Can you make a big-budget, sci-fi film that isn’t a franchise, a sequel, or a reboot, and tackle it using an indie mindset? That’s what the team behind the film, The Creator did. The film, which tells a story about a war between humanity and artificial intelligence, is currently in theaters.
In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine speaks with DP Oren Soffer to discuss:
- Being offered a co-DP position on the film
- How shooting on one lens made the VFX much easier to work with
- The differences in lenses over time that affect their consistency
- Leaning into natural light as much as possible
- Wanting to maintain the creative energy of guerilla-style filmmaking
- How the project originally got the green light from the studio
- Working in a very trusting environment
- Looking at tons of reference images the director pulled from
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This episode of The No Film School Podcast was produced by GG Hawkins.
