I had a discussion with my teacher this week and decided to narrow down my thesis topic again. In my feedback from last semester, my teacher suggested that I should not focus on all types of films, but rather one film or director, and I wanted to be able to explore a film that had very specific and representative lighting, and explore how its cinematography affected the audience’s understanding of the characters and the course of the story.
Roger Deakins is a cinematographer I found in my search for direction. He served as director of photography for many films, and his lighting and shots are very distinctive, such as Blade Runner 2049, James Bond, etc. I wanted to use him as an entry point to find special films to discuss.