Tailslate: A Cinematography Podcast
Summary: Professional cinematographers Ed and Ben discuss the life and challenges of being DPs working in narrative and commercials, and where cinematography and filmmaking look in a digital age.
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- Artist: Ed Moore & Benedict Spence, Cinematographers
- Copyright: Ed Moore & Benedict Spence
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We're back and we're terribly sorry. Ed's been shooting Doctor Who and Britannia, and Ben's done four thousand commercials and a little known show called End of the Fucking World. Which seems strangely relevant tbh.
008: BSCgate
We're back with a bumper episode of over two hours of DP waffling. The boys are joined by Catherine Goldschmidt and the wine-fuelled topics include what we've been shooting how to get into dramas (again) the Sony Venice large format lenses and sensors gender politics on set
006: The Episode Ed Didn't Post For Three Months
005: More Lighting
Ed and Ben talk about the launch of the podcast Ed’s been grading his big sexy drama and did a whole LUT thing Ben’s been shooting tons of fashion with his shiny trainers and lots of Briese light We decide to discuss lighting and solve everything once and for all Whether a gaffer is a robot or a creative collaborator How a DP hiring a gaffer is like a director hiring a DP How to describe what you’re after to a gaffer Ed’s number 1 thing that’s annoying about some gaffers Ed’s still looking for his dream gaffer The two ways to be a member of crew (and one’s bad) Ben makes a confession about diffusion Ed and Stephen Murphy’s textile test - http://content.edmooredop.com/ragstest/ Ed shows off about Lee gel numbers LEDs and colour Ed hates burned out gel We both love Skypanels Gel numbers vs DMX values The light Ed wants someone to make Our favourite lights OF ALL TIME Thinking in terms of radiosity Lighting with high ISOs Ben loves tungsten Ed is skeptical about double bounces / book lights Ben describes the LED-Industrial Complex Where to start with a lighting kit list
We get stuck into lenses - are the differences between sets as pronounced as we think?
Ed & Ben discuss what's in their kit bags; what equipment they own and whether as cinematographers owning your own tools is a good idea. Ed gives a very long and tedious description of how he uses an iPad as a DP.
To kick off the podcast, the boys talk about working on large narrative projects and how they differ from the commercial and "content" type work many of us get our start in.
