Matthew Libatique - Cinematographer

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James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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EPISODE 84 - MATTHEW LIBATIQUE - Cinematographer

Team Deakins speaks with cinematographer Matty Libatique (A STAR IS BORN, BLACK SWAN, MOTHER!). In our conversation, he shares his experiences of working with director Darren Aronofsky as well as working with director Spike Lee. He touches on the importance of proper exposure in your footage and learning from each film that you make. We also learn about his experiences in the DI process and working on the film A Star is Born. We talk about lighting the frame or framing the light, shooting super 16mm on Black Swan, lenses, and much, much more! You won’t want to miss this episode!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between
0:10.0	Roger and James Deacons often joined in the conversation by a guest. It's very informal and we never
0:17.0	know where it will go. We're connecting through Zoom so bear that in mind when you hear the audio. If you'd like to submit a
0:25.3	question or topic please do so by emailing pod pod p-o-d at Roger deacons.com.
0:32.4	This episode is sponsored by Ari.
0:37.0	More than just the manufacturer of the film industry's top camera and lighting equipment,
0:42.0	they are also the innovator behind cinematic lenses such as
0:46.1	the Master Prime and Signature Prime lenses. Ari, truly cinematic.
0:51.4	Today we're talking truly cinematic.
0:56.0	Today we're talking with the cinematographer. Some of his credits are Iron Man, Noah, Black Swan,
1:01.0	Straight Out of Compton, Mother, and a Star is born. We're happy to welcome Matthew
1:06.8	Leibateek with us today. I have to remember to say Matthew. You don't have to say
1:11.4	Matthew. It's funny it's one of those barometers for me because I you know when when Conrad Hall would get I always think about Conrad Hall because we all called him Connie. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He was always credited Conrad. So I always said in my mind I'd like to put out Matthew, but I love it when everybody I know calls me Maddie. Well so then we'll say Maddie thank you for doing this.
1:36.4	Yes welcome. It's an honor to be here thank you. We'll start with our normal way of starting which is how did you get to where you are today?
1:45.9	Was it something that you always knew you wanted to do or did you take another path and then
1:49.8	find it later?
1:51.4	What's your story? I wouldn't say it was very early that I decided to become
1:56.1	a cinematographer. You know, I didn't know what a cinematographer was early on, like many people, I guess. I wasn't introduced. I didn't have anybody in the business my
2:05.8	father was an avid photographer he actually when we when they immigrated my parents
2:10.2	immigrated in 1966 to the US. I was born in New York in 68 and my father
2:17.2	worked at one of his first jobs was at Berkey Film Labs which was
2:20.8	processing film for a still laboratory.
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