Cinematography Style: Rina Yang

Rina Yang is a part of a new wave of cinematographers, whose work is so far predominantly focused on shooting short form content. In this episode I’ll break down her philosophy on creating images and show how, using a range of technical film gear, she is able to create a contrasty, punchy, textual visual style.

Music Videos Featured:
DJ Shadow Ft. De La Soul ‘Rocket Fuel’
Kamasi Washington ‘Street Fighter Mas’
Sam Fender ‘Dead Boys’
Utada Hikaru ‘Anata’
Vince Staples ‘Prima Donna’
Young Fathers ‘In My View’

Commercials Featured:
Sephora ‘We Belong To Something Beautiful’
Nike ‘Just Do It’
Nike + FKA Twigs 'Do You Believe In More'
Rebif ‘Journey’
Under Armour ‘I Will’
Bose ‘Music Is My Language’
Ssense x Adidas ‘Infinite Silence’
Nike ‘Born Mercurial’
Rimowa x Adwoa

Films Featured:
Top Boy

0:00 Introduction
0:44 Background
01:25 Philosophy
04:12 Gear
07:38 Conclusion

Music:
Jesse Gallagher ‘The Golden Present’
Jesse Gallagher ‘Monumental Journey’

[InDepthCine]

Usually on Cinematography Style I feature big name DOPs who have a long track record of feature film work. Today, I thought I’d feature a cinematographer whose work I personally love, which strongly resonates with my own photographic interests. Although Rina Yang is now beginning to shoot more long form work, it’s her commercial and short form work which made me start to admire her style. As I mainly work in the commercials industry, I have a respect for good short form cinematography, which I feel isn’t always analysed enough.

Hope you enjoy the video!

[eugeneyu]

I really appreciate that you included Rina Yang. She is the one of my favorites, the images she makes mirrors the way I see the world as many in our generation.

[skmarjw]

Dp’s I would love to see next:
-Greig Fraser
-Harris Savides
-Sean Bobbitt
-Adam Arkapaw

[riojiang]

I absolutely love her style! The film grain, imperfect image, high contrast! It is vintage!

[ShankRai]

Thank u so much for featuring Rina Yang. She is SUCH an incredible and underrated cinematographer. <3

[MattAitia]

Love Rina's work! Great job once again. Would love to see more young DP's highlighted on this channel

[yk]

Your videos are a combination of valuable industry experience, technical knowledge, and easy-to-understand presentation I've yet to come across anywhere else. I'm so pleased to see Rina Yang here! I love her work and her dedication to help raise up minority DPs like herself. I appreciate you including younger DPs alongside well-seasoned cinematographers. I'd love to see more newer generations of DPs like Andrew Droz Palermo and Marcell Rév.

[QJapan]

I'm surprised your videos haven't gotten more traffic yet :0 Regardless, thanks for the insightful channel! Cheers.

[zacharyantle]

I very much got a similar vibe from Adam Arkapaw’s work on True Detective (and most of the rest of his work in general), I kind of think of this style as the “modern indie” look, imperfect and kinda dreamy :)

[TChristopher]

Thank you for introducing us to her! i'm going to search for her work!

[Dionne_Sheree]

Very nicely well researched intro to her work! Have to add her to my modern day favs Bradford Young and John Saxton.

[josephclarke]

Love this video! Would love more videos on British cinema! Great video, so interesting to hear about the lighting techniques

[aaronblaylock]

I'm into animation and illustration but I want to break boundaries and incorporate all things visual and your chanel will be a big help in gaining more understanding. Thanks for your hard work and good content!

[zantigar]

Superbly effective and efficient explanation of how this gifted artist achieves her distinct looks. Really great, informative, concise video!

[shubhamupreti]

Wow man.... Such intuitive approach towards discussing some beautiful work... Awesome efforts man... So thankful for giving out such important info

[TheEliasNoel]

Great video, hoping to work with Rina on a future project and this video was super helpful and inspiring!

[_ybnn]

As usal, very use full and pleasing episode ! Keep the good work ! Good to see young cinematographers

[philippwelsing]

Amazing DOP, great feature. Well done.

[jakobbey]

I really fell in love with these type of videos! He explaines all the details with a so calm voice.

[bothampoppah]

This type of contact is unbelievably helpful!