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sweetlemondream · 8 months
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it looks like heavens light is shining down and engulfing crowley as hes doing this kind deed for zira i think im gonna faint...
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After watching beyond evil, I was drew into this universe created by the drama and refused to leave. I am crazily seeking for more content around the characters, rewatch to capture more details, curious to know more about the MLs… it is a very unique experience for me and seems I am not alone.
I am wondering what set this drama apart? Why does BE has this strong psychological pull on the audience? Is it because the strong emotions yet revealed in a such reserved way that makes people wanting more? Is it because of the plot? The design of the characters? Really like your detailed analysis. Hope to see your view on this topic.
Firstly, thank you for your ask! I love talking about this show, so this is super cool for me. 
Secondly, I’ve taken a few days to think through my answer because you gave me such wonderful questions, I wanted to reply with something worth your while. 
Okay… WHERE TO START?!
Beyond Evil (Monster/괴물) is a show that ensnares its audiences and gives them a disease that is angrily, desperately, and affectionately named Beyond Evil Brainrot. Many of us on this website are victims of this disease. It is long-term and tends to affect the everyday lives of its victims. 
[Grab a snack, make a drink, get comfortable and forgive my grammar mistakes.]
I can’t really talk about this show in an essay format today (my brain is fried), so I will give bullet points and explanations of why I think this show has such a “psychological pull” (as you brilliantly put it) on its audience. 
The visuals!!  Beyond Evil’s cinemaphotographer, Jang Jong Kyung, and director Shim Na Yeon are a real dream team when creating a suspenseful and intimate atmosphere. Beyond Evil’s three signature visual motifs are:
Visually appealing cinematics
Unconventional blocking (i.e, actors' faces won't fully be in the frame, actors' backs to the camera, etc.)
Extreme closeups 
  Not only do these visual languages convey the tone of a thriller crime drama wonderfully, as it leaves the audience feeling on edge, but its main focus is to convey the emotions of our main two characters. Especially, the closeup shots. These shots encourage the audience to feel the intimacy of the scene; its gravity, intensity, and its importance. The actor’s face will take up the entire screen, so, all we are left to digest is the character’s words and emotions. 
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It’s a powerful move that not all crime dramas use (it is usually reserved for Han Joo Won and Lee Dong Sik). The common motifs for the crime genre that I have seen in dramas (from Western and Eastern media) are darker lighting exposure, darker colour palette, night-time scenes, uncomfortable or liminal location settings, and grand or dramatic moments. 
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Beyond Evil does utilise all of these visuals as well. However, what I find to be so appealing about Beyond Evil (in comparison) is how ordinary everything is. The main focus is Manyang and its small-town simplicities. The creators really pulled this off. Manyang feels tiny, it doesn’t look or feel like a financially well-off area and its people seem just like… normal human beings. They achieved this with brilliant location scouting, clever shot choices, and a colour palette (of the sets, clothes, and the post-edit).
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The small town/village "vibe" is created through these choices and it produces a town that feels very South Korean but also international. I know this town, I know these people. It goes beyond culture, whilst still honouring their culture.
Beyond Evil’s strength is its visual simplicity. It isn’t grand or luxurious; it’s beautifully mundane and intimate.
Visually, the show replicates how everyday people experience their lives so beautifully: not everything is pretty, most things are boring and mundane, and every now and then, everything can become so intense that the rest of the world falls away.
2. Complexities Okay, now let's get to the juicy part of the show: its storytelling and characters.  [This is quite a complex section that has a lot of moving parts, so I’ll try to be as concise as possible. I won’t go into as much detail as I possibly could as I’m trying to be conscious of how much I am rambling.]
A very simple summary of this show is it is complex. I’m not talking about the murder mystery, as (personally) I found that to be very obvious (I figured out who did the murders in episode 2) but it is the characters themselves and their relationships/lives that are complex.
[I'm going to break this up into little mini sections and then go into more detail about our two main sweet baby boys.]
Beyond Evil's scriptwriter, Kim Soo Jin and director, Sim Na Yeon, provide its audience with an array of characters that are multi-faceted, complex, flawed and so real. (Also due to the fact that they are both cis women, they tell the story through the female gaze.) Let's focus mainly on Han Joo Won and Lee Dong Sik, as they are the main characters and they are the most fully explored characters. But I must first say, the secondary characters in this show are bloody fantastic! They are human, they have their own shit going on, their own flaws, traumas, and quirks. The secondary characters are a joy and all of them really add something either to the plot or to the world-building. (hello?? Ji Hwa?? I love her. Ji Hoon? He scares me but I also want to be his friend. Jae Yi?? She can slap me any day. Jung Je? Let me hug him. Hyuk? Let me dissect him and love him forever. Gwang Young?? That man is smarter than he lets on and I want to gossip with him. Sang Bae? He loves Dong Sik like a son and I love that for him. Gil Goo? Well... hm, he needs a talking to but he was very nice to Jae Yi... and so on.)
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Anyway... Beyond Evil is a show that can be seen in two parts (I go into a bit more detail about this here): first viewing it is a murder mystery and on a second viewing, it is a love story. The creators don't just focus on romantic love but all the different kinds of love someone can have in their lives.
The way they do this is by focussing on these elements:
false perspectives, broken families and found family, morality, acceptance, trauma, and human connection.
We are shown these elements through Dong Sik and Joo Won getting to know and accept one another. These two men are so wonderfully complex and flawed. Their choices feel organic and represent the thought processes of two emotionally damaged people. They have both been through a lot, either because of people's actions or because of their own. They aren't always kind. They both have a temper but both are actually extremely good, gentle people, that are so in need of love. They both want love but struggle because of the trauma they experienced early on in their lives. Their story is so beautiful. They are two flawed people forced into a terrible situation and through their own mistakes (a lot of Joo Won's mistakes, let's be honest...), they face even more trauma. But instead of it pushing them apart, it brings them closer together. Lee Dong Sik has a community around him but he doesn't fully trust them, and he doesn't want to hurt them. He is a man that is on the edge of being suicidal. He clearly has some deep-seated mental health issues and is in need of extensive therapy. His life is in a rut, and he's just going through the motions- he's not really experiencing life to its fullest. Then Joo Won comes SMASHING through like a fucking thunderstorm and drenches Dong Sik's entire life with his being.
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Han Joo Won has two people in his life: his emotionally (maybe physically???) abusive and negligent father and his father's former employee and Joo Won's former tutor (but also his best friend) Kwon Hyuk. Joo Won doesn't have a community, he's emotionally stunted and literally doesn't recognise kindness or love when it's presented to him. (the emotional abuse he must have continuously faced growing up to make him this way... fuck. side note: I fully believe Joo Won has ASD also.) Joo Won is a purposely unkind person, who - despite appearances - doesn't have any of his shit together. Then Dong Sik brings Joo Won into his community (kicking and screaming and crying) and tells him that it's okay. He shows Joo Won that he doesn't have to be perfect, he doesn't have to have his shit together, he just has to be good and kind (which Joo Won is) and everyone will accept him.
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They both started the story unable to fully trust people. Both were afraid to let other people in. They purposely caused trouble for themselves and were as unlikable as possible for display, whilst keeping secrets and enduring dangerous situations by themselves. Until they grew to know one another, and then, by the end, they have no secrets (from each other) and trust one another completely. But they're far from perfect and actually need time apart to get over their relationship/shared history. But still, they have a bond that they don't have with anyone else. (Isn't that the purest and sweetest form of love? Acceptance and unity.)
That is the beauty of this show. It allows its characters to be as human as possible. They aren't always pretty, they make mistakes and can be outright awful sometimes. But it gives them the time to grow and forgives them. Not everyone is 100% good or 100% bad. Life would be so much easier if that were the case but it isn't.
Even the villains in this show are multi-layered...
3. Victim focussed I'm going to be a bit quicker with this one. The show's focus is on the victims, their families, and their communities. It highlights how murder affects not just the victim but everyone who knew them. It doesn't shy away from the darker side of women being murdered (the smear campaign against Min Jeong) without focussing on sexual assault (unlike all those male writers that love writing about women being sexually assaulted. ew). The show REFUSES to slut shame sex workers and instead, gives us wonderful feminist ideology through Dong Sik. The murderers and their accomplices are not glorified or glamorised. The why, what, and how is not the main importance of this story. And personally, I don't give a flying fuck why Jin Mook did what he did- I'd rather find out what the victims did in their lives beforehand. The villains are the weakest characters, AS THEY SHOULD BE. It's not about them, as it shouldn't be. They get forgotten. I remember the names of more victims than Jung Je's mum's name. As. it. should. be.
4. Acting Again, going to be short with this one. This show has some of the best acting I have ever seen! Everyone fucking kills their respective roles. But let's give a huge "shout out" to Shin Ha Kyun (Lee Dong Sik) and Yeo Jin Goo (Han Joo Won). They are outstanding and so brilliantly matched in their talents. They understand their characters and their dynamic so well... Really, this show has the best casting. I can't imagine any other actor playing these characters.
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5. Chemistry Shin Ha Kyun and Yeo Jin Goo have the best chemistry. Seriously, I have seen them both in other projects and they never disappoint, they're wonderful opposite their respective co-stars... but their on-screen chemistry is special. It is tangible, it's magnetic, it's outstanding and so natural. Who does unresolved sexual-angry-undying-love tension quite like them??
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(^ a better summary than I could ever give)
6. Queer subtext/ Queer audience I hate to break it to anyone who missed it or doesn't want to see it (or disagrees, which is fine but... confusing) but this show is queer. Han Joo Won and Lee Dong Sik are into each other. Obviously, their story is far more complex than that, nor it is always healthy. But they do have some sort of feelings for one another. These two are queer coded to high heaven (or hell, if you're being cute) and it's not just the audience projecting their feelings onto the characters, but the actors themselves saw that Joo Won and Dong Sik were in a "secret relationship" (as Jin Goo put it). Queer-coded shows and characters resonated deeply with queer communities/audiences. I think because their relationship was never fully 100% confirmed either with a "yes, we are a couple" or an on-screen kiss, or something, it is instead shown through hints and clues, it causes queer people to fall in love with it. This is partly due to everything I have previously mentioned but also because of the lack of representation, especially in the crime/mystery genre. I could go on forever about this but... I won't because that would be tedious.
[Side note: this show has a very interesting relationship with religion. It is explored through Dong Sik who grew up in a religious family but actively didn't partake in the activities/belief. Then he goes on to lose his family and the community. Then has Joo Won come into his life and promises to go to hell for him, and then have scenes where Dong Sik looks up to the skies and whispers his name like it's a prayer... and then the arrest scenes... It's just. a. lot. That mixed with the queer subtext, it is very delicious.]
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(^ Joo Won making himself into the sacrificial lamb to protect Dong Sik, either with the end goal of dying or "going to hell" in his sted.)
7. Wonderfully attractive people They're good to look at. It helps.
 8. The Ending Episode 16 is a bitch.
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I believe it is the reason that a lot of people are left wanting more of this show. Obviously because of the previous 15 episodes but also, because, about 40-50 minutes of that episode is just trauma. It is so beautiful and heartbreaking. Then BAM! The last few scenes are so light (visually and subject matter) in comparison that it is a breath of fresh air... but it doesn't last very long. We barely get any happiness after so much heavy shit.
The ending is treated as an epilogue but it ('it' being the whole show) is actually the prologue to these characters' lives. We know that the last scene isn't the end of Dong Sik and Joo Won's story. The last shot is Joo Won walking away but we know he's coming back. Because Joo Won always comes back to Dong Sik. Now that he has him, he's never going to let go again.
(I don't want a season two, I NEED a season two. But we're probably never going to get one and that is a good and sad thing)
This show is so beautiful and it grows on its audiences. I, personally, didn't like it as much the first time I watched it as I do now. I found the music to be really off-putting and some of the choices to be slightly lacklustre. However, after rewatching it and digesting it, I just can't... I love it so very much. It's my favourite TV show. I adore the message of togetherness, love, perseverance, and the importance of found family. I love the way they included queer-coded characters with affection and sensitivity. I love that they included actors who took (the story and the underlining love storyline) seriously and wanted to explore it further.
There's so much more I go talk about but I'm not going to. It is complex and multi-layered, and different parts of it speak to different people in different ways. Also, to be really honest, I'm not entirely sure why this show sticks with people the way it does. It's just one of those things that I don't think humans can fully explain. Sometimes, a piece of media just captures you and speaks to you on a level that you can't fully comprehend and THAT'S OKAY. We don't always need to understand.
I really could just go on and on and on. But I have already taken up far too much of your time. So, please forgive my ramblings, I hope you feel like I answered your questions. If you have any more, please feel free to send them my way.
Finally, if anyone else wants to add to this, or disagrees with me, please feel free to give your opinions. Or maybe share why this show resonates with you! I'll love to read that, and I'm sure anon would love that, too!
-Thanks and bye!
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archandshri · 2 months
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The Lionheart Brothers Bookcover (part - 1) from Shri - 02/02/24
Hi Archie! (and everyone)
Absolutely love hearing about how you broke down your process for that comic! Really loved hearing about the emotional narrative and how you broke down and acted it in your head! (and acted it out in irl) It's something that can be easily overlooked in illustration.
It reminded me of the responsibility of an illustrator because compared to a film crew where you have actors, product designers, costume designers, cinemaphotographers, storyboard artists, editors and much much more. We as the illustrators are in charge of everything, which is a lot.
I act out scenes all the time, always questioning "What is this pose telling me" Then "Is that what I want to convey in that body language"
Anyway, getting my post.
The Lionheart Brothers Bookcover (Part - 1)
This was a project I did a while ago which had a lot of ups and downs however came out with a successful outcome.
This project was motivated from my want I want to get into publishing and the best way into the industry is doing cover design first; so I wanted to add a few book covers and illustration for children's chapter books to my portfolio. 
The books I want to redesign the covers for is The Lionheart Brothers (I recently just read it and was obsessed) Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland.
As I had recently read The Lionheart Brothers, I thought it would be easiest to start with this book. (I also made some fanart of it already so I felt a bit more confident in the language I'll be using)
Also P.S. Spoilers for The Lionheart Brothers! (but it's not very spoil-y most of the spoilers are the last images and last paragraph so go at your own expense)
1st step research:
Starting this project the first thing I did was refer back to the small scene I illustrated from the book when I was fangirling about this book. See below :)
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I am super pleased with these illustrations, especially the compositions and colours.
So I used them as the starting point and started researching the book's theme, similar age-ranged book covers and the existing covers and illustrations the book has.
Reaching Book covers that aline with the book's similar themes of quiet peace and the overcoming Evil
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Pavlo Oliachenko - Sit on two chairs and (all other books have Named on the cover)
Book Colours in the Age range (and I like the look off)
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And finally research into the existing book covers and illustrations from The Lionheart Brothers books.
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Actually What was a big motivation for me to redo this book cover is because as a first-time reader of this book, I had no idea what the story was about. I had the book with the brothers on the bridge (first book cover - see above) It's a lovely cover and really shows the more peaceful side of the book and the bit elements of death and passing on. However, shows nothing of the evil they have to overcome.
This was quite annoying as a reader because by chapter 3 both main characters have died? and started living in a peaceful afterlife??? I was so confused as the reader because I was like "ok, but what happens now?????" So I wanted to show more of the overall story on my cover to actually tell audiences what happens in this book.
So I've reached the 30-image limit for a post :( So this will conclude part 1 for The Lionheart Brothers Bookcover Project.
Next post will be about the initial sketches and thumbnails and my thinking behind them. :)
See you next time and hope you all have some lovely dinners
Shri! <3
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I point that out not to take away from Matty but only because it's still standard for the vision and work of female creatives to be attributed to accomplished and talented men like Libatique. // this is such an important point; so glad you pointed it out. Florence was guilty of this too—while being interviewed at that Tiffany event where the interviewer commented on how beautiful the film looks, Florence said something to the effect of “yeah the cinemaphotographer is amazing, Matty is a genius” in response and didn’t mention Olivia at all or any of the other women who were involved in the design and visuals of the film by Matty’s own admission. Even when she said it I found it off-putting because I imagined that the successful visual appeal of the film was not just his doing so hearing him say this makes it even more of a frustrating statement.
Yeah, I noticed that. Florence has said very little about the film overall, but in what little she has said she has conspicuously not referenced Olivia once. So in my opinion this is an indication of her desire not to reference certain women in particular rather than an indication that she attributes women's achievements to men in general. No less frustrating, but I do want to acknowledge it because I think that in this case if Matty were a woman Florence would still have credited the DOP and omitted Olivia, Katie Byron etc...
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eirinstiva · 11 months
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NABOWA - 夢の欠片 feat. TOSHI-LOW
Director, Cinemaphotographer | Masaki Miyamoto Cinemaphotographer | Kazuo Tsujimoto, Kakeru Mizui Producer | Keiko Iino Production | Drawing and Manual Lyrics | TOSHI-LOW (BRAHMAN | OVERGROUND ACOUSTIC UNDERGROUND) Music | Nabowa
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wonderlandinframe · 2 years
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Some stills from a mockumentary I worked on as chief cinemaphotographer. I don't think I've ever had so much fun on a film set. The entire film was shot right here in Perth! Visit my Flickr page to watch the full film!
Title: The Tourist
Directed by: Orly Beringer
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michaelfoustphoto · 4 years
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An absolutely stunning and incredible space for a fashion show, or just to enjoy...... @oxfordfashionstudio @parisfashionweek #fashion #fashionweek #mfphotographie #fashionphotographer #cinemaphotographer #shortfilms #creativeart #blueskyaction #love #positiveenergy (à InterContinental Paris - Le Grand) https://www.instagram.com/p/B91ZKnEoMnC/?igshid=1bvymrrhc6ved
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vormax · 3 years
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First wideanamorphic.... • • • • • • Europe/Moscow. Auto focus, high sharpness, convenient to use. Now on sale in stock. Work with 16mm wide lens for Sony APS-c. Removed lens @Sony 16mm 2.8 with autofocus. Auto focus, high definition, convenient to use. Soon on sale. ⠀ #cinelens #vormax #anamorphiclens #cinematography #cinema #cinemascope #cinemacult #cinemapicture ⠀ #widelens #wider #vormaxlens #worldcinema #anamorphic #cinemapicture #cinemaculture #cameradept #cinephotography #wideangle #cinemascope #cinemaphotographer #lensmanufacture #sonylens #fisheyelens #singlelens #magiclens #lensculturestreets #lensbible #lensfocus #anamorphicadapter #lensculture #autofocus #ebayrussia (at CINEMA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CORFy7EBKYK/?igshid=2coflecaht3t
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cultfaction · 4 years
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#Repost @fanmillebollevideo • • • • • • THE CABIN IN THE WOODS #cinematographer #cinematography #cinemaphotography #cinemaphotographer #cinemalovers #cinemalover #cinema #moviestar #moviescene #movie #filmographer #filmography #filmphotography #filmphotographer #film #dvdcollection #dvd #bluray #dvdoriginal #videoteca #instagood #instamovie #instalike #photography #photographer #photo #hollywood #horror #movies https://www.instagram.com/p/B74RHlKlL6l/?igshid=1v258avicv9g6
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minniegoncalvesblog · 5 years
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Who needs any editing or filters when you got a #propartnership going with two of the best... My #superstar, Co-owner and Business partner of #MASMediaHouse... Owner of #DeepGrooveRadio... Ultimate DjSdumo and Best #Cinemaphotographer, #DirectorofPhotography (DOP), #Editor, #DigitalGraphicDesigner and #RealEstateIntern... what a talented #beautifulsoul and a honor to work with you... The sky is not even your limit... You are going far and beyond... I'm behind you all the way... I believe in you for I know you will always stay #humble and great... #minnieghost #djsdumo #masmediahouse #deepgrooveradio #smallthingsilove #positivethings #mindset #iseeyou #imalwaysthere #👻👻👻 https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Y1Nu9JiN0/?igshid=blgrf0iv98jl
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foxspirit1928 · 3 years
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Heading to Richmond, Virginia (U.S.A.) to attend Miss Fisher Con 2021 (July 15 through 17). The event was canceled last year due to the pandemic, so it’s extra exciting to be able to see old friends while meeting new ones. What’s more, the legendary cinemaphotographer, Roger Lanser, is going to be the special guest this year! According to The Adventuresses’ Club of the Americas, Roger “will be sharing some rare behind the scenes stories and images and for in-person attendees doing a Q&A”. That’s not all; an interview with Geraldine Hakewill, Peregrine Fisher from Ms Miss Fisher’s MODern Murder Mysteries, will be aired during the con, plus Dinner & Masquerade, expert panels on topics such as Textiles of the Phryneverse and Cocktail Culture of the 1920s, and many other fun activities centered around the Miss Fisher Universe. We will even get to watch Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears on big screen at the historic Byrd Theatre (built in 1928). This is going to be another spectacular con for sure!
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p.s. Check out MissFisherCon.com for details and find out how you may be able to participate in the future.
(Posted 14-Jul-2021)
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martinclewis · 6 years
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wildcmbcrsupdates · 2 years
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florent_grosnom: MÉANDRE retour sur le tournage de méandre de @mathieuturi Produit par @fulltime_studio @thomaslubeau @eric_gendarme  Avec l'incroyable @gaiaweiss.   #filmphotography #flim #cinema #cinematography #cinemaphotographer #meandre #light #actress #studio #portrait #photographer #canon #sigmalens #photography
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michaelfoustphoto · 4 years
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I love this dress and combination as it just really flows as she graces the runway......powerful and graceful at the same time.......really breathtaking! @j.chung_official @parisfashionweek @demodemagazine @tranoi_show DM for booking fashion, film, or editorials for PFW 2020. #fashion #mode #femme #runwayfashion #runwayphotographer #photoreportage #photojournalism #fashionphotographer #parisbased #travelphotographer #internationalphotographer #parisfashionphotographer #cinemaphotographer #mfphotographie (at Palais Brongniart) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7JrrCdo1NI/?igshid=1jfg3845o9261
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vormax · 4 years
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Different distances on Wide anamorphic lens 16mm 1.33x.... .... .... on aps-c sony. Taken lens @Sony 16mm 2.8 with autofocus. Autofocus, high definition, convenient to use. #cinelens #vormax #anamorphiclens #cinematography #cinema  #cinemascope #cinemacult #cinemapicture ⠀ #widelens #wider #vormaxlens #worldcinema #anamorphic #cinemapicture #cinemaculture #cameradept #cinephotography #wideangle #cinemascope #cinemaphotographer #lensmanufacture #sonylens #fisheyelens #singlelens #magiclens #lensculturestreets #lensbible #lensfocus #anamorphicadapter #lensculture #autofocus #singlelens (at Красные Сосенки) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_MPWJdJLaK/?igshid=1x265ehs13s8d
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