How Lawrence Sher Filmed Joker Folie A Deux

[@mattih]

Who should we interview next????

[@ConnorWells]

Definitely Gareth Edwards!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

me

[@AlphaApache]

THE GOAT! Robert Eggers

[@nathanrock5424]

Janusz Kamiński

[@FLAVIOCREATES]

denis villeneuve

[@cbenfey]

Hollywood needs more DPs as grounded and unpretentious, despite being immensely talented, as Lawrence.

[@mattih]

100%

[@TheRealKongKK]

Are DPs known for being pretentious?

[@CineDailies]

I agree

[@LouisLuzuka]

😮

[@mikydubYT]

The interview I needed to see and never knew I needed it. Matti GOAT

[@DLivingston]

This dude when AFK for pretty much a year and his two videos when he shows up are an hour long. BRO.... i love it. :)

[@HugeRidiculous]

Loved working with Larry. Down to earth guy with amazing instincts.

[@Michal_Kokolus]

I remember watching this movie and couldn’t wait to see how Lawrence Sher created those beautiful shots until today! I’ll be back in an hour, let the screening begin!

[@LouisLuzuka]

😮

[@christianreedcreative]

So fun, love this and can’t wait to see more of this series Matti! Let’s go!!

[@stevenkralovec]

The lighting and colors in this vid are so freaking good, Matti! Love it!!

[@AlmqvistRasmus]

I absolutely LOVE this format! It's flipping KOVA(!)

[@rohitkandpal7562]

Incredible work of cinematography in both Joker films 🌌🪄❤️👏

[@ksanders308]

The fact that only 1.4k people have watched this video is wild. Such a thorough breakdown of a beautifully shot film by the DP himself, people are leaving gold on the table. Thanks for making this happen Matti. 🙏

[@mattemonx4315]

Love these interviews. Feels like something uniquely Matti!

[@MaliDaviesPhotography]

Aaah man, you’re smashing it Matti! So glad you came back with these styles of videos. So so good!

[@1NOnlyAdityaOfficial]

keep bringing these kind of insights ❣

[@johnnybermudez]

Welcome back Matti.... Happy New Year brother!

[@Suyorukun]

I've learned so much from this. Thank you for sharing!

[@mlalanne]

man respect for telling a filmmaker to his face that you weren't a fan of his movie

[@LouisLuzuka]

😮

[@eugenoprina]

Excellent interview! Plenty of useful information. Looking forward for the next one. THANK YOU!

[@ArturMaiaCarvalho]

Amazing job! The film is great! The acting is enormous! And cinematography is piece of art

[@Deric.A]

Good to see you back Matti! Hello from Chicago

[@sonycine]

We love Larry! ❤❤

[@mattih]

He’s the best!

[@crysistec]

I have to admit, I unsubscribed about a year ago because the content felt overly focused on gear and consumerism. It came across as general, uneducational, and more oriented toward the KZbin algorithm. However, these last two videos you uploaded are a complete game-changer-so educational, unique, and genuinely helpful. As a working DP, with 99% of my work being commercial, getting insights from top-tier, experienced DPs is invaluable. I'd even pay for more content like this! I’ve resubscribed. Fantastic work!

[@DLivingston]

Bugsy Malone was the first play I ever did when I was like 12. We used Silly String in our guns. Man, blast from the past. Loves these videos btw. Wes Anderson would be awesome on this series.

[@Michal_Kedzierski]

Thanks for sharing this for free, Matti!

[@AlphaApache]

This video already has a better script than the movie, good to see u back on yt

[@kingmuhu]

Great stuff matti.

[@coolbluerecharge]

Dude I absolutely loved Joker 2. Everyone wants a fresh take on film but complain if it’s not their favorite super hero movie. Don’t care I liked it.

[@wildzenventures]

Never even watched the movie, but the details on the filming of it are amazing!

[@roberto_celestri]

Grate content!!! Very happy that you come back

[@007kapz]

Best shot film of 2024

[@s3_build]

Gold. filmmaking gold

[@d4fredffw]

this is amazing access you're giving us. thankx!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lovesickmovie]

I need to know your lenses and camera package, the image rendition here is so next level. Your grading here also is a big part of it of course, but wow those lenses are great.

[@tedrzz]

Agree!!

[@LouisLuzuka]

U right

[@edgaralmeida5496]

Sooo goood. congratulations to both

[@joell4393]

Suomalainen vai? :D Anyways I loved the first video you did with Lawrence and it's so cool to see how these amazings shots were made.

[@TAPPChannel]

Are you back?? I thought youre gone for ever!!! Good to see you man!! Greetings from Chicago

[@andrew_nayes]

Shotdeck is founded by Lawrence Sher, so this video could be a payed "ad", or at least a mutual back-scratching: Sher agreeing to be interviewed if he can promote his company. Affiliate links in the description. If so, Matti's return to youtube could (partly?) be a money issue? Very interesting content nonetheless! Exciting BTS insights. Hope the series continues.

[@tedrzz]

Such a treat to listen to you talk!! The fans gotta know - what did you film this interview on? Love the quality!!

[@barnabasnemeth3552]

This was really nice. 😊

[@HaroldWright_09]

Please tell Larry that this film is an absolute masterpiece! I don't care how many people hate it, it's a perfect film that so many people completely missed the point of.

[@MichaelSchmidt_UrbnPxl]

this was great!!!!!

[@picxlproductions]

I respect Matte for being honest! I still haven't seen it cause I hate musicals. I actually thought people were trolling when they said it was a musical. Can't believe they did that to this series. I'm positive it looks amazing though. But wait, he's never seen Purple Rain? lol

[@sethrotull222]

Matti, I'm sure that autofocus breathing is driving you nuts 🤣

[@mattih]

lol plz don’t talk about it

[@LouisLuzuka]

How did you film this? On the pocket 3 it looks so good 😮❤

[@KaceyBakerFilms]

Henry Braham on his hand held stabilisation and use of cheap Leitz lenses in his past work with James Gunn and up coming Superman film.

[@BelindaFarage]

I love love love bts on sets like these. So complex at times. And I don't know why people freak over musicals. Hey - everybody sings in the shower. Music is us.

[@cineflight1171]

Thank you very much for these insights 🙏

[@anthonypc-248]

A BIG part of how we respond to a movie is the expectations set by the marketing. If you go in expecting a cartoon villain action movie, and find yourself in a slow burn psychological musical... the initial exit-surveys may reflect that confused disappointment. I prepared my family with the correct framing of the genre and they all were very moved by the story. My mom loved it, and didn't even realize how it related to BATMAN. I like films that aren't only rushing through plot, but take time for emotions to sink in. But I still thought it could have been cut down in places when certain songs felt unnecessary to me.

[@LouisLuzuka]

We are back baby ❤🎉😊😊

[@Nick-4K]

I absolutely love the theory that the director didn't want to make a second film and the studio just threw him money, so he was like "fine. I'll show you the failure of an unneeded sequel... or a... folie of deux..."

[@philmaker_]

That‘s still pretty shitty. Taking home 20m for yourself as director and burning 200m, just to intentionally make a bad movie. That’s probably even worse than saying „we just tried making something different, but it didn‘t work“. Because that would at least be respectable in some way.

[@Nick-4K]

@philmaker_ that's understandable. But WB sucks. So I'm glad they lost money on that.

[@ohjein]

I thought the film was great, very misunderstood... in the credits they cover a song by Daniel Johnston. For people who want to understand google him and figure out what made him appealing to many people, imo it's what joker 2 is about.

[@houthat]

W interview

[@adriandayphotography]

Great video! And so informative! I do have one question though at 36.44 in the video there’s a scene in the court room and there’s smoke coming up on the top right side. I don’t understand where it would be motivated (I think that’s the right word.) I understand the use of smoke in a scene but I don’t get why it would be used in puffs in the view of the camera. I get when you want atmosphere smoke helps it’s not like the scene is a fire or someone smoking as it’s a court room. Or am I missing something or not understanding something?

[@LAMPHOUSE.VIDEOS]

But there is an ashtray sitting on a table in front of Arthur, so probably smoking is allowed in this "universe" court room.

[@adriandayphotography]

@@LAMPHOUSE.VIDEOSnice spot !!! I didn’t see that ! That helps me get why there are puffs of smoke ! And not just atmospheric haze

[@MichaelDrowley]

Love the new format Matti! Is it weird I’m annoys by the mic setup? Hidden lav’s will take things up a level!

[@pratimarora7627]

Wait wtf matti is back!

[@bensharplesfilm]

Lawrence Sher the man

[@marcoquinones9557]

Could you make a interview with Galo Olivares?

[@JoshSher_]

You desperately (understandably) tried to invite yourself on a set during the interview, like Musk tried to invite himself to the white house during his interview with Trump 😂 It worked out for him… I hope it works for you too🙏😁 You’re such a great interviewer btw! You have a great feel for asking reeeally good questions, digging at the right places and also being very human with your guests, never having awkward moments. It’s a combination I rarely see and I really enjoy it! keep going💪

[@JonnyRay82]

Awesome!! Despite most reviews, I LOVED this movie!

[@NiceLadyProductions]

I loved Joker Folie a Deux, there were many films this year that used musical aspects. People don’t understand the reason for the mechanism of a musical break and unfortunately comic book fans with certain action film expectations hated on it. It’s brave cinema and this film will be looked back on with favour.

[@83442handle]

It wasn't even a good musical. It was just a tedious bad courtroom drama.

[@murasaki1177]

Matti Happy New Year! See you more in 2025.

[@film_first_productions]

It was a beautiful looking film! It would have been awesome had they done away with the musical numbers.

[@Donny_B]

What, if anything...do yall think could have made it a better movie? Or it least better received? I haven't seen it solely because of all the negative feedback.

[@83442handle]

1. Take out all elements that make it a musical 2. Fire Lady Gaga 3. Complete script rewrite 4. Do not give complete control the Todd Phillips and implement test screenings

[@milkman7674]

Sad they took this direction. They should’ve known it was gonna flip when people leaked it was a musical and that was received terribly.

[@HDBnB1]

I’m confused. Did the Joker movie do really bad or something?

[@LowBudgetHighRollers]

If you have to ask that question then you know it bombed 😂

[@Alec15]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3104">51:44</a> this is movie magic haha

[@FabianRoeglin]

Matti are you officially back or are these just leftovers? Talk to us, what is going on :D

[@heynow2880]

The movie was so beautiful on a cinematography level. I think there was way to much singing and the ending was terrible. I know Joaquin Phoenix was not going to do another one but it really left the ending flat. Super disappointing story. It was great besides the singing until he said he is no longer the Joker. That is when the movie came off the tracks.

[@raredreamfootage]

I wonder how many chances the above the line team gets when a movie flops at the box office? Will Lawrence Sher get another chance at DP'ing another big budget movie? The reality is, everything hinges on the box office numbers. If the cinematography is breathtaking, but if it fails to pull in the numbers, then the studios will start to devalue such cinematography, they will think it is an unnecessary expense. They don't look at the results in a vacuum without accounting for the money it makes.

[@tristenmoles7933]

He absolutely will. His work was one of the few things that even people that disliked the story could agree that he did a hell of a job shooting this film. If anyone is safe its Mr. Sher.

[@raredreamfootage]

@@tristenmoles7933 But compared to a cinematographer from a box office hit in the same year? If you're a studio, wouldn't you go for the cinematographer behind the most recent box office success?

[@rcksta1]

Watched the film and didn’t liked it at all but I appreciate the cinematography and this video made me realize it in another way

[@orcanimal]

The only good thing about Joker 2 was the cinematography!

[@leomakela709]

Renny Harlin next

[@jorgeguerrero8708]

En español por favor

[@MrKevinKlatt]

🎉

[@Xcx284]

It failed because they made it into a fkin musical! What were they even thinking?? This movie was definitely intended for grown ups. Grown ups don’t watch musicals. Reserve that for the teens.

[@KenFlanagan]

The use of shotdeck like this just picking your favourite films and things to rip, explains a lot of how experienced filmmakers completely miss the point and cohesion of the film and story simple because they actually overestimate their talent to move past their influences they they are happy to completely rip. Instead of supporting the story these influences and key frames and often conflicting mood references bts look like throwing mud at the wall and then using a thin cliched story to give an excuse to have these favourite moments in. The fact that there is no similar video about the writing process tells us everything about the talent sets involved here.

Cinematography was good. Sadly, as I predicted, they transitioned to a full on musical because of Gaga. I stopped watching at 35 minutes.

[@mzzah06]

No this movie was actually terrible. I’m glad you told him it was lol

[@stonybrain]

wtf ? You told him his story sucked ?!! 😂😂😂 good job on that ! It’s horrible!

[@wdubduece8913]

Second Joker was super trash. I could watch it a thousand times and it'll still be awful. Insanely disappointed. If the audience doesnt like it, then whats the point?

[@heynow2880]

Your awful Murry

[@KenFlanagan]

They took a franchise and had an approach but the quality of the joker was let down by some of the worded plot and story development I have ever seen. Is succeeded as style over substance but as a film imo it was a turkey with some great set pieces. This second film was an accident waiting to happen and only an overly hubristic mentally couldn’t see this. To now talk about something when everyone in film emphasises story and script but to ignore that and talk about technique misses the essential element of any creative and that is to call out something when it isn’t working. This is basic artistic integrity rather than an exercise in taking the money and running. I have great respect for Asher for shotdeck and his general honesty but he is trapped by his own career prospects and can’t call out a turkey when it turns up at Christmas begging to be put out of its misery. This should be all about how can “talented” working professionals make such awful work given the resources at their disposal. Joker is not the only film like this. Time for some real honesty maybe.

[@zulutimeproductions3143]

Don’t turn the Joker franchise into a musical. That’s it. Complete and utter nonsense. There were atleast 17 million opportunities in preproduction to toss the script in the trash and not do this.

[@foreignhades6788]

I thought this dude was done with KZbin? Let me guess he tried to sell a course or community and didn't work and now he's back on here trying to make some money again?

[@LowBudgetHighRollers]

lol he should have told them the movie would bomb!!! I wouldn’t be proud to have my name attached to that movie. They ruined a billion dollar franchise.

[@DMRCapitalHill]

Dp was great but movie was self destruction to the industry

[@gritmultimedia]

The film was a beautiful looking statement against the effect of the first one. A boring one.

[@omaralcantara1142]

amazing visuals, horrible story no need for a re-watch loll the look can't save bad writing I'm sorry I wasn't a fan either the first one was great though.

[@arasgeylani]

It dont matter mate, this movie SUCKED

[@aifotos]

Well, to be completely honest, that movie sucks, and I know the director was forced to made it.

[@DrBadHabits]

Cool bts but I didnt like this movie.

[@huwpenson2678]

such an unnecessary movie

[@adamartcinematography8739]

How Can you make that movie in 2024? Rubbish!

[@KenFlanagan]

They took a franchise and had an approach but the quality of the joker was let down by some of the worded plot and story development I have ever seen. Is succeeded as style over substance but as a film imo it was a turkey with some great set pieces. This second film was an accident waiting to happen and only an overly hubristic mentally couldn’t see this. To now talk about something when everyone in film emphasises story and script but to ignore that and talk about technique misses the essential element of any creative and that is to call out something when it isn’t working. This is basic artistic integrity rather than an exercise in taking the money and running. I have great respect for Asher for shotdeck and his general honesty but he is trapped by his own career prospects and can’t call out a turkey when it turns up at Christmas begging to be put out of its misery. This should be all about how can “talented” working professionals make such awful work given the resources at their disposal. Joker is not the only film like this. Time for some real honesty maybe. Hang on I think the penny just dropped. Why is Sher talking about this disappointment of a film? I get it it’s a giant add for shotdeck. Jesus! No shame.