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How Jarin Blaschke shot The Lighthouse

Angus Davies

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There's no doubt that The Lighthouse has some of the best cinematography in a thriller film that we've ever seen, but what did cinematography Jarin Blaschke do to create the now iconic look, because he used techniques that haven't been seen on the big screen in almost 100 years.

In today’s video, I cover the equipment Blaschke used, the orthochromatic look, his use of lighting and shadows, as well as how he utilised the 1.19:1 aspect ratio.

As always if you have a recommendation for an analysis, let me know below!

Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Equipment
02:35 The Orthochromatic Look
03:25 Lighting & Shadows
05:19 Composition & Aspect Ratio
07:48 Conclusion

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13 Comments

@CujoBD. 7 months ago

This is 100% one of my favourite movies of all time. It's haunting and gritty and rough and bleak and captivating. It's so fucking great man.

@wakkowarner8810 4 years ago

I love the swirly bokeh and I want a petzval lens.

@danrhø4 2 months ago

All time favorite movie thanks for breaking this down , the rendering is insane that’s for sure 🖤🙏

@BillThisdell 4 years ago

This movie is such an inspiration! Thanks for the breakdown and loved how old those lenses were

@Lizzieaftermidnight 4 years ago

This is one of my favourite movies, great video dude. Nice to know People are still talking about The Lighthouse

@williamcurwen7428 4 years ago

The swirly bokeh from Petzval and Cooke triplets would overwhelm the actors in anything other than 1:1.19 aspect ratio - and it really does look orthochromatic, in outdoor sunshine it goes crunchy and the sky gets bleached. Makes me want to go see it. Just wondering if Jarin Blashcke used a back projection depth of field adapter on what otherwise are large format plate camera lenses. Correct me if I’m wrong.

@colinthomas2525 4 years ago

Amazing video, thanks for taking the time to create. You give us so much info about this amazing film.

@karhukumpufilms 3 years ago

thanks for the video, i love everything about this movie 💪

@reishiovibez 1 year ago

incredible

@GorgBasil 4 years ago

Ye! You do The Northman too. Good stuff. Can't get enough of this Eggers.

@zebius4157 4 years ago

Heya, could you maybe do a video on how James Hawkinson shot Hannibal or how Larry Smith shot Only God Forgives or even how Darius Khondji shot Too Old to Die Young?

@AttilaTayefeh 1 year ago

you should use a mouth declick in your videos. Thanks!

@jackr_4382 4 years ago

I don't know why exactly, but i feel like one of the greatest filmmakers to ever exist, Stanley Kubrick, if he lived today, would have considered this film one of his favorites, and certainly, as i do, a masterpiece.