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How To Create Amazing Cinematic Sequences with the 'Elvis' Editors and Cinematographer

71 min • 12 juli 2022

Editors Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa and DP Mandy Walker share how they helped create the dizzying and epic Elvis through the vision of Baz Luhrman. Elvis is in theaters now!

In this episode, we talk about…

Determining what to include and scratching Baz Luhrman’s itch
Why Baz Luhrman considers biopic a dirty word
Visually contextualizing what influenced Elvis’ music without dialogue
Using original footage like Easter eggs and balancing scenes played by Austin
Details about the emotional sizzle reel made for studios
Organic process of trial & error when deciding what to cut from 4+ hours of film
Maintaining perspective on what’s working and what’s not
Mediums and tools used to create the visuals for Elvis
Lenses used to capture the different decades throughout the film
Replicating lighting and scouring Australia for vintage rock ‘n’ roll lights
Selling the illusion that Austin Butler is Elvis Presley
16 weeks of prep and testing meticulously planned sequences, lighting, visual effects
Moving from metaphorical to physical and creating a world people can feel
Constantly communicating with Baz and finding the harmony of visual language