THE WITCHER season 2 cinematographers Jean Philippe Gossart and Romain Lacourbas share details about how they collaborated on bringing more color and dimension to the series.

JP, Romain, and Go Creative Show host, Ben Consoli, discuss switching to spherical lenses, the challenges of creating natural light sources, attention to detail for dialogue scenes, and so much more.

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What you will learn in this episode

• Collaborating as cinematographers (01:21)
• Visual approach to The Witcher season 2 (03:12)
• Spherical vs anamorphic lenses (09:38) Working with the Arri DNA LF lenses (11:28)
• Challenge of lighting for all natural sources (18:33)
• Color theory for recreating moonlight (25:56)
• Challenges of snowy exteriors (31:50) Continuity with weather and locations (38:54)
• Deconstructing the Eskel Leshy fight scene (40:29)
• Collaboration with VFX (51:52)
• Attention to detail for dialogue scenes (54:47)
• The future of filmmaking with LED walls (58:28)
• And more!

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