Director Christopher Nolan and his cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema is known for their collaboration on Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), and Tenet (2020). Nolan in particular is well known for capturing everything in camera. In this video, Nolan and Hoytema explains their reasons for shooting and capturing things in camera rather than shooting on green screens.
They’ve also been increasing the amount of use of the IMAX camera, which is known to be an extremely expensive and difficult camera to work with. Nolan and Hoytema explains exactly why they film on IMAX and the importance of it for them.
Enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS⏰
00:00 Intro
00:27 Why Nolan films everything in camera
01:31 Hoytema explains why they film everything in camera
03:01 Hoytema explains about the VFX prep process
04:50 Nolan explains the impact of analog film
06:44 Nolan explains why they film on IMAX
08:15 Hoytema explains why they film on IMAX
SOURCES ✔
Christopher Nolan Interview
https://youtu.be/VtH6kiPbMBw
Christopher Nolan: The full interview - Newsnight https://youtu.be/49Jt5k1W0bw
Hoyte van Hoytema Interview
https://apple.co/3pOaOBQ
https://bit.ly/3ncpGbo
IMAX Blu-ray VS 70mm https://youtu.be/9oK3dN8pnGc
TENET BTS https://youtu.be/u0hCSxqnjT0
TENET IMAX Comparison https://youtu.be/UpijvbRSkMc
For the Love of Film – Interstellar IMAX® Featurette https://youtu.be/fdwHVtAan38
Christopher Nolan’s IMAX compilation https://youtu.be/7PzZtvY_PqM
