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Off The Beat with Brian Baumgartner

Randall Einhorn

Off The Beat with Brian Baumgartner

iHeartPodcasts

Tv & Film, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

On The Office, the camera is a character -- and so is the person behind it. Brian welcomes Director of Photography, Randall Einhorn onto the podcast to talk about how he went from shooting extreme sports to The Office, using the camera to create the show’s “ultra-real” world and bring iconic moments like Jim and Pam’s first kiss to life.

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1:26.4

My name is Randalline Horn. I was the director of photography on the office and sometimes director of the office.

1:46.7

Hello everybody. Thanks for joining us back here on the office deep dive. As always, I am your host

1:54.4

Brian Baumgartner. Now today we have such a treat for you. This episode is the beginning of a

2:03.2

kind of mini series, a deep dive within the deep dive, if you will, about the camera on the office.

2:11.6

Specifically, the camera as a character. As I have said many times, the thing that I am most

2:18.8

proud of about the office is the attention to detail about the camera. Every shot was meticulously

2:27.7

thought out to make it feel like a real documentary. In every scene we shot, there was always a

2:33.7

conversation about the camera's angle, the way that it moved, and the intention of the camera.

2:40.5

And so who better to talk about all of this than the guy who shot it, the guy who was holding the

2:45.7

camera. Randalline Horn. Now I love Randall's story. Okay, I'm not going to give it away. But let me

2:52.6

just say that he started out as a river guide deep in Australia, mate down under in the wilderness.

3:02.7

And then he ended up as DP of the office. It's incredible. And even though Randall is this like

3:09.7

adventurie, outdoorsman guy who'd rather sleep in dirt than a bed, he is also the sweetest guy

3:18.3

that you'll ever meet. And he and I have spent many a night at his home, which used to be an

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