I felt the same way

Brendan Grant Yeah its really odd. The closest hints of these guys talking about where they started sounds like they just kept taking on projects that were basically handed to them and did them only to get work. Its really odd. Compare this to now where there is no semblance of that, unless you're an actor.

Indeed brendan i thought the same thing. There is absoloutley nothing in here about how to get your start.

Agreed. Misleading title.

What the hell are you guys talking about? All of the featured DP's are discussing their early career; how they were moved and motivated to become DP's, what were the fundamental lessons along the way and how they learned them, how they grew into the job and techniques required, and generally how they gained skill and wisdom to do this job at the highest level. What were you expecting, the phone numbers of agents? How to do 3-point lighting? And Bradford Young said nothing of value or relevance by explaining where he got his sense of form and composition from? How on-the-nose literal does advice have to be to inspire you? And the "digital revolution" hasn't changed 1) lighting, composition, the need for a unique perspective 2) storytelling fundamentals 3) the dynamics of working on a movie set. Besides, some of those old guys (Rodney Charters for instance) know more about digital acquisition then most people on the planet - though it's totally beside the point of this video. If you want a guide on how to "break-in" to the industry, well, there is none - everyone breaks in differently, gets noticed in a different way for a different thing. True 40 years ago, and true now.

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Daniel Draghici mind you the film had to go through huge 2nd and 3rd act reshoots in the month and some change Ron Howard stepped in. Most of Solo was already shot and put together when Lord and Miller were handling it. Young most likely had to shift and scrap what was shot before and redo some of t and you can tell. That’s why we didn’t see a teaser or anything until after Howard stepped in

You said three months to year, IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS, I have to use freaking Screenrant for my movie news and I have to read!!!

Michael Collins Bradford Young is American

make your ideas around limited equipment lol

Or scale down your complicated ideas into a more simple story that you can execute, and then do the grand scale film sometime down the road

How to deal with Time Management and conflicting schedules with actors and getting the actors to give their best performance and how you deal with the pain aching scrutiny of audio?

We live in an age where film equipment is so cheap and advanced, there's virtually nothing you can't do for $1000 or less. Aerial drone photography? No problem. Smooth dynamic long takes? no problem. Capturing proper exposure in the middle of the night? no problem. The things we can do nowadays were things filmmakers only dreamed of doing 10 years ago.

The way you deal with conflicting schedules is with money, or being very good friends with actors to the point where they will drop everything to work with you. Most filmmakers would agree, nice audio is more important than the video itself- give it more attention instead of making it an afterthought.

Quetzalcoalt not really. There is great cinematography still out there even in the mainstream. Look at most to all of A24’s films, they have a distinct appreciation of camerawork and practicality still

But besides that I liked the video