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Has a professional photographer I’ve noticed that photographers usually will reference past photographers but never cinematographers. Last year I watched the film The Fablmans & how a young Steven Spielberg was lectured to by John Ford on how to shoot horizons. I followed the advice that Ford gave to Spielberg into my own photography & my images especially in which a horizon was paramount transformed the emotion of the scene. Since then I started watching films with such a critical eye & am attempting to write my first screenplay.
I found myself resonating with the question of how seriously I take my work, the direction I want to pursue, and what I’m trying to express through it. This introspection has led me to slow down my image-making process and be relentlessly critical in my editing, always striving to perfect my craft. It’s reassuring to know I’m not alone in feeling this way. I used to think that taking oneself seriously in these matters was reserved for those who had already achieved great success. But how can I expect to improve, even if I never gain recognition, if I don’t take my own pursuit seriously?
Thanks for another nicely put together and polished mini-doc! Your videos are always so informative & entertaining, but more importantly inspiring and motivational. Keep it up!
Always appreciate your videos. I like the reference to grammar and how telling a story we have technical tools to help express it along with experience and our creativity. Really like the subtle background in your speaking shots and the clip selection during the intro credits.
“Joe Bob’s New Career” - THAT really caught my eye from the first scene. I could not bring myself to fast-forward past any of it. What a wonderful creation! From the video’s first few seconds, you had my attention because of the superlative lighting on your face. Your work is superb. Congrats on the achievement here.
Thanks for reminding us about the man's genius. Also, another lesson from the Amex commercial is: take the work seriously but don't take yourself too seriously.
I rewound that last point about five times. It was exactly what I needed to be reminded of today. Really appreciate you making these videos! Your work is great as I follow you on IG
I have only seen a handful of your videos… this was the most profound. Not because of Scorsese, but because of the general message. Good things take time.
You touch on a concept that is true with musicians as well as photographers. We all are a culmination of what we put in. And then with persistence create something new (at least to the masses). i.e Led Zeplin, Rollin Stones, Eric Clapton and the list goes on. Thankfully you are here to show us the great photo and film artist that have persisted over time to create their individual art.
Really appreciate this video, thanks Tatiana! You didn’t ask but my favourite of his movies is one of his less popular - Cape Fear. DeNiro is just incredible in it!
Cape Fear is great, my personal favourite would be Raging Bull, I just think it’s a groundbreaking movie in many aspects mainly storytelling and editing for me of course. I appreciate many others but that would be my choice, ultimately! Thank you for watching!
The AMEX ad humorously showed as artists we need to our art seriously, whether amateur or professional, to create quality art. We need to be constantly reviewing our work with a critical eye to be better and we need to be experimenting and learning all the time.
I agree, cinematographers can show the way. They do have the advantage of being able to set up, to create the scene. But they can show what can be done and how to "see" a scene. Kubrick, too, another master of the image. Thanks for the video.
Your videos always make me think. Thank you! Love it! - Being inspired by others is a double-edged sword. In one way, it can make you try things you didn't know were possible, but at the same time, it can also keep you from doing things because you might feel they were already done or the result is a mere copy. Early on in my career as a photographer, I was at Irving Penn's studio in NYC talking to his studio manager - a really wonderful person. When I asked him if he ever felt like taking pictures himself (because he might have been inspired by Irving), he responded, "There is no point really, I feel like every great picture has already been taken." I never forgot that conversation. Even if I don't agree, I can certainly feel how looking at others' work can be inspiring but also creatively blocking, depending on how one looks at it. I myself have experienced both sides: feeling inspired by a photographer, creating an image that resembles that style, only to then feel that it wasn't really me taking that picture. I strongly believe that inspiration should only be used to find and develop your own style. And the moment that happens, it feels absolutely wonderful, like unlocking the ability to finally understand your inner voice - your language that might have seemed foreign before - and suddenly you are capable of "expressing what YOU have to say" :)
Stunning video, Tatiana. You showed that photography and videogravity very close are. Also, you can use some of the techniques in both. And that is having a vision in photography and video is always the start of a project. Antoine.
Wow! Outstanding video. So many good points and so much to interpret and apply to our own style of shooting and creating. Thank you for this video and your insight. Well done my friend! ✌️📷
Very nice work, Mrs Hopper! I just watched some interviews with Scorsese talking about how Fellini's movies influenced him early on (because I came across some of the Italian directors old cameras). If you have not made a video about Steve Schapiro yet, that could be a nice edition to your portfolio.
Thank you SO MUCH for the Scorsese ad for AMEX!!! This is... no WAS... brilliant writing, acting by Marty, directing. (who? Himself?) Laughed hard. But realizing that the time for such great commercials is gone forever now, makes me rather sad. Does anyone have the self irony of Scorsese here anymore? Happy for examples! Greets from Munich.
An excellent video. I had no idea how profound Martin Scorsese was about photography. I wonder which book about him you would recommend. The most recent seems to be 'Martin Scorsese - a retrospective', published in 2022, which I like the look of. It is always a joy to find new angles and experiences of photography and this is one of them. Many thanks
I burst out laughing when you started showing the clips from Dances With Wolves! Scorsese was nominated for Best Director Oscar for Goodfellas but lost to Kevin Costner that year! 🤣
Peace back. Really great. Lots of things to think through. I loved the pull quotes and all your thoughts. So much to chew on. I feel like I always want to watch you twice. Good for view stats, I guess. :)
A lot of food for thought in this video, I particularly appreciate Marty's words when it comes to visual literacy, I feel like its also what you do on your channel indeed and while I haven't been a long long time subscriber I have learned quite a lot over the past videos that I've watched. Appreciate your thoughts and the quality of the videos you make. Please keep it up!
Interesting subject you have chosen for this mini documentary you did here. Martin Scorsese's movie career is as varied as it is fascinating. From Boxcar Bertha (1972) to The Irishman (2019) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), he knows how to produce and capture a story from beginning to end. Silence for example is a visual fest from the first frame to it's last. Martin Scorsese had to work on such films as 'Shutter Island' (2010) in order his passion project Silence (2016). I fell asleep on The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 with good reason. As you said at 6:29, you have take yourself seriously in creating your photography, short films or full length movie. Sometimes, you had to work on some projects you don't care about in order work on your passion project. By the way, his short film The Audition (2015) was made on a budget of $70 million dollars, so he could on other movie projects.. Keep up the great work.
In this age of Instagram and RU-vid and our daily bombardment with vigintillions (1 followed by 63 zeros) of photos and videos, is it THAT important that we take our hobbyist's photographs and videos so seriously? Why should I care what other people think?
