Our guest on the show this week is cinematographer Rafael Leyva. It was great to chat with Rafael and here his unique approach to the work, his love of film, and so much more.
I really enjoyed our conversation and hopefully we can have him back on again in the future to chat about more specific projects.
Be sure to check out his work below and give him a follow over on Instagram.
Enjoy!
Advanced Cinematography: Location Lighting – LAST CHANCE
Friday this week is your final chance to enroll in Advanced Cinematography: Location Lighting.
The course is not going away but I am going to limit enrolment in the advanced series going forward and open it up only once or twice as year.
This course walks you through every aspect of cinematography in a typical commercial environment. I lay out what I do in prep, before the location scouts, during the location scouts, the tech scout process, the gear list, the crew, then we shot an entire ad from start to finish on a virtual set.
I go over schedules, the importance of sequencing, and so much more.
I titled this course Advanced because I didn’t water down the content to make it more approachable. This is the whole entire job. Everything I do from start to finish on every project I am a part of. Nothing is left to the imagination.
I created this course because this is exactly what I would have liked to have access to when I was starting my professional career. I think if you are in a position where your commercial career is just beginning than no content I have put out anywhere else comes close to the amount of information laid out in this course.
Enrollment closes on Friday May 5th.
If you are interested you can check out the course at the link below:
Patreon Breakdown – Beef
Over on Patreon this week we are taking a look at Beef shot by Larkin Seiple. A Patreon supporter suggested the look and it did not disappoint.
Lots of great images and set ups in this one so I was excited to take a deeper look.
To watch the video click the link below:
Featured Guest – Cinematographer Rafael Leyva
Website: Rafael Leyva
Instagram: @rafaelleyvadp
This week we are chatting with cinematographer Jesse M. Feldman about his latest work (recently nominated for an ASC Award) on the series Interview with the Vampire.
Jesse shares how he approaches the work, what he focuses on in prep, how he likes to manage crew and much much more.
Be sure to check out his work below and give him a follow over on Instagram.
Enjoy!
A Cinematography System: The Playbook Approach – Volume II
The latest course went live last week and I couldn’t be more excited to get this content out in to the world and start getting feedback on the system.
The course continues the exploration of my own system for blocking and coverage that I call the BODVO system. I use it on every single scene I shoot but I haven’t shared it in great detail here on the podcast because it can get so complex.
This particular course is Volume II and it centers on the most common scenario which is the Office Scenario. The name office has nothing to do with the physical location of the scene but rather the orientation of the characters relative to one another.
Once you see the system, you can’t unsee it.
Nothing has improved my cinematography more than leaning in to this methodology and so far the feedback has been nothing short of amazing.
If you want to learn more about the course and the BODVO system you can check it out here:
A Cinematography System: The Playbook Approach – Volume II
Patreon Breakdown – Beef
This week over on the Patreon Podcast I am going to walk you through how I would approach darkness.
It essentially boils down to an exposure conversation and, while exposure is an incredibly complex subject, that is what these podcasts are all about.
The Wandering DP Podcast Patreon
Featured Guest – Cinematographer Rafael Leyva
Website: Rafael Leyva
Instagram: @rafaelleyvadp