The Premieres category at the Sundance Film Festival is reserved for world premieres of “highly anticipated narrative films of the coming year.” In other words, these are the films you’ve already been hearing about or will be hearing about as 2019 unfolds. They usually have an established director or a cast full of well-known talent. While ineligible for Grand Jury prizes, these films can still get audience awards, and their success at the festival (audience reception and reviews written) can determine their distribution, how high the heat is cranked under the film’s p&a, or how wide (or narrow) a release it will have. Fighting with My Family already has plenty of heat, stoked by its stellar cast, including Box Office knockout, Dwayne Johnson. Here’s a quick look at how the film was shot and lensed from DP Remi Adefarasin. Florence Pugh appears in Fighting with My Family by Stephen Merchant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. DP: Remi Adefarasin OBE, BSC Film: Fighting with my Family (dir. Stephen Merchant) Sundance Category: Premieres (Surprise Screening) Optics: Arri Master Anamorphic Primes, Angenieux Anamorphic Zooms DP Philosophy: For me every film is different, and I try to find a heart and soul of each film from the script. For this film, I had read the script, but the film is also based on a real life family, and there was a documentary made about the family and their experience in the wrestling ring. I usually try not to watch films of a similar subject to the film I’m...
Published By: CineD - Saturday, 2 February, 2019