The Cinematography of Hustlers | Camera & Lighting Breakdown

[@anhdvids]

These guest professionals are just so dang good at explaining things

[@indymogul]

Todd is a talented guy! Seriously just best time getting to sit and learn from him.

[@KasaiFilms8]

I need to be best friends with Todd. He is the most articulate and genius cinematographer I've ever listened to. EXCELLENT explanations!

[@indymogul]

Todd is the real deal. An absolute gem of a person and an artist.

[@chatterboxxtvv]

Definitely stealing some of these lighting tricks.

[@rworldproductions7610]

your not kidding. Our latest short was shot at night and the part about the white light was so insightful.

[@jas_bataille]

“So I think it was just like, ya know... a 24K tungsten spot hanging above some building 3 blocks away” Jesus Christ, man

[@toddbanhazl]

lol

[@HeyHeyCaseyRae]

Wow my mind is blown. I could listen to him explain things all day long.

[@konradnoises]

You guys are crushing it! This is the best. Please keep bringing them!

[@marin_real_estate_photography]

This is the best series on youtube, hands down. Thanks for all the great work and for the inspiring guests. Man, the art and lighting budgets on these films must be huge.

[@toddbanhazl]

the budgets are bigger yes but the philosophies and approaches are exactly the same if you have small single lightbulb work lamp or a huge light on a crane. placement, direction, color, quality, emotion, shaping a face, and story reasoning don't change.

[@SidewaysUpJoe]

So many little things brought to 'light' ;) Creating a painting with light, thanks.

[@MichalisCatinas]

as a new filmmaker, i am shocked... Thank you so much for all those insights, just mindblowing!

[@Kriscoart]

Wow this was so much great knowledge condensed in one video! Super useful stuff

[@robertnees9781]

👍👍👍👍👍GREAT Video, I've seen Todd Banhazl's work on and off for years, he was born w/ a great set of natural cinema lens 🎥 instead of eyes 👀

[@rworldproductions7610]

As a “filmmaker” myself, this is very helpful. Cinematography is so important, making the actor stand out in a dark background is difficult. We encountered this problem on our newest short. This gives me new ideas for our next dark shoot. Thank you sharing !!!

[@Absquatulationist]

Can you put links to Todd's stuff in the description? I'd love to see that with every guest.

[@HaydenPedersen]

Thanks for the cheeky clip reference 😂 9:29

[@v2lab]

This was incredible & Todd explained everything super well

[@arthurrmcphee4885]

The man Tod is a genius, what a wonderful youtube channel I've happily stumbled upon. Thank you for making these videos!

[@indymogul]

thanks for tuning in. :)

[@MajorAddiction]

terrific explanation of how and why pieces/lenses/ lighting were used

[@fooddoodz1417]

This is the kind of info I buy DVDs and Blu-Rays to get.... Only this is way less hand-wavy. Thank you sooooo much for helping outsiders learn the dark arts!

[@JonJOn0]

Man, this was intense. At some point I started taking notes with all the informations coming through. I especially loved the bar scene breakdown, but overall there is so much to learn in here! Definitely my new favorite youtube video series format.

[@victorbart]

I love this series! I learn so much from each episode! So down to earth and easy to understand!

[@Riptwo]

I love this! I feel like some of my lighting choices are kind of arbitrary, so it's always helpful to see someone explain their thought process behind lighting a specific scene. I've already been reflecting on how I could have lit some scenes differently, and videos like this are definitely going to play a role in how I approach scenes going forward. Thanks so much for this!

[@indymogul]

you bet! It was just as much fun to learn there in person.

[@DHOWSR4DEEPDEPOT]

I watch these videos with utter awe !! thanks.

[@olegtriers8882]

Def writing down using the spot of white light in colorful scenes! Damn good stuff!

[@indymogul]

such a good tip!

[@huyked]

Nice. I watched this movie already, too. Great to see the professional behind it.

[@Un_Known_known]

My fav series. Please bring more of these... ❤️

[@JAYHORNFILMS]

I learn so much from your channel bro. Thanks for enlightening us Independent Filmmakers.

[@venjemen4444]

un-fuckin-believably love this series fam. so much good/valuable edutainment.

[@LesterKamstra]

These last videos are soo good. Love them!

[@GatesRick]

Wow! Keep these quality guests coming.

[@Writtenmirror]

Wowser! This guy is so useful but simultaneously uncomplicated. I can't wait to have lighting like this for my stories. Look out world! Haha 😂🔥🙌🏾

[@gonzalogayoso5555]

make more of these videos with DPs explaining!!! awesome content. congrats!

[@salvadordejesus758]

Good stuff here. The guests are so incredible. Keep up the good work Indy Mogul. Subscribed and liked🤞💪

[@ThibaultMenuPROD]

Thanks for your work, great stuff !!

[@Jayveel]

Only watching this back now and the part with Hayden caught me so off guard hahahahaha

[@ProfessorOzone]

That was truly awesome. Thank you.

[@TheWorldofPierre]

These videos are amazing! Keep them coming :)

[@tylerw9160]

These are such awesome gets for the show. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@IslandFilmMaker]

That was amazing! Thx Todd! Learn sooo much!! Great to see a Major movie breakdown with the Cinematographer that was involved in these scenes.

[@indymogul]

thanks Richard!

[@cameranerdsmedia]

This is amazing! Please do more of these!

[@indymogul]

We've got some amazing DP's coming up soon. Hang tight. :)

[@mastixmastix]

Really great video. Thank you !!

[@PopartFilms]

I just learned SO much.

[@WendellFavacho]

This is a class of how to use lights! Tks for that

[@patreeya2279]

This man is a genius

[@CheeseOnEverything]

So interesting how much goes into just lighting a scene perfectly.

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

Great Episode Indy

[@PlaylistProductions]

Haze to make the whole set a diffusion light box.. Nice.. That's happening in Australia right now with all the bush fires..

[@rken100]

Wow these breakdown are awesome

[@DeanAllman]

This was excellent, thanks!

[@ThePlaceForThings]

wow lots of gems in here

[@WTHelge]

Loved this! More lighting videos, please :D

[@TheTerminator619sd]

so sik, amazing work

[@Rezin_8]

I had my drone watching Sickomode film shoot for 2 batteries 😂🔎 the colors were amazing! Props, Camera's, Rigs, Lighting 😱📽 This video is stellar! Thank you guys for this open knowledge 🔎🧠❤

[@Rezin_8]

@@TheeBamse I had to smooth talk HPD to not seize my unit and footage 💪😂

[@bluefilmsltd]

You need to get Tod Campbell on here

[@makakiin]

eye opening!

[@SuguAmesi]

Awesome to see the creative thought process behind this, hope the movie is any good tho

[@meg8454]

DJ Indy Mogul ❗

[@KaidoLP]

Do I see this correctly, the condor is in frame in the rooftop scene

[@toddbanhazl]

yep haha. oops

[@Thats_my_Point]

Todd Banhazl looks like NYC to me 😅

[@toddbanhazl]

@@Thats_my_Point that was our hope haha. theres construction everywhere!!!

[@deepaktomar8946]

I just love your channel. Can you please make a video on capturing dialogues. I mean how do they do it in movies, is it live recording while shooting films or they do the complete dubbing? If dubbing then how do they make it so real?

[@Mohammedazizieh]

very creative Thank you better than a million lecture

[@timexoticpetsandevents1991]

Nice video bro

[@johnmcnally7812]

On the whip pan, at 6:32, that was used to disguise a cut? I'm only asking because I have heard editors state that great cinematographers born in the editing room, and this seems like an example of what they are talking about. Edit: Also thank you again for getting some great people on to take about their craft.

[@toddbanhazl]

we used the whip pans to hide the cut yes, so the editor could choose the best performance take but keep the feeling of a live whip pan. maximum flexibility in the footage while maintaining strong creative choices.

[@Andybaby]

FANTASTIC BREAKDOWN, THANKS!! Q: 3:50 The main light (on the crane) is "2 or 3 blocks away" - huh?

[@toddbanhazl]

hi! the main light was on a crane and we parked the base of the crane down the street and maybe 2 blocks away from the rooftop we were shooting on. Then the crane arm extended high in the air above the buildings (imagine a construction crane working on a sky scraper), and we aimed the light. We did this so the light would be out of the shot background, but it has to be bright enough to reach our roof top. hope that helps

[@AstroSirrus]

This is awesome! Can you use a Fog Machine as a Haver?

[@toddbanhazl]

hi! fog will be thicker than haze and it disappears more quickly. Haze is thinner and hangs in the air longer.

[@JohnLuna]

GOLD

[@indymogul]

[@riffbaama]

Second comment here... haha! I really really really love this channel

[@MICKYSTATEN]

Lmao you guys, that was a picture of Jane’s daughter , Anna, not Jane 😂. I gotta show her this, lol.

[@stevenblavo5835]

First comment here.. Great content as always.

[@indymogul]

thanks for showing up early Steven :)

[@tany6644]

just as clear cut. Next time please include the camera colour temperature please

[@JWS1968]

As usual a very interesting video. Now we know that we can't afford to shoot night scenes. HAHA. Still cool though.

[@toddbanhazl]

if we had been low budget i would have put the backlight on the roof and used something smaller and affordable. the fogger isnt crazy expensive to rent and the front LED fill is very affordable :) the roof was wet down but there was a hose on the roof already!! theres always a way

[@JosephReviewsFilm]

At 3:03 That was not Jane Musky, that was Jane Musky’s daughter.

[@vargheesejoseph6729]

Gold

[@indymogul]

[@andreaskrause]

He sounds like Tony Hawk :D

[@eobiri]

great video BUT kindly tone down the SOUND of the pen of your guests scribbling, it's kind of disturb me any time I watched your videos.

[@MartinJablonski]

24-275mm 2.8 what kind of beast is this lens?

[@toddbanhazl]

its a panavision zoom. SLZ-11.

[@saikatchattopadhyay8263]

me to Indi Mogul : 'how come you're so good!!'

[@Arvutimaailm]

if you speak about the lenses in mm is this for 35mm or super35 equivalent?

[@robertnees9781]

Full 35MM equivalent for those PV lens, the Panavision DXL 2 is a large format (8k) 46mm sensor (it is the RED’s Monstro sensor).

[@toddbanhazl]

we shot 6k,7k,and 8k on the dxl2 sensor so they are kinda wider in my wide. like a 35mm felt like a 25mm and a 50 felt like a 35m. (in super 35 field of view terms)

[@rohitvyavahare5727]

U should ask questions about Colour temperature

[@toddbanhazl]

on the roof we selected the camera color temp based on how the buildings in the background looked, we scouted early and took photos. the movie lights followed that decision.

[@rohitvyavahare5727]

@@toddbanhazl Thank U sir. ♥️👍

[@jazzgordan4556]

Damn this shit is good lol

[@donjreyoung]

I saw the thumbnail and got confused as hell. Thought it was the Hulk with blue arms hugging someone.

[@lahamada]

Can someone explain what a master is regarding shooting a scene?

[@NatesFilmTutorials]

LaHamada the main/wide shot

[@toddbanhazl]

a master is typically the first and fundamental shot of a scene. like a big wide or a moving oner etc. whatever the main shot will be, and then from the there the rest of the shots help build the scene for the edit. the master is typically a wide shot because its good for the actors and crew to get used to the scene. once you've nailed the master shot, you can go in for coverage, meds, closeups, inserts, reverses, special moments, etc.

[@francodeercow]

👍👍👍

[@thatchinaboi]

I would like to know why the DP and the director chose to use spherical and to crop over shooting anamorphic.

[@toddbanhazl]

we thought anamoprhic would feel too much like a music video in a world that is as poppy and extravagant and full of excess as this. we didn't want to lose the human element. we wanted to ground the images in something more human and gritty so we chose spherical lenses but in large format which still have that big epic feeling that you can get from anamorphic. hope that helps

[@dewi-fon-evans]

Damn, can't for a better reply than from the man himself 😂 great work Todd!

[@Thats_my_Point]

Todd Banhazl call me crazy (I only saw the movie once when it first came out), but I feel like I remember being innately humored by the Usher scene because I think you actually did go Anamorphic because that was such like a fantastical wild unexpected moment in the story of the characters. And congrats on this movie. I watched it and I thought it was one of the best films of the year. I know a lot of other people felt that way too. When you said lightning in a bottle, I completely agreed with you. This was a fantastic project, you did a fantastic job, and every part of it is really awesome

[@toddbanhazl]

@@Thats_my_Point thanks buddy. yes the usher scene is anamorphic because we wanted that one scene to look like an actual music video. it's the height of excess before it crashes down. so fun to shoot.

[@toddbanhazl]

rad that you spotted that

[@KaidoLP]

Can you get David F. Sandberg (ponysmasher) on the show. He is the director you need to talk to

[@Thats_my_Point]

Kaido1 they teamed up with Film Riot to do that a few years ago!

[@indymogul]

yep! And that would be amazing. Would love to do a video together with him soon.

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Hey @ Indy Mogul PLEASE!!! do something with that awful sound of the marker, just because of that I can`t watch the videos.

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And u think your GoPro is good enf

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@WoolFlannel The templates are the best designed ones from the competition I hear. How did you find them?

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@WoolFlannel Get it. Thanks man.

[@atutor1]

12:15

[@adaptiveplexus]

I did not hit her, I did not.... oh hi Mark!

[@salmanoye]

lol spoiler alerts

[@_rhapsodist]

the movie sucked big time though