When choosing cameras and lenses, nonfiction filmmakers are not only guided by the “look” they are trying to create, but what their production demands and what their resources allow. Which is why in answering the question of why they picked the gear they did, this year’s crop of Sundance documentary directors also tells us how they shot their movies — the challenges, and the choices, as well as their cinematic styles.
Feature films in the U.S. Documentary Competition are below, Documentary Premieres Page 2, World Cinema Documentary Competition Page 3. Films appear in alphabetical order by title.
Section: U.S. Documentary Competition
“Always in Season”
Format: 1920×1080 24p
Camera: Canon C300 (primary camera) and Sony FS7 (for stylized footage)
Lens: anamorphic lenses: canon L-series and Zeiss primes
Director Jacqueline Olive: Life in the South is complex, so my goal has been to give viewers a sense, in every scene, of how...
Feature films in the U.S. Documentary Competition are below, Documentary Premieres Page 2, World Cinema Documentary Competition Page 3. Films appear in alphabetical order by title.
Section: U.S. Documentary Competition
“Always in Season”
Format: 1920×1080 24p
Camera: Canon C300 (primary camera) and Sony FS7 (for stylized footage)
Lens: anamorphic lenses: canon L-series and Zeiss primes
Director Jacqueline Olive: Life in the South is complex, so my goal has been to give viewers a sense, in every scene, of how...
- 2/1/2019
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
For her feature debut, Jacqueline Olive examines the death of Lennon Lacy, a black 17-year-old who was found hanging from a swing set in his North Carolina home town. Though his death was quickly ruled a suicide by the authorities, his mother, Claudia, was understandably suspicious, given America’s long, far from resolved history of racialized violence. Nashville-based Dp Patrick Sheehan was brought onto the project after shooting had began, staying until the end of production. Via email, Sheehan discussed matching the look of his footage with what already existed, taking visual inspiration from Errol Morris and lighting B-roll despite generally […]...
- 1/26/2019
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
For her feature debut, Jacqueline Olive examines the death of Lennon Lacy, a black 17-year-old who was found hanging from a swing set in his North Carolina home town. Though his death was quickly ruled a suicide by the authorities, his mother, Claudia, was understandably suspicious, given America’s long, far from resolved history of racialized violence. Nashville-based Dp Patrick Sheehan was brought onto the project after shooting had began, staying until the end of production. Via email, Sheehan discussed matching the look of his footage with what already existed, taking visual inspiration from Errol Morris and lighting B-roll despite generally […]...
- 1/26/2019
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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