The Cinematography Podcast Bonus Episode: Peter Deming
Peter Deming, ASC discusses his early career, shooting Evil Dead 2 with director Sam Raimi, and working with director David Lynch on Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Twin Peaks: The Return. Deming’s first feature was Hollywood Shuffle with director Robert Townsend, which took months to make as Townsend had to keep raising money for the film. Evil Dead 2 also took several weeks to make as Sam Raimi was extremely ambitious in how he wanted it to look. Deming and Raimi both came from making homemade Super 8 films. “We both had the philosophy that there was no place that you could not put the camera,” says Deming. “It’s all so low tech, but it’s really, really effective because Sam knows how to cut a movie.”
Deming had been following David Lynch’s career and was a huge fan of his movies Eraserhead and The Elephant Man. Lynch always had a script for his movies, but he would only get a clear idea of what he wanted by seeing it rehearsed in person. Occasionally, he’d let Deming know if he had a specific shot in mind to test ahead of time. Mainly, Deming learned to watch each rehearsal carefully to figure out how to light the scene.
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