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Devan Scott
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Vancouver-based DOP/Director/Colourist | Host of @filmformally. Adjunct Prof @FilmUBC | Faculty @emilycarru letterboxd.com/DevanAGScott/ ernstcast.com
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    Devan Scott
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    Nov 6, 2024
    Insofar as I've stuck around here at all, it was motivated by the podcast: well, the darn podcast is over, so I've got no excuse. Find me at the site below, or on my YT channel.
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    Devan Scott
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    Oct 17, 2024
    So long as folks are making the jump.... (If I don't follow you on there, feel free to respond to this with your info, mutuals!)
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    Devan Scott
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    Jul 8, 2024
    That's the worst thing I ever saw
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    Jonathan Fly 👾
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    Jul 7, 2024
    Luma's start and end keyframes are a game changer. With a sequence of keyframes from the original film, we can seamlessly remaster stop motion classics like "Jason and the Argonauts" as modern single-take action scenes.
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    Devan Scott
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    Jun 5, 2022
    Had no idea there was a new restoration of SO THIS IS PARIS on HBO Max of all places. The upgrade is, um, significant.
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    Devan Scott
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    Mar 12, 2022
    This is the lighting that $200M USD gets you in 2021, apparently. Inflation is just killing the industry, folks.
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    Devan Scott
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    Mar 4, 2024
    Please give Mark Ruffalo an Oscar for corpsing his way through POOR THINGS. We need this.
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    Devan Scott
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    Mar 6, 2022
    THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is such a towering example of the creative opportunities that arise when you're freed from the bounds of such useless concepts as "sense" and "good taste."
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    Devan Scott
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    May 14, 2022
    THE NORTHMAN has intensely peculiar camera operation, and I'm surprised it hasn't been brought up more. You've got lots of shots like this, in which the camera seems to be reacting deliberately sluggishly and panning/tilting in a jagged and awkward way.
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    Devan Scott
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    Aug 7, 2023
    Frankly, nothing comes remotely close and all the other answers are wrong.
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    Taste of Cinema
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    Aug 6, 2023
    What is the best movie you've ever seen that uses architecture brilliantly?
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    Devan Scott
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    Nov 11, 2021
    SKYFALL and SPECTRE sure are an interesting contrast in colour direction techniques!
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    Devan Scott
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    Sep 16, 2024
    There's a scene in Atom Egoyan's CHLOE (2009) in which Amanda Seyfried's character casually attempts to ride a bike down a sidewalk in the middle of the winter in Toronto during a snowstorm only to wipe out after five seconds. This is, astonishingly, played as a dramatic beat.
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    Devan Scott
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    Feb 6, 2023
    Higuchi and Anno's absolute unwillingness to cover a single scene like sane people in SHIN ULTRAMAN is an inspiration for us all.
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    Devan Scott
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    Oct 22, 2022
    I don't have much to say on this that hasn't already been said a million times, but the contrast between the duels at the end of STAR WARS 2 and STAR WARS 3 is a good argument for why thinking of light as a compositional tool is, to say the least, handy.
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    Devan Scott
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    Nov 12, 2022
    People in 2022: "Why are movies so dim now? It's the digital that's done it!" Gregg Toland, 1940, shooting the most beautiful movie ever:
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    Devan Scott
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    Apr 1, 2022
    Not to pile on the discourse too much but it strikes me that "ugh, VEGETABLES" is generally considered a phase children go through before they grow into adults and develop actual palettes. At least, that was my understanding.
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    Mar 27, 2022
    Let’s be honest, some Oscar-nominated films feel like the vegetables of movies
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