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I was reading about the highly acclaimed Apple series, The Studio with Seth Rogen. He talks about the thinking behind "the oner" approach to shooting the series. First of all, you may already know a "oner" is when you shoot the entire production in one continuous take using one lens. Rogen and his cinematographer, Adam Newport-Berra decided it was apropos to shoot a series about Hollywood as a frantic oner to capture the pace and insanity of producing in a high pressure environment. It was an homage to the 1992 film The Player where Robert Altman shot the first 8 minutes all in a single take. They experimented with different size lens and decided to go with the 21 mm. It allowed them to cover off shooting in a natural way. Rogen mentions this lens allowed them to do all different types of framing including the legendary "cowboy shot" by simply placing the subject matter at different distances from the camera.

For the hardcore cinephiles here's a look at the likes and dislikes of cinemaphotographer Ari Wegner (The Power of the Dog, The Wonder)

Cinematography Style: Ari Wegner Head to https://squarespace.com/indepthcine to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code INDEPTHCINEAri Wegner's cinematography isn'...

Thanks to Brian Barlow, Ewen Farncombe and Lauren Falls for getting us in the Christmas spirit at the annual jazz vespers at Deer park Christ church Jazzy jazz with the Charlie Brown Christmas songs

Winding down our trip to Spain. Final day

Day 4 from Rondo Spain. The heart of southern wine country. Warm and friendly people and more beauty

Day 2. Seville. We enjoyed the typical Spanish architecture. The cathedral had a combination of Moor gothic and renaissance when the Christians took over the mosque and added on to create the cathedral. Lots of steps but worth it. Plaza Espana was also a living postcard.

Day 1 in Spain. Today was Madrid. Their street performers work hard on the streets of Madrid. The skies were so interesting taking the train across the country. Tomorrow,Seville.

It was an urban nature day today