The feasting has commenced at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. We care about what went into the films to get them into this arena, so we’re going straight to the filmmakers to find out. Here’s a look at Patrick Sheehan’s work as the DP of Always in Season, a documentary about Claudia Lacy’s quest for justice after the death of her son Lennon. A still from Always in Season by Jacqueline Olive, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Washington Post DP: Patrick Sheehan FILMS: Always in Season (dir. Jacqueline Olive) SUNDANCE CATEGORY: U.S. Documentary Competition CAMERA: Canon C300 & Sony FS-7 GLASS: Sigma, Canon, Zeiss, Tamron, Tokina, & Lens Baby DRONE: DJI Phantom 4 Pro https://vimeo.com/133292073 DP Philosophy: Let the story tell itself. Don’t get in the way and don’t navigate any more than absolutely necessary. It’s critical for films like Always in Season to be an accurate, completely non-fiction recounting of the story. As a cinematographer, I want to capture it as it happens. You get it or you don’t. I think people can tell the difference between a documentary and a documentary/reality tv hybrid. cinema5d: What was your approach to running a camera on this one? PS: On films like Always in Season, the cinematographer is the camera department, and the audio department, and the lighting department. This film was a multi-year process so budget didn’t allow for large crews, which is honestly how I prefer to work. ...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 28 January, 2019