3. Richard Oakes - Inspiring Journey of a Multi Award Winning DOP

Today's guest is Richard Oakes - a multi award winning cinematographer, director and producer responsible for the films like Hosts, Feed Me and many others. His work includes feature films, short films and music videos. We talked about being a Director of Photography vs a Director; hot to start making films; how to become a Cinematographer; raw look in cinema and many many more topics around making films.

Richard's IG: @darkfablerich

Beyond Reel Talk is a podcast where I invite entertainment industry professionals to ask them about their journey, their professions, challenges and motivation.

CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 - Coming up

00:01:04 - Intro

00:02:00 - Getting into cinematography

00:08:50 - Difference between camera operator and DoP

00:10:57 - Collaboration between a DoP and a director

00:12:37 - Modern cinema

00:13:25 - Oppenheimer and Nolan

00:15:37 - 180 degree rule, lighting the scene, framing

00:20:30 - Inspirations

00:22:33 - Cinematography in collaboration with costume and location design

00:23:43 - Working with a director

00:26:02 - Working with actors

00:28:26 - Casting actors

00:31:09 - Working with Neal Ward

00:35:06 - Making an independent film (budget, cast, crew, distribution)

00:41:49 - Stop making excuses and make a film

00:45:02 - (NOT) Reading scripts

00:46:36 - DoP's style

00:47:43 - Did cinematography change in last 70 years?

00:50:03 - Film or digital?

00:52:37 - Raw look in cinema

00:55:33 - Operating cameras

00:58:13 - Price range for film cameras and the reasons behind it

01:03:14 - Writing

01:08:02 - Exciting recent films and video games

01:11:07 - How to become a cinematographer

01:12:29 - BLITZ round

01:17:33 - What's next?

01:18:43 - Contacts

01:18:54 - One Cool Thing: SLEEP TOKEN

01:19:20 - Ending

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