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Team Deakins

KATE MCCULLOUGH - Cinematographer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

Tv & Film, Filmlighting, Deakins, Movies, Filmmaking, Production, Film, Cinematography, Film Interviews

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Team Deakins is pleased to share our conversation with the talented cinematographer Kate McCullough (THE QUIET GIRL, NORMAL PEOPLE, MONSTER). We talk with Kate about how she applies the skills she developed while shooting documentaries onto her narrative projects. We also dive into what she was looking for in locations and her strategies in framing and composition on THE QUIET GIRL. We had such a nice time speaking with Kate, and we hope you enjoy listening to what she has to say just as much!

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This episode is sponsored by TrueCut Motion

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome to season two of the Team Deacons podcast.

0:08.2

A collection of informal conversations between Roger and James Deacons and Aghest.

0:14.1

We never know where the conversation will take us, so listen in and see where it goes.

0:21.5

Today's podcast is being brought to you by True Cut Motion from Pixelworks.

0:27.6

True Cut Motion is an advanced motion grading technology that works seamlessly with both theatrical

0:34.0

and home streaming distribution. Providing filmmakers with a broad new palette of motion looks

0:40.5

previously not possible. By unlocking tools for the adjustment of jutter, shutter angle,

0:47.0

and speed ramps shot by shot and post production, True Cut Motion gives the filmmaker unprecedented

0:54.2

control of the motion look of their work on any screen.

1:01.5

Today we're speaking with a cinematographer. A few of her films are Monster,

1:05.8

I Delores, and The Quiet Girl, as well as the TV series Normal People. We're pleased to welcome

1:12.6

Kate McCullough with us today. Kate, thank you for doing this.

1:16.0

Like, you're right. What's for having me?

1:18.3

Great to see you, Kate. This is good.

1:20.9

We'd like to start with a question. How did you get to where you are today?

1:24.7

I mean, you started out on a farm in Ireland. Now, how did you end up here?

1:29.2

Yeah, it seems a long way from cinematography, really.

1:32.9

Well, I don't know, actually, when you start to think about it a little bit,

1:40.4

yeah, the farmers are always checking the weather, so that's number one.

1:44.4

That's true.

1:47.3

Yeah, I mean, I guess I was never going to be a farmer.

1:53.9

Let's just get that straight. Yeah, I spent a lot of my childhoods,

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