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Podcast: Cinematography Podcast - Cam Noir
Episode: Wally Pfister, director/cinematographer PART 2: Inception, Moneyball, The Dark Knight Rises, winning an Oscar, moving into directing, and listener questions
Description: We continue our conversation with Oscar winning cinematographer Wally Pfister- don't miss Part 1.
When much of the film world was going digital, Christopher Nolan and Wally began to experiment with large-format IMAX cameras. They had used the IMAX format for some of the visual tricks on The Prestige, and Wally was excited to try shooting more on The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. Wally did lots of tests with lighting and specially created IMAX lenses, which have a massive frame and shallow depth of field.
Just after The Dark Knight, Wally was hired...