When I was in film school I figured the best way to make the most out of our limited resources was to write for our locations, I'm so happy to hear Sean Baker does the same lol.
@@pahwraithyep, David Sandberg mentioned this about hollywood process, anything unionized and anything big studio basically means throwing extra money into the owen.
I was taking notes and making a list of all the movies mentioned or shown in this interview. Thought it might help someone else as well: - Similar style/budget as Anora George Washington Slacker Red Rocket Waves Nickely Boys Florida Project Game of Thrones (in regards to budget) -70s Hollywood New Wave Rolling Thunder Five Easy Pieces A Man Called Horse -Michael Chapman’s work Taxi Diver Raging Bull
“Anora” was my favorite film of last year, and a major reason was the cinematography. I loved the look of the film. Thanks for reaching out to Drew to make this video happen. 🙏🏾
Thanks Luc, this was such a rich interview. Lots of topics covered, but what I loved most was the essence of the approach the DP took in intentionally executing the vision of the director and merging his style to collaborate with everyone from director to crew. I see various mixed reviews of the movie in the comments section here, but I look forward to actually watching it soon armed with the insight your interview of the DP gave us.
Thanks for making this Luke. So nice to see the inner workings of great films. Helps give all us super small dogs hope. Just create, and be true to your art.
Great Knowledge here, Thank you for sharing. I strongly agree that ground filmmaking has so much power because that is how life is experienced daily. Storytelling is like narrating what happened when others were absent.
Awesome dp! Thanks for the episode. Luc, if you loved this style then you'd love the Safdie brothers.. a bit intense to be fair, but Uncut Gems is pretty stunning technically. Feels like Sean Baker integrated some Sadie's magic sauce in this film too... I think Darius Khondji was the Dp in that one. Good Time is another crazy one.. cheers
Anora reminds me of Martin Scorsese's earlier work. The "Controlled chaos" in scenes from films like Goodfellas and Raging Bull. Anora also reminds me of films like Uncut Gems.
Way to go locking up a killer interview subject! Great questions ! Great film. Seems like Zabe who shot The Florida Project would have been a good fit for this one as well, wondering if Baker considered him for Anora. Also, congrats on hitting 100k subs, Luc! 🎉
Very interesting video! Love these types a breakdowns from DP's And i was curious what film stock/stocks they used since it wasn't mentioned here(unless i missed it) so decided to google it and throw it in here in case someone else is curious, seems 4 perf 200T and 500T was used(Kodak Vision3 35mm). I just was curious about that lol This info is straight from an article on Kodak's website
@ you’re right, but yeah it’s interesting because they really got genuine reactions so then you just ask everyone and if they say no you have to retake the shot? Interesting 🤔
Where I’m from, a “tiny” budget is $1.5-3M. My mentor, who’s used to massive Netflix-level budgets, is now trying to make his new film for $2.3M. For him, that’s small-but it’s all relative!
yep the old school film eyepiece method is undoubted the best. unfortunately today's digital crusaders with monitor in hand will never know that magic.
I think 6 million goes a long way now. 39 days in a mansion and private jets? Wow. I got euphoria vibes at times but not sure if it's fair to call it that. What he said about the blocking didn't totally convince me. I think it was loosely blocked in places. Looking forward to watching it when it comes out in my area.
I mean, they shot it on film, using Arri cameras and had fotokem do the DI…it was even released on film. This is not an FX3 type movie, I think they did a great job, but this wasn’t like a scrappy group of friends…
Oh wow interesting when we saw it in theaters I was like there is no way this is Alexa or digital this has to be film it looks too good this can’t be replicated and sure enough it was film. But I was looking at it more from a digital color grading perspective bc every major film is chasing an authentic film look.
I know I’m in the minority, but Anora was so boring! Average cinematography at best. And scenes that went on and on forever with nothing new to offer. I was with three friends and they almost fell asleep. And we are not the action packed crowd. We are people that appreciate and enjoy foreign films, even more than American films. Anora is just so overrated.
I watched this movie last night. To be honest , it LOOKS good but the storyline was garbage, the acting was flat ( one hour of the movies total run time is people just screaming at one another and talking over each other) the lead actress new york accent sounded like she was imitating mariah carey and the russian kids acting was one dimensional. I believe that they are probably good actors but the script set them up for failure. I think people are promoting this garbage because the technical aspect of making the film is amazing for the budget, Yes. This film winning any type of awards will set us back to DW Griffiths time. Sean Baker is not an auteur. Agnes Varda is an auteur. Federico Fellini is an Auteur. Spike Lee is an Auteur. Barry Jenkins. Kurosawa. Paul Schraeder. Martin Scorsese. Lynn Ramsey! Rainer Fassbinder! This film lacked humanity. This film is flat because it lacks complexity and dynamic. This film is garbage because its just a two hour music video/ documentary. This film is setting the bar low for future generations. So low that you'll have to be Antman just to crawl under the bar. White America just loves mediocre white men (old kanye shrug)
I liked the visual part of the movie, but the script and editing felt so dragging and predictive, also I am not into romantizece sex work, anyways thanks for this interesting talk
@@joeensley3912 You can't talk about the movie with only it's ending, you have to see the whole thing and the First part (1 hour) gloryfies sex work as a way for someone to get a whale and live the live of rich people. At the end the lesson Anore learnt is not to trust people that grant you the moon, but nothing says that she's not comming back to that lifestyle again, because it shows that she can make money with that at the cost of her mental health.
love that ,, tiny budget , 6 mil ,, that really give hope to new film makers , when they can not raise 1000 just to go and rent camera for few days , so step 1 of film making ,, be rich or have rich friends , the only thing most can do is movie like blair witch project , just grab cam with few friends and shoot stupid thing in the woods , or like Saw , 2 dude in room ,
It's low budget for a movie with multiple Oscar nominations. Also it's not Sean Baker's first film and your point is ironically off the point considering he is the guy who shot a movie with an iPhone. But let's be real, if you can hardly raise 1000 dollars, it's almost impossible to shoot a feature length movie. That's why short films are perfect for beginners, you can raise clout without breaking the bank. Realistically, for a feature you'd work with producers.
hey i like the channel and great video so far, but i really suggest a different title. $6 Million is not a tiny budget, nor even small. I suggest using "tight" budget.
The title works, especially if you disagree. Its a tiny budget for how big it was globally. 'Tiny' is relative and polarising language works for the algorithm.
@@dangerrayy it has to do with credibility. If a channel is looking to appeal to professional/serious filmmakers, then calling a 39 day $6M shoot "tiny" diminishes the channel's value, at least in my eyes, I.e. If they can't even be truthful in the title, what else are they willing to misrepresent for clicks?
@@RDAudioReviews you are being disingenuous. Among palme d'or winners and oscar nominees, 6mil is tiny. Compared to random amateur projects that is still alot of money, but why would you even make that comparison in the first place?
When I was in film school I figured the best way to make the most out of our limited resources was to write for our locations, I'm so happy to hear Sean Baker does the same lol.
Here in Argentina with 6 millions we shoot lord of the rings 1/2/3 plus a wedding and soft drink comercial
This is true like Fanta ❤😮
In the usa you have to pay people at least 300 dollars a day on a movie. It cost 15 dollars per meal per person.
Everything adds up.
@@pahwraithyep, David Sandberg mentioned this about hollywood process, anything unionized and anything big studio basically means throwing extra money into the owen.
@@igorzhidkov1957 300 dollars for 12 hrs of working isn’t extravagant. Ive done 250 for 14 hours on a non union movie.
Hhahahahah love it. 😂
I was taking notes and making a list of all the movies mentioned or shown in this interview. Thought it might help someone else as well:
- Similar style/budget as Anora
George Washington
Slacker
Red Rocket
Waves
Nickely Boys
Florida Project
Game of Thrones (in regards to budget)
-70s Hollywood New Wave
Rolling Thunder
Five Easy Pieces
A Man Called Horse
-Michael Chapman’s work
Taxi Diver
Raging Bull
Thank you.
“Anora” was my favorite film of last year, and a major reason was the cinematography. I loved the look of the film. Thanks for reaching out to Drew to make this video happen. 🙏🏾
Thanks Luc! Great review. I watched to the end and enjoyed! Informative, educating, humble! Cheers!
Loved this man. Fantastic interview and super inspirational.
Getting Drew Daniels on your channel is giving me life 😭🤝. Great interview, Luc.
Thanks Luc, this was such a rich interview. Lots of topics covered, but what I loved most was the essence of the approach the DP took in intentionally executing the vision of the director and merging his style to collaborate with everyone from director to crew. I see various mixed reviews of the movie in the comments section here, but I look forward to actually watching it soon armed with the insight your interview of the DP gave us.
Loved this movie. Anora was my fav film this year by far.
Very informative. Shot on film. Quentin would be proud.
😮not on fx3 😅wow 😊
Wow greatly appreciate you sharing this amazing conversation with us. Love the movie.
Great content! Love the film. Really well done on the interview. Drew is just so cool and open. Thanks for this video.
Thanks for making this Luke.
So nice to see the inner workings of great films.
Helps give all us super small dogs hope. Just create, and be true to your art.
Great Knowledge here, Thank you for sharing. I strongly agree that ground filmmaking has so much power because that is how life is experienced daily. Storytelling is like narrating what happened when others were absent.
awesome interview Luc, thanks for sharing this
Awesome dp! Thanks for the episode. Luc, if you loved this style then you'd love the Safdie brothers.. a bit intense to be fair, but Uncut Gems is pretty stunning technically. Feels like Sean Baker integrated some Sadie's magic sauce in this film too... I think Darius Khondji was the Dp in that one. Good Time is another crazy one.. cheers
great interview! I feel like we're entering a new era of film more focused on storytelling and cinematography
Anora reminds me of Martin Scorsese's earlier work. The "Controlled chaos" in scenes from films like Goodfellas and Raging Bull. Anora also reminds me of films like Uncut Gems.
Thanks Luc for sharing this.
Amazing interview!
Great video, excellent questions and insightful answers. Thanks!
Round Front Lomo lenses are gorgeous. They're basically the internals of the Hawk C series 35, 50, 75 and 100mm.
this was great!
Way to go locking up a killer interview subject! Great questions ! Great film. Seems like Zabe who shot The Florida Project would have been a good fit for this one as well, wondering if Baker considered him for Anora. Also, congrats on hitting 100k subs, Luc! 🎉
This is very useful. Thank you.
Thank you
Very interesting video! Love these types a breakdowns from DP's
And i was curious what film
stock/stocks they used since it wasn't mentioned here(unless i missed it) so decided to google it and throw it in here in case someone else is curious, seems 4 perf 200T and 500T was used(Kodak Vision3 35mm). I just was curious about that lol
This info is straight from an article on Kodak's website
Great stuff thank you!
15:29 how do you get release forms for the customer 😅do these people get paid for any lines 😮
Ask after probably.
Camera was hidden, so they would have to have asked.
And hoping people will sign, maybe with some compensation
@ you’re right, but yeah it’s interesting because they really got genuine reactions so then you just ask everyone and if they say no you have to retake the shot? Interesting 🤔
@@LouisLuzuka cant be sure of course, but that's how I've seen in it done in other EU productions where needed
I’m interested to know how much the crew made and what shooting conditions were like. That’s one of the things that matter to me most as DP.
Best accidental click in a very long time.
Where I’m from, a “tiny” budget is $1.5-3M. My mentor, who’s used to massive Netflix-level budgets, is now trying to make his new film for $2.3M. For him, that’s small-but it’s all relative!
yep the old school film eyepiece method is undoubted the best. unfortunately today's digital crusaders with monitor in hand will never know that magic.
Another film with this sort of live, doc, realism vibe is Garth Davis film Lion.
This is way better
I think 6 million goes a long way now. 39 days in a mansion and private jets? Wow. I got euphoria vibes at times but not sure if it's fair to call it that. What he said about the blocking didn't totally convince me. I think it was loosely blocked in places. Looking forward to watching it when it comes out in my area.
What camera did they shoot on?
35mm arricam it looks like. It was shot on film.
Wider and closer, wow
I mean, they shot it on film, using Arri cameras and had fotokem do the DI…it was even released on film.
This is not an FX3 type movie, I think they did a great job, but this wasn’t like a scrappy group of friends…
15:50 You can just shoot someone into a movie like that without telling them? 🤔
I need the answer to this too! lol
Loving the nails on drew🎉😊
It looks....fine.
I like this guy. He has his head screwed on right. Anyone who has the word ‘auteur’ in their vocabulary gets an uptick from me.
That immediately was a strike for me. Made me roll my Eyes haha but I agree this guy is pretty cool.
6 million is not a tiny budget. Low budget for Hollywood but not a tiny budget. I worked on a tiny budget, $20k to $250k.
😮
You should have been nominated for an Academy Award
They literally say that in the video lol... Also, $20k-250k might not be a tiny budget either depending on the project. It's all about context
yes but did it win the palme d'or though
6 mill is still incredibly small. Yours is considered “no budget” by the Hollywood elites
6 million dollars tiny budget
The movie doesn’t have a lot of flares? Lmao. It was all flares. That’s what happens when you shoot into a light source without mats.
Yea $6,000,000 is not TINY.
SING SING was less than $2M, that’s more like tiny and looked equally beautiful.
This movie didn't look special to me at all, looks very generic
I'm very confused
Oh wow interesting when we saw it in theaters I was like there is no way this is Alexa or digital this has to be film it looks too good this can’t be replicated and sure enough it was film. But I was looking at it more from a digital color grading perspective bc every major film is chasing an authentic film look.
I know I’m in the minority, but Anora was so boring! Average cinematography at best. And scenes that went on and on forever with nothing new to offer. I was with three friends and they almost fell asleep. And we are not the action packed crowd. We are people that appreciate and enjoy foreign films, even more than American films. Anora is just so overrated.
I watched this movie last night. To be honest , it LOOKS good but the storyline was garbage, the acting was flat ( one hour of the movies total run time is people just screaming at one another and talking over each other) the lead actress new york accent sounded like she was imitating mariah carey and the russian kids acting was one dimensional. I believe that they are probably good actors but the script set them up for failure. I think people are promoting this garbage because the technical aspect of making the film is amazing for the budget, Yes. This film winning any type of awards will set us back to DW Griffiths time. Sean Baker is not an auteur. Agnes Varda is an auteur. Federico Fellini is an Auteur. Spike Lee is an Auteur. Barry Jenkins. Kurosawa. Paul Schraeder. Martin Scorsese. Lynn Ramsey! Rainer Fassbinder!
This film lacked humanity. This film is flat because it lacks complexity and dynamic. This film is garbage because its just a two hour music video/ documentary.
This film is setting the bar low for future generations. So low that you'll have to be Antman just to crawl under the bar.
White America just loves mediocre white men (old kanye shrug)
😢agreed 💯
I liked the visual part of the movie, but the script and editing felt so dragging and predictive, also I am not into romantizece sex work, anyways thanks for this interesting talk
How does the ending romanticize sex work?
@@joeensley3912 You can't talk about the movie with only it's ending, you have to see the whole thing and the First part (1 hour) gloryfies sex work as a way for someone to get a whale and live the live of rich people. At the end the lesson Anore learnt is not to trust people that grant you the moon, but nothing says that she's not comming back to that lifestyle again, because it shows that she can make money with that at the cost of her mental health.
love that ,, tiny budget , 6 mil ,, that really give hope to new film makers , when they can not raise 1000 just to go and rent camera for few days , so step 1 of film making ,, be rich or have rich friends , the only thing most can do is movie like blair witch project , just grab cam with few friends and shoot stupid thing in the woods , or like Saw , 2 dude in room ,
Heard of Robert Rodriguez? Sounds like you need to up your game. Limitations breed creativity, or excuses.
It's low budget for a movie with multiple Oscar nominations. Also it's not Sean Baker's first film and your point is ironically off the point considering he is the guy who shot a movie with an iPhone.
But let's be real, if you can hardly raise 1000 dollars, it's almost impossible to shoot a feature length movie. That's why short films are perfect for beginners, you can raise clout without breaking the bank. Realistically, for a feature you'd work with producers.
@ just watch it ,yeah was fun ,, and well shoot ,,
hey i like the channel and great video so far, but i really suggest a different title. $6 Million is not a tiny budget, nor even small. I suggest using "tight" budget.
The title works, especially if you disagree. Its a tiny budget for how big it was globally. 'Tiny' is relative and polarising language works for the algorithm.
@@dangerrayy it has to do with credibility. If a channel is looking to appeal to professional/serious filmmakers, then calling a 39 day $6M shoot "tiny" diminishes the channel's value, at least in my eyes, I.e. If they can't even be truthful in the title, what else are they willing to misrepresent for clicks?
@@RDAudioReviews Fair enough. Tiny is probably a stretch but I found value in the video and so I don't mind the title that helped it get to me
@@RDAudioReviews you are being disingenuous. Among palme d'or winners and oscar nominees, 6mil is tiny. Compared to random amateur projects that is still alot of money, but why would you even make that comparison in the first place?
Terrible film, we can do better
This man just woke up and was like, "Fuck it, I'LL DO IT LIVE."