'It's sort of a very ultimate way of filmmaking for us.'
The Big Picture Hoyte van Hoytema and Christopher Nolan have collaborated on some of the best looking films of recent years, and their latest film, Oppenheimer, is perhaps the pinnacle of their work together. A beautifully shot production, the film is a masterclass in character study and the use of IMAX cameras to get up close and personal with Cillian Murphy in the title role adds to the intimacy of the film.
The director, and his cinematographer, will use one camera to ensure that all focus is pushed towards it and that the attention to detail needs to be higher in order to meticulously plan the scene out. Nolan believes having more than one camera shooting at the same time will divert attention and cause the filmmakers' concentration to become divided due to the distraction caused by split focus.
The Ultimate Way of Filmmaking Van Hoytema revealed Nolan likes to be close to his camera at all times in order to fully experience what the camera — and therefore, the audience — will be seeing. There's an air of a stage play in how he constructs his shots, and builds a scene, so that the camera can be in its exact position, and the actors are precisely where they need to be. Van Hoytema describes Nolan's method as "ultimate filmmaking".
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