The movie that we can't stop talking about this year is Sinners, the horror movie directed by Ryan Coogler that was such a smash hit that they're bringing it back to theaters for Halloween weekend. (I suggest everyone check it out in IMAX —it's transcendent.)The thing that I think made the movie so special was its visuals, which took us into a world and let us play with all the characters.The cinematographer controlling the camera for the movie was Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who has worked with Coogler for a long time, capturing some of the most stunning scenes we've seen in a while.Recently, she sat down for Variety’s Inside the Frame, where she talked about what it was like to work on this movie.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comWhat Drew Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw To The Project? Arkapaw got to shoot on 35MM cameras as well as IMAX. There were a ton of tools at her disposal, and they helped her capture one of the most poignant and thematically rich scenes in the movie, the arrival of Jack O'Connell's villain.There's a ton of anticipation for that scene, which happens about halfway through the movie. He shows up at a farmhouse and finds sanctuary there after being invited in and killing the people inside — turning them into vampires.Arkapaw told Variety that it was one of her favorite scenes. And even though it happened later in the movie, it was used to open Coogler's screenplay.She said, “I remember when I read it,...
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