'Poor Things' Cinematographer Robbie Ryan Breaks Down Yorgos Lanthimos' Hilarious Ball Room Scene

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5 ай бұрын

'The Favourite' and 'American Honey' Director of Photography, Robbie Ryan, takes us behind the scenes to explain how he shot the hilarious Lisbon ball room scene with Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo for Yorgos Lanthimos' new dark comedy, 'Poor Things.'
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@alenemarie1726 4 ай бұрын

He needs to win for best cinematography. This film was a visual feast for the eyes

@simplyrowen 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE this tech talk. When I went to Art School, we were told that you never use a wide angle lens for people, and I love how Yorgos uses them regularly for closeups, not only for big landscapes/rooms. Also how he chooses to shoot his actors from below, rather than at eye level. Both choices add to the overall kookiness and uneasiness of the movie as a whole. We, the audience, shouldn’t feel comfortable watching any of this, and these artistic choices help with making us feel uncomfortable.

@Finn10000 4 ай бұрын

Really influenced by lubezski you would think?

@simplyrowen 4 ай бұрын

@@Finn10000 I wouldn’t say so. Lubezki is only 59 years old, and those angles have been used in older black and white movies, and throughout cinematic history. Even the fish eye lens effect isn’t new, but I personally haven’t seen it used to this level, as to become a signature for a filmmaker, and how regularly it presents itself seemingly out of nowhere and “for no reason at all” if you will. I can’t wait to see Poor Things and to experience the evolution of their style (Yorgos’ and Ryan’s).

@ryanamendt8363 3 ай бұрын

Watch the movies of Terry Gilliam. Lots of short lenses in those.

@oquendojo 3 ай бұрын

everything you were told in art school must be challenged, theory is just a small part but practice is what makes the real artwork. watch all the previous lanthimos movies, from before being famous, and you'll more beautiful films. Also things like Dogma 95 are interesting movies, be disruptive.

@simplyrowen 2 ай бұрын

@@ryanamendt8363 Thank you! I will.

@gutterbaby8382 5 ай бұрын

Hoyte van Hoytema did great work on Oppenheimer, but I hope Robbie can win the Oscar for Best Cinematography. Poor Things is immaculate.

@diegoperleche5177 5 ай бұрын

And not forget Rodrigo Prieto, (not for Barbie lol) but yes with Killers of the flower moon...

@vegacast 5 ай бұрын

Second this

@rafaelc.c. 5 ай бұрын

For me the ranking of cinematography is: 1. Maestro 2. KOTFM 3. Poor Things 4. The Killer 5. Napoleon 6. El Conde

@ogeidias 5 ай бұрын

Hoyte van Hoytema, are you kidding me? He already won with that name, lol!

@bloandon 5 ай бұрын

Its such a competitive year for so many categories

@uncle.boonmee 4 ай бұрын

working on set of this movie must've been one hell of an experience

@Toonksbell43 3 ай бұрын

YESS GIVE ME THE TECHNICAL FILM TALK!!!! This movie was insane and amazing and the best I saw last year. Robbie Ryan did an amazing job and he is now one of my favorite cinematographers.

@gabrielalopetegui 4 ай бұрын

I just came from watching Poor Things. And came directly to google the cinematographer👏👏👏 Amazing movie. Emma Stone brilliant, Cinemathography brilliant, all cast as well! Music so strange and so appropiate for this film. I wish you lots of Awards ! Bravo 👏 👏👏

@user-jz4oz3bx3n 5 ай бұрын

cinematography of this movie is AMAZING

@Elassyahmed 3 ай бұрын

This guy truly wrote a new chapter on cinematography

@user-bx6lr7tw2z 5 ай бұрын

Best scene of the film, masterful cinematography throughout the movie.

@smackdaddy9802 5 ай бұрын

Huge huge huge fan of Robbie Ryan! Give him an Oscar already!

@sebastianwiton2907 3 ай бұрын

Oscars are a joke

@annieb408 5 ай бұрын

i was blown away by how beautiful this movie is!

@mihaliskritharis4 3 ай бұрын

Since after a week i.ve been saw it and i can't stop thinking of it. It burned my brain

@aleetee2003 3 ай бұрын

Robbie Ryan is so down to earth compared to other cinematographers. He seems like he has a lot of fun doing what he does.

@howiespancakeshack 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful year for cinematography 🩷

@kurt4152 3 ай бұрын

I just saw poor things and the cinematography blew me away! It's the best cinematography of the year, it should win an Oscar.

@FramesPerSecond 5 ай бұрын

Easily my favourite cinematography of 2023. I love shooting still on Ektachrome so it’s nice to see people using it for motion picture more now.

@SashaSylvanaut 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely the best looking film I've seen in years!!!

@queenofwater8783 3 ай бұрын

Saw it yesterday. I LOVED EVERY EVERY CRAZY EFFIN SECOND!

@michaelhockus8208 4 ай бұрын

wow that was a spectacular segment, thanks for the video

@veragrig8645 2 ай бұрын

Happy to see cinematographers getting some recognition lately.

@mauriciohalo2081 4 ай бұрын

His cinematography, was phenomenal, and that crazy movie 👏 👏 so glad they had it in a cinema Dolby Atmos screen in AMC in Manhattan!! Soundtrack was great to!! it’s such a dark comedy with big heart 💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤🎬🎞️🎥

@Poole_tattoos 3 ай бұрын

More Irish talent on display, love to see it ! Let’s go lads !!

@redrecordz111 5 ай бұрын

this is so fun thank you!

@fincayabisi 4 ай бұрын

This movie should get ALL the awards! 🙌🏾

@DonovanPresents 4 ай бұрын

I loved the hand cam part of that scene!

@Eeveeechan 3 ай бұрын

The Cinematography of this movie was beautiful, the locations looked dreamy. Really gorgeous 💜

@DrStephenT 3 ай бұрын

I love how you left the vignettes in; I used to do the same on my photography lenses! It works brilliantly!💙

@chimdi 4 ай бұрын

I loved this film! I was wondering about the black and white film and the use of the fisheye lens. It's so great getting to hear their process!

@benjaminbroski7623 2 ай бұрын

I love the use of the different cameras and also a lot of the architecture and scenery, it just gives such a modern German-expressionism-feeling for the movie and I think that vibe just fits perfectly to the story of the movie

@WanderbirdLife 2 ай бұрын

Great insight and wonderful hearing it from the cinematographer himself. A true masterpiece this film.

@oztenn 5 ай бұрын

he is brilliant

@TalkingBurit0 5 ай бұрын

Whoever did this pairing deserves a rai- oh wait wrong video damn

@grapes9h5 5 ай бұрын

They hearted this hahahaha

@storkonstage 2 ай бұрын

A cinematographic masterpiece! 🎥👌

@troygaspard6732 4 ай бұрын

Amazing work Robbie.

@ReadingswithDebbie 3 ай бұрын

Going to see it again now!

@chloec3837 4 ай бұрын

anyone filming on ektachrome is my hero. That film stock is so gorgeous but dark so if your indoors you are dumping light on your actors.

@snimacz 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic image

@artmeatj6620 3 ай бұрын

You guys were brilliant

@maysapost1999 3 ай бұрын

A lecture in a few minutes. Masterpiece.

@alwaysknow3356 3 ай бұрын

Saw it last night, spectacular! And love that this guy is Irish and it's an Irish produced film! Hopefully it will win lots of awards as it deserves them.

@middernag6117 5 ай бұрын

More videos like this plssss

@Seeattle 5 ай бұрын

The Kodak ektachrome is so punchy and cool

@sr_bob Ай бұрын

Best art direction. This is comedy elevated to new heights.

@MAXIMUS-yk5vs Ай бұрын

Hey Queen. Girl, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all, and doing it flawlessly. I'd say I'm surprised, but I know who you are. I've seen it up close and personal. Girl, you make me so proud. And I love you.

@tamartamunanemsadze7750 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful film ❤

@tanyaedmunds3493 Ай бұрын

Movies have sooooooo many moving parts. It's amazing

@TIMG128 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant film. God I loved it!!!!!!!!

3 ай бұрын

Haven't watched it yet but seems like finally some creativity is back in the movie industry

@bluebellbeatnik4945 3 ай бұрын

I need to see this film again.

@leegray72 3 ай бұрын

This film was so good. That Tech talk is incredibly interesting as well.

@wf1g 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Robbie.

@vladimirimp 3 ай бұрын

Great video! So much insight! I loved the movie and I agree completely about the dance scene - I was delighted to enjoy the film with no idea what was in it or how things happened, and so the dance was an utter surprise and joy. One insight I’d have liked was to understand better the reason for changing the film type from B&W to colour to vivid etc. The impression I have from this interview is that the director made those calls on the fly rather than there being a master plan like ‘when she’s being controlled it’s greyscale’ or ‘when she’s being challenged it’s vivid’. And it would be a fine answer to say it’s left to the audience to decide, but I’d have liked to hear that from him.

@colinmusic3878 Ай бұрын

this movie blew my mind visually and storyline wise best movie I've seen in like 20 years

@rsh4n 4 ай бұрын

hearing him talk about the ektachrome and the 4mm lens made me feel giddy. i love this movie

@bjornkeizers 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautifully shot movie. Gotta love the enthousiasm and effort to get exactly what they envisioned. As a photographer, I can definitely relate to the 'get the 4 mil' attitude :D Sometimes, you just gotta give things that extra bit of oomph.

@carinen8119 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating

@fairuzmaileen5691 Ай бұрын

Fun, beautifully filmed movie🖤🖤🖤

@MightyTheWolf 2 ай бұрын

It was truly an amazing movie! I watched it in cinema this friday and it was one hell of a ride!

@Amenphoto 2 ай бұрын

I LOVE that you still refer to film speed as ASA!

@metime4325 3 ай бұрын

The dancing scene is one of my favorites!

@ItsYaBoi34 4 ай бұрын

I called that effect the center focus shots when I was watching, but I guess it’s fish-eye. I couldn’t wait to look up why that shot was used, such an interesting choice. I tried to find a common theme between those shots but for the life of me I couldn’t. Had a couple ideas but they were put to bed lol

@nanibrisque 2 ай бұрын

Incrível é ter a noção de que o analógico faz falta, e volta a ser usado depois da era digital. Já vimos muito disso em efeitos especiais onde os objetos voltaram as mãos de artesãos em atelier.

@Some__Rando 4 ай бұрын

I'd just like to point out, Variety, that he says they shot everything in 1.66 aspect ratio. Which means that, in a cinematography breakdown, you cropped every shot to 1.78. It seems disrespectful to the interviewee to crop his shots when it would have taken LESS EFFORT to leave them alone.

@katiedavis512 2 ай бұрын

Can anyone tell me what was the lens with the beautiful fall out on the outer edges?? Was it the Zeiss? It’s such a gorgeous look, really incredible

@Vanessacxoxo333 2 ай бұрын

Amazing

@Amanda.656 2 ай бұрын

I went to the cinema without knowing nothing, like literally nothing ... I just knew Emma stone was praised for her performance. So I went to the movies, yesterday in the middle of the afternoon all by myself and had so much fun... It's been a while that I enjoyed a movie so much, it was a feast to the eyes, and a feast to my ears... I kinda wished I went to a better cinema, because that one wasn't doing justice to the movie... But no matter what was an enjoyable experience.

@xavieryt412 3 ай бұрын

Gosh this was SOOOO interesting.

@madlove4you 3 ай бұрын

love

@harrr53 Ай бұрын

I was hoping he'd say what lens was used to produce the swirly bokeh typical of Petzval's portrait objective lens. But alas, no specific mention. I think the cinematography of Poor Things was truly masterful.

@angie12326able 4 ай бұрын

He is a genius

@ashby7m 3 ай бұрын

so cool!

@KittyGuerrillaFilms 3 ай бұрын

so good

@WillJBailey 4 ай бұрын

It’s a bona fine masterpiece

@artisans8521 Ай бұрын

Loved the cinematography. It is as an extra character in the movie. I saw it on Disney+. And being Dutch, I think you should have won the Oscar. Brilliant work. Ektachrome 100, realy? Shot that in my Nikons in the 90th. But I liked Kodachrome 25 a lot more.

@11MV 3 ай бұрын

Just watched it today and hope it wins at least cinematography costumes and production design

@tirshtain 3 ай бұрын

This film is shot exactly how I would want Fallen Angens to be shot. Wide but stable enough to not get tired.

@BEE-mp9vk 4 ай бұрын

Would love to know which scenes were shot on the Vistavision cameras.

@CulinaryInsightsHub 4 ай бұрын

i wanna go to lisbon

@nadr1983 3 ай бұрын

Ur abilities are amazing! Just want to hug You, totally amazing. U are so worthy!

@brauliomorrison 3 ай бұрын

A+

@jamescaldwell5 3 ай бұрын

Not sure if Mr Ryan will ever read these comments, I love the cinematography of this film And I want to know more about the lenses used that create the swirling bokeh, there is also a scene where they are walking under the trees deciding to get married with an upward facing camera angle capturing dazzling bokeh as the light shines through the leaves.

@filmjkk 3 ай бұрын

I think they used a Petzval lens for those close ups

@kino_verite 3 ай бұрын

im also kinda curious as to what kind of 8x10 camera lanthimos is using in those behind the scenes photos of him with it, and what those photos look like lol

@gabrielc6252 2 ай бұрын

5:20 correction: he starts hugging him 😅

@bluebellbeatnik4945 3 ай бұрын

I never thought I could love a man more than Roger Deakin. I might cheat on Roger with Robbie. I loved Poor Things and his work was a big part of the reason why.

@theNTmob 4 ай бұрын

Very wise

@teddygallagher9706 5 ай бұрын

Yhup the Dubs

@sternschnupper 3 ай бұрын

he does leave us in the shadow about what lenses created those wonderful weird bokeh though - my guesses are helios 40-2, or biotar 50/1.4

2 ай бұрын

Rehoused Petzval lenses - 58mm T2.1 and 85mm T2.3

@Stewz66 2 ай бұрын

the swirly bokeh lens used at the end of the film when Bella and her fiancee are walking in a forest landscape... I watched this to see if it would be discussed. So curious what lens was used there...

@harrr53 Ай бұрын

Same here. The effect is characteristic of a vintage 19th-century design, the Petzval portrait objective lens. Lensbaby makes an optic called the Twist 60 which is based on that design, and produces that same effect. But I assume they didn't use some SLR lens for those scenes, but a proper cine lens equivalent of that design.

@blackstreek 4 ай бұрын

Wouldn't putting the 4mm vignette in post make more sense? Doing the vignette practically seems like an unneccessary risk to take. But I can't argue with the results, the film looks magnificent. Ryan should receive the Oscar he should've gotten for C'MON C'MON.

@mad-meh2719 4 ай бұрын

True but were is the fun in that.

@sternschnupper 3 ай бұрын

well, doing it while filming allows to correctly compose with the vignette - which has to align with the distortions, so it can't be placed anywhere else anyways. and of course those magnificient distortions are only achievable by such an extreme lens anyways!

@angelwitprblmz 4 ай бұрын

this scene is addictive, everytime I see it advertised on tiktok I always stop and watch.

@28Pluto 3 ай бұрын

Thank god there were arrows and circles pointing out where the lights were!! I'd be so confused and lost without them, because I have no idea what a light source looks like. ffs.

@bluebellbeatnik4945 3 ай бұрын

not everyone thinks like that, though.

@cmoran9103 3 ай бұрын

Really? Light sources are things like candles, lamps, ceiling lights, and the sun. There are many others too. These are important in filmmaking, like in this film "Poor Things".

@dion1949 2 ай бұрын

A lot of the dance scene that was filmed did not end up in the movie, edited out. I would like to see these outtakes.

@tylero8595 4 ай бұрын

Kodak needs to bring back Kodachrome.

@noahsabadish3812 4 ай бұрын

i absolutely adored this dance scene. i found it uplifting and moving, not hilarious.

@vicarludens Ай бұрын

The choreography of the dance was so good as well. Really portrayed her development and new found facsination to express in singing and dancing. But it also showed how equal (or even independant) she is to Duncan on the dance floor as she is not limited by the rules of higher society. Still listen to the song when I start my way to work lol.