Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Cinematography Podcast - Cam Noir
Episode: Cinematographer Mihai Mălaimare Jr. on shooting the stylized Western film, The Harder They Fall
Description: Cinematographer Miahi Mălaimare Jr. understands the power of images to communicate a feeling right away, and in a more straightforward way than with spoken language. For The Harder They Fall, Mihai discovered that as both a director and a singer-songwriter, Jeymes Samuel communicates through music, and the two enjoyed working together to find the visual language of the film. The Harder They Fall is a mashup of blaxploitation, spaghetti Western and musical in one sprawling and stylish package. Samuel had previously made a shorter Western called They Die By Dawn, but Mihai had never shot a Western before. T...