Capturing Light – Episode 180 with Arnaud Potier, AFC

Sense and Sensibility

• Choosing 35mm film and how they achieved the softness, texture and richness of period paintings vs a modern, overly sharp look
• Creating naturalistic lighting within historic estates and the challenge of making sure that what the location brings — the textures of the walls, the colors, and the existing palette of the space — fits within the visual language that are working to build
• Using changes in camera movement, contrast and warmth to reflect the sisters’ emotional journey
• Photographing two contrasting dance sequences:  using the film’s only Steadicam sequence to follow Marianne’s urgent search for Willoughby at the London ball

Director of Photography: Arnaud Potier, AFC