What did you think of Tenet?

@tturnquest1

2 жыл бұрын

I loved it. Hoyt’s cinematography was really the sand out of the film.

@jorgereyna1796

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, a film in many ways ahead of its time

I still can't get over the opera and inverted Freeport scenes. They were just otherworldly to experience in cinema.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

It was an incredible experience in IMAX, truly one of the most immersive experiences I’ve had in a cinema.

Nolan & Hoytema destroyed the boundaries that every other filmmaker would have considered too ambitious or impossible to surmount with Tenet. The script and the cinematography are equally awe inspiring. Tenet is very divisive, and separates those who appreciate groundbreaking intelligent and engaging storytelling & craft from those who don’t want to be forced to think or challenged with abstraction as a viewer.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant way to put it. I’m 100% on the side that thinks it’s groundbreaking, I really can’t think of another director today breaking those sorts of boundaries of conventional filmmaking on a blockbuster scale.

@Evanderj

2 жыл бұрын

@@AngusDaviesDP Thank you, and I agree completely with you. Nolan is a gift, and his ability to take that risk with a $200M film without the studio dumbing it down gives me hope in modern cinema. It flabbergasts me to see how many people minimize and criticize Tenet. But from Citizen Kane to Kubrick, masterful cinema has suffered from disappointing box office numbers and critique when released. Thank you so much for your channel!

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

For sure, I’m shocked by how controversial Tenet was as well. But people have different tastes, hopefully Oppenheimer appeals to a wider audience so we can keep getting these $150mm budgets. Glad you like the content!

@marcogianesello6083

2 жыл бұрын

This is a load of crap as large as a goddamn mountain. I suggest next time you want to play wanna be elitist you pick a better hill than fucking nolan films. Like,oh I don't know...anybody ever who ever made actually complex films worth thinking over? The only thing truly ambitious about tenet is trying to see how much empty, pointless, nothing exposition you can cram into script and still have people convinced that that's what intelligent filmmaking looks like. There's more brilliance, ambition and complex storytelling the first five minutes of a Paul Thomas Anderson movie than in most of nolan's filmography put together. But I guess it's easier to pretend like people don't get james bond with time manipulation. "Boundaries impossible to surmount", jesus christ. What happens when you eventually watch a kubrick film then? Melt?

Tenet is one of the best looking movies of 2020, which is a good thing. Hoyte Van Hoytema is one of the cinematographers in the 20th century.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

He really is, can’t wait to see what he does with Nope and Oppenheimer!

Amazing video! Incredibly underrated, that is QUALITY CONTENT! Keep up the good work!

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you are liking the content!

Absolutely loved this analysis! I strongly agree with the idea that Hoyte Van Hoytema definitely added a huge artistic approach to Nolan very mathematical mind.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! He does, really can't wait to see what he does with Oppenheimer.

The center framing is essential when filming for IMAX or large formats because you want your audience eyes and head not to wonder a lot when watching on an IMAX screen, but to stay in the middle of the screen.

I think the cinematography and colour in Enemy(2013) is really unique, it would be great if you did I video on it.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing idea! I’ve been wanting to do more Villeneuve movies, and that’s a perfect one!

I loved this video. Good work. Keep it on bro.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! So glad you liked it.

Love the analysis and I also have never had an issue with the sound!

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it! It’s a weird one, I don’t know anyone that had a problem with it, but it sounded like a really big problem from what I heard online.

@zahrulexe

10 ай бұрын

@@AngusDaviesDP Hi I'm from the future. Apparently people are still complaining about it in Oppenheimer while me who bought the cheapest ticket to watch it was able to enjoy it without ever thinking of complaining about the audio mixing.

11:40-ish it's the time travel aspect of it that I find interesting, more so than the actual story, or the technical aspect of it, the behind-the-scenes aspect, I mean...the idea of going backwards, etc, about the logic of it, about how weird that would be, lol...I think the aspect of time travel that has always intrigued/haunted me most was the idea of (forgot what they say) time travel being in "closed form", whatever they call it...that everything that happened/is going to happen happened...that anything you do is predetermined, and yet can have an effect on things (has *already* had an effect on things, since you "already" did it, if you do it)...there are some comic book episodes of Thorgal who do things in that way...

@archangecamilien1879

2 жыл бұрын

...of course, lol, when I watched the film, I thought they did everything in the editing room, just reversing directions, etc...I was surprised that you have people doing things backwards in this day and age, I would have thought it would be so much easier to just have them do everything normally and reverse it later, or splice two people fighting normally so that one of them seems to be fighting backwards, etc...the coordination of it all...but it's the time travel aspect of it I find intriguing...thinking about the logic of it can be somewhat addictive, lol, like some math problems can be...trying to work things out...

Wonderful video

One of my fav cinematographer ❤❤

I think Hoyte van hoytema was great addition to Nolan's films. I like Wally pfister and his work especially the dark knight but it never really stood out to me or enhanced the story, which sometimes could make the look of a Christopher Nolan film quite boring.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Same, Nolan definitely got lucky with Hoytema (and Hoytema Nolan). I love Wally’s work and how he helped develop Nolan’s style though, we also wouldn’t be where we are with IMAX without him.

@kidhudson4208

Жыл бұрын

Wally’s approach was to stay invisible. That’s what makes his cinematography amazing, it’s ALL about story. Both DP’s are absolutely next level.

@zahrulexe

10 ай бұрын

@@kidhudson4208 He did forget to make the helicopter holding the camera invisible during the opening of the dark knight tho 😂😅

In the scene where Kat is shot, protagonist"s side is lit red like the red team in the assault while the inverted Kat side is blue, like the pincer assault inverted team.... clever.

Nice!! The video has the same quality as the movie. I was thinking about the old series about how "N director" shoots a scene but with Nicolas Winding Refn.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I've been thinking about doing a couple more of those videos, not sure if I will yet, but if I do, Nicolas Winding Refn is at the top of the list! I'll be doing a video on The Neon Demon (and possibly Drive) no matter what though.

Great video! I'm learning a lot from your "How they shot" series. All the research into lighting diagrams like the Prisoners video really increases the quality. How do you get all the footage for these videos? The compression doesn't look downloaded from KZread.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I learn so much from making them as well! It’s why I love doing videos surrounding Deakins, he has a mountain of information of his website, everything from lighting diagrams to in depth conversations about the film. It’s actually all downloaded from KZread! There are a few channels that upload cinematography compilations, as well as a few specialising in 4k clips.

@justinengberg

2 жыл бұрын

@@AngusDaviesDP good to know! I wouldn't have thought the quality could hold up that well from a download but I guess so! I need to check out deakins' website! Sounds super helpful.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

I've found a few websites that allow you to download KZread videos in 1080p, which is really helpful. It's a goldmine for information, as is his podcast!

great video mate, just a nit pick, but some of the clips seem to have been grabbed from an HDR version of the film and converted to SDR wrong, they look way oversaturated.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah that’s a problem with finding the right clips online, I’ll try and stay away (or at least fix them) next time. Thanks for the feedback!

thanks

An interesting style for you to look at is how Michael Mann shoots digital to the advantages of digital without any care to make it filmic. Examples Public Enemies and Miami Vice. He stayed closer to filmic in Collateral, but that film needed that as 35mm was used for some shots and needed to blend.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

I really need to look into Michael Mann's work more, great idea!

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Personally I think Interstellar i think is his best. Tenet is amazing tho.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

I’d have to agree, although Tenet is easily one of the most enjoyable from him.

I can't wait for Jordan Peele's NOPE! Hoyte van hoytema is the goat of 🎥

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

So excited for NOPE!

3:09 hahaha. I still have not seen this, but reports have said that the sound mixing was atrocious.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't find it as bad as others did, maybe I just got lucky with the cinemas I saw it in, but I also didn't have a problem at home...

Red light and blue light ...... reminds me of red shift and blue shift as terms used to describe the position of an observer within Einstein’s theory of relativity - just a thought. And ohhhh yes, I have watched Tenet many times to revel in not completely knowing or truly understanding what is going on in such a richly immersive environment.

You could use a hiss reducer for your voice over.. like in adobe audition etc. cheers

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! I've been trying to clean my audio up for about 3 months now, but nothing seems to be working. I'll try this, but I might just have to get a new mic.

@eetufagerstrom4724

2 жыл бұрын

@@AngusDaviesDP ahhaha i feel you tho 😭

Very interesting! However, I found the animated text distracting.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Which parts of the animated text? I've taken so much out haha

Although the cinematography is beautiful there were some scenes in the movie that had shoddy focus pulling

Why did you turn up the saturation to a gross amount on the clips? Just leave them as is.

@AngusDaviesDP

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't? The only time I play with the colour of the clip is when I move the temperature to the extremes as a joke... I used the clips as they came.

@ScottSullivanTV

2 жыл бұрын

@@AngusDaviesDP Shots like at 5:11 or 5:09. The saturation is not that high. Looks like you converted it to the wrong gamma curve. Or maybe you took the HDR version and impotently converted it to SDR. Or maybe you downloaded a pirated version where the person improperly uploaded it