Bob Yeoman - Cinematographer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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EPISODE 92 - BOB YEOMAN - Cinematographer

Team Deakins has a great conversation with cinematographer Bob Yeoman (THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, MOONRISE KINGDOM, SPY). He’s a frequent collaborator with Wes Anderson and he walks us through how they work together. We learn their way of prep and how they collaborate on the set. It becomes clear why their work together is so special. We should warn you that after listening to this episode you will want to be part of their collaboration! He shares with us how Wes works with actors, how he negotiates his lighting with Wes and breaks down specific scenes on the film Darjeeling Limited. He also touches on his experience with Paul Feig, the problems of working with multiple cameras and operating the camera. You won’t want to miss his story about the film shot on the 27mm lens! A fun, informative episode!

RECOMMEND EPISODE VIEWING: Darjeeling Limited

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deakin's podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and James
0:11.4	Deakin's often joined in the conversation by a guest. It's very informal and we never
0:17.6	know where it will go. We're connecting through Zoom so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:23.3	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing podpod.cod at RogerDeakin's.com.
0:35.5	This episode is sponsored by Ari. More than just the manufacturer of the film industry's top camera
0:42.2	and lighting equipment, they are also the innovator behind cinematic lenses such as the master
0:48.0	prime and signature prime lenses. Ari, truly cinematic. This episode is sponsored by Otto Nemitz
0:56.6	Camer rental, newly located in Culver City. Otto Nemitz is known for its premiere service and
1:03.2	support to productions for 41 years. We're talking with a cinematographer today. He's a frequent
1:11.2	collaborator with directors Wes Anderson and Paul Fieg. His credits include drugstore cowboy,
1:17.6	the royal tenon bounds, the squid and the whale, the grand Budapest hotel, and Ghostbusters.
1:24.4	We're pleased to have Bob Yoeman with us today. Thank you, Bob, for doing this.
1:28.7	Thank you, Bob. Oh, thank you. I'm honored to be on your show.
1:32.4	We'd like to start with asking the question, how did you get to where you are today?
1:37.2	Was this something you always knew you wanted to do or did you take another path and then find it?
1:42.6	Yeah, I kind of took another path. I grew up in Chicago and I was kind of a sports guy,
1:52.4	really, as a kid. But I always love movies. I love the spaghetti westerns, the Alfred Hitchcock
2:00.4	movies, Lawrence of Arabia, and I was pretty much a movie buff, but I never really considered
2:06.8	becoming a filmmaker. And I went on to college and I was kind of stumbling around there in college
2:13.4	and not really sure what I wanted to do. And I joined the Cinema Club, which showed a lot of European
2:19.9	films, the Italians, the French New Wave, a lot of English films, and that's really kind of what
2:28.5	inspired me. Badaloo cheese films, the conformist, you know. And then one weekend, I drove
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