DP Brett Pawlak on grounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day in natural light, practical suit design, and 17 years collaborating with Destin Cretton.
Podcast highlights include:
-How Pawlak and Cretton’s input about the suit design kept Peter Parker feeling human. The mask allowed Tom Holland’s jaw to move, and his real eyes were visible through the mesh so the audience never forgets there’s a human under the mask.
-Pawlak’s approach to lighting a tentpole movie. Using as much natural light as possible.
-Solving the Jean Grey telekinesis sequence with a simple method. Capturing a choreographed “wave” through the cast with both whip pans and lock-offs.
-How fundamentals of story and composition don’t change when scaling up from TV’s Wonder Man to a Spider-Man tentpole.
Find Brett Pawlak: https://www.brettpawlak.com/
Instagram: @brettsbo
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is still playing in theaters and conquering the box office.
SHOW RUNDOWN:
01:50 Close Focus
13:07-01:14:46 Brett Pawlak Interview
01:15:25 Short Ends
01:26:10 Credits
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