This interview is part of our CineD series celebrating women in the film and television industry. Read our last piece, where we caught up with Grey’s Anatomy DP Alicia Robbins here. Today, we talk to DP Carissa Dorson about her work capturing comedy sketches, late-night TV, and much more. How does it feel to be capturing comedy that has hundreds of millions of views? DP Carissa Dorson can tell you. She began her career shooting sketch comedy videos for websites such as CollegeHumor and Funny or Die. Today, she’s the DP behind NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh – the first major American late-night talk show to feature a host of Indian and South Asian descent. Dorson also recently lensed I Think She Likes You, a comedy that premiered at Tribeca, and has even published a photography book. Read on to learn more about Dorson’s inspirational career. Dorson on set. Carissa Dorson, can you tell us more about the start of your career in sketch comedy? C.D.: Sketch comedy started for me in college. Friends in my film school class started creating videos for YouTube and I shot some of them, wanting to get as much cinematography practice as possible. When we moved to Los Angeles, one of my classmates got an internship at CollegeHumor, and through him, I started working as a camera PA on shoots. I had been a fan of CollegeHumor, so it was amazing to be there. They were shooting some beautiful high production-value sketches at the...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 14 July, 2021