work with Ingmar Bergman, Louis Malle, and Andrei Tarkovsky. But he also lays out an ethos of filmmaking and a way of being for the maker of moving images.


Links:
Making Pictures: A Century of European Cinematography
IMAGO (Federation of European Cinematographers)
Sven Nykvist
Ingmar Bergman

Music: intro - Andrew Bird ; outro - Infadels

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