Seamus McGarvey - Cinematographer

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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EPISODE 88 - SEAMUS MCGARVEY - Cinematographer

Team Deakins has a fun conversation with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey (ATONEMENT, ANNA KARENINA, NOCTURNAL ANIMALS, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN). He shares what he loves about filmmaking - the collaboration, the democracy of ideas that grow stronger as you define, and how the medium of film is a great medium for social exchange and political change. He talks about the differences of working with varying directors - such as Les Blair, Michael Winterbottom, Sam Taylor Johnson, Tom Ford, Oliver Stone, and Joe Wright. He likes the terror of not working with a locked-in storyboard or shot list! We even get into the experience of shooting television and learn what he likes and what he doesn’t like. We cover a lot of ground in this episode and, since it’s Seamus, we shared a lot of laughs along the way!

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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.
0:34.4	This episode is sponsored by Ari. More than just the manufacturer of the film industry's top camera
0:41.2	and lighting equipment, they are also the innovator behind cinematic lenses such as the master
0:46.9	prime and signature prime lenses. Ari, truly cinematic. This episode is sponsored by Otto Nemitz
0:55.2	Camer rental, newly located in Culver City. Otto Nemitz is known for its premier service and support
1:02.2	to productions for 41 years. We're talking with the cinematographer today. His list of credits are
1:10.4	many. Among them are The Hours, World Trade Center, Atonement, Godzilla, 50 Shades of Grey,
1:18.4	and The Greatest Showman. We're really happy to welcome Shamus McArphy with us today.
1:24.5	Thank you, Shamus. It's so great to be here. I'm to talk to you. Thank you, James. Thank you,
1:30.4	Roger. It's so great to see you. So we're going to throw our first normal question at you,
1:37.2	which is how did you get to where you are now? Is it something you always knew you wanted to do at age
1:43.0	five, or did you go down another road? Did you want to be a dentist and then discover cinematography?
1:49.6	Tell us. Well, good question. I mean, I didn't really know at an early age. I didn't have some
1:55.8	mad epiphany as I was heat force that I was going to be a cinematographer, but I gradually, you know,
2:03.4	at a quite an early age, developed the love of stills photography. And I had a little dark room
2:10.7	in the house in Arma, Northern Ireland, where I grew up. And it was just the solitary pursuit
2:18.2	of seeing my hometown through a lens was something that grabbed me at the outset. And it wasn't
2:26.9	filmed at that point. And I had no sense of cinema really. In fact, the cinema in Arma, my hometown
2:34.5	had been burnt down. And it was now a roller disco. So I really didn't have an immediate connection
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