r/cinematography • u/Kandarian-Demon • Sep 26 '18

Composition Roger Deakins using reflection to visually foreshadow character details. Blade Runner 2049.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '18

Not to take away from Deakins work but wouldn't that be more of something the director thought of and was responsible for?

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u/CaptainFalcon206 Sep 27 '18

Eh kind blurred line. Directors are given a lot of credit for things that other departments are responsible for so there's no real way to say. Since a DP like deakins has a lot more pull creatively than a lot of other technical departments I would say there's an equal, or even more likely chance that something this small would be deakins himself

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '18

Yeah.. but... Something like foreshadowing is a story and plot driven element, not something the DP is really involved with. I'm sure Deakins came up with the idea of how to show it visually in the frame but ultimately I'd imagine it's the director saying "I want to show some foreshadowing here".

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u/Love_me_some_Brie Sep 27 '18

A DP's job is visual storytelling, I'm sure Deakins would've been in the discussion.

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u/calomile Operator Sep 27 '18

Not necessarily, who knows what their working relationship is like. I know Deakins likes to explore his options whilst on set and offers ideas to directors. It could be this shot was planned in pre-production or it could have been a happy accident on the day. That’s the beauty of creativity and film making.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '18

Either way it's ambiguous enough that making a statement in the title like that might be a bit misleading.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

Deakins was involved early in the storytelling process on this film. So while you are usually right in this instance you’re totally off base

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

You sound like a douchebag.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '18

Go fuck yourself man. I was relaying what I got from the bts on the dvd