Cinematography Tips From The Irishman DP Rodrigo Prieto

In today’s cinematographer's insight, learn from the highly requested and amazing cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC, as he discusses his philosophy in cinematography. He is an Oscar nominated cinematographer best known for his work on the Netflix movie The Irishman, Silence, Passengers, and The Wolf of Wall Street.

He is a favourite cinematographer of many of the top directors such as Martin Scorsese, Alejandro González Iñárritu, And Lee, Oliver Stone, Cameron Crowe, Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, among many other directors. He has also served as cinematographer for the music videos for the three Taylor Swift 2020 singles, "The Man"

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TIMESTAMPS⏰
00:00 Intro
00:36 There is always more ambition than the budget
02:11 Read scripts emotionally, not photographically at first
04:47 Look for inspiration outside of movies
06:02 Push to get what you need, but play as a team
08:25 Cinematography is about supporting the story
10:57 Try to make your cinematography subjective
12:42 It’s okay to be nervous, trust that you’ll figure it out

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[corbie]

This is too good to listen to just once. RP is quickly becoming one of the all time greats!!!

[daniel.h]

as a student learning cinematography, this channel is very very helpful. thank you for making the content!

[gregorylagrange]

Ambition always being more than budget is something still photographers experience and get swept up in very easily. Acquiring a 200mm lens, quickly after using it, you start to think about if did something with a 200mm, how great would it be to try it with a 400mm.
That's why getting a small lens of a single focal length, like a 50mm (which I consider underappreciated) and just purposely giving yourself personal projects is such a great exercise when learning photography.

[miklas]

This channel is just genius. I'm so glad I found and I'm so glad it exists. Thank you for the hard work you put into making these videos!

[Kishan_Baijnath]

This is absolutely wonderful. Thank you.

[rodrigosalazar]

Love this channel, I’m sure it’ll grow super fast! Please keep the amazing content

[josuehenrique]

Seus vídeos são sempre incríveis.

Your videos are always amazing

[kanewilsonfilm]

I see inspiration from the channel Studio Binder in your videos! Which is great! This is equally as informative and enjoyable to watch. On average how long does it take you to make these types of videos?

Also the tiniest bit of constructive criticism I would give is sometimes a point the DP is making is repeated/re-worded in a different way and this can make the point seem longer than needed! But the layout and how you structure your videos is amazing.

[Kurosawa]

Does Rodrigo look like Steve O in the clip pic or is it just me?

[Dcker]

I'm crazy to think that a director should be a cinematographer?

[FranklinCarpio]

Love all the insight... but you'd think his lighting would be better...