John Seale - Cinematographer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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EPISODE 154- JOHN SEALE - Cinematographer

Team Deakins speaks with cinematographer John Seale (MAX MAD: FURY ROAD, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, RAIN MAN, DEAD POET’S SOCIETY) in this episode. John shares stories from his time working with director Peter Weir, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, and George Miller. We discuss camera operating at length– how much John loves operating and believes it to be the most fulfilling job on set, how it is instinctive and how the position of the cameraman can be very important. John talks about the toughest challenge he and his crew faced during the production of The Perfect Storm as well as his experience working with natural daylight while shooting THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. We discuss the “imperceptible zoom” and the “what if system” and how shooting with multiple cameras can allow an editor to cut for performance rather than continuity. We laugh a lot on this episode, tune in!

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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
0:10.4	Deakin's often joined in the conversation by a guest. It's very informal and we never know where
0:17.2	it will go. We're connecting through Zoom so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:22.3	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing podpod.cod at RogerDeakin's.com.
0:35.2	For over 100 years, Zeiss has served the artistic pursuit of visual storytellers from around the globe.
0:43.0	Built for cinematographers, the Zeiss Supreme Prime and Supreme Prime Radiance lenses
0:49.5	provide unparalleled creativity and a unique cinematic look for your next project.
0:56.0	Zeiss Cinnamalenses made for cinematography.
1:02.8	Today we're speaking with a cinematographer. His credits are many and include witness,
1:08.0	rainman, dead poet's society, the English patient, and Mad Max Fury Road. We're really pleased
1:15.4	to welcome John Seale with us today. Yeah, hi, John. It's so nice to see you.
1:19.8	Thank you for doing this. Ah, good morning. It's a pleasure. It's always a pleasure to talk about a
1:26.2	very lovely past that I've enjoyed being part of. Yeah. Well, we can't wait to hear all about it.
1:36.0	I think we want to start at the beginning, though. And here, how did you get onto your path?
1:41.8	Was this something you always knew you wanted to do? Or did you decide to become a dentist first
1:46.4	and then realize you wanted to be a cinematographer? Or how did it happen? My high school in Sydney,
1:52.8	here in Australia, the career's officer decided that I'd make a very good plumber.
2:01.8	I've sometimes wished I'd lead a plumber when you sort of lean a deep in snow in the middle of
2:08.8	Canada, try to shoot a movie at three o'clock in the morning. In Australia, be a plumber in Sydney.
2:16.4	No, I wasn't really sure where or what I wanted to do after school or into a life.
2:24.6	I was dabbling in eight-mill film with mates who were making little movies,
2:32.0	playing baddies and doing that sort of thing. But it never occurred to me that that would be
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