As a filmmaker and colorist, I spend a lot of time analyzing how images are built. It’s a craft that marries intuition with technical precision, often under immense pressure. When I think about films that truly embody this, Rocky (1976)invariably comes… Read More »Rocky (1976) – Cinematography Analysis
Million Dollar Baby resonates with me deeply not just for its powerful performances, but for the sheer discipline of its visual craft. Clint Eastwood, acting as director, producer, and composer, stamped his singular vision on this picture. It is a masterclass… Read More »Million Dollar Baby (2004) – Cinematography Analysis
Released in 1996, Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting is adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel isn’t just a film about heroin addiction; it’s a raw, uncomfortably exhilarating journey through the veins of Edinburgh. More than two decades on, its visual style still feels… Read More »Trainspotting (1996) – Cinematography Analysis
Gran Torino isn’t really a film about a car; it’s a film centered entirely around race and territory. It’s a raw look at Walt Kowalski, an aging, bigoted Korean War vet who finds an unexpected path to redemption through his Hmong… Read More »Gran Torino (2008) – Cinematography Analysis
We often talk about films that are “influential,” but Blade Runner is in a league of its own. It is a sublime fusion of stunning cyberpunk visuals and classic film noir tropes. It explores deep ideas about the nature of consciousness and… Read More »Blade Runner (1982) – Cinematography Analysis
It is a film that resonates on two levels: as an elegant exploration of a child’s psyche, and as a piece of visual engineering. While the medium is different, the discipline is the same. The principles of visual language camera,… Read More »Inside Out (2015) – Cinematography Analysis
I’m used to comic book adaptations leaning on spectacle and saturation, but James Mangold and cinematographer John Mathieson went the opposite direction here. They crafted a film that is dusty, exhausted, and incredibly tactile. From the opening shot of Logan… Read More »Logan (2017) – Cinematography Analysis