HBO’s WINNING TIME is a director of photography’s dream project. Cinematographers Todd Banhazl and Mihai Malaimare Jr. discuss how they mixed multiple camera types and formats to perfectly capture the 1970’s and 80’s iconic looks; making WINNING TIME enjoyable even if you’re not a basketball fan.

Todd, Mihai, and Go Creative Show host, Ben Consoli, discuss why they LOVED filming on the Ikegami camera, post-processing techniques to help age the look, creating a visual rule book, how hard light affects character development, breaking down the biggest scenes, and more!

What you will learn in this episode:

• Why WINNING TIME was shot multi-format (01:34)
• The 1980s visual look with the Ikegami camera (04:35)
• Techniques to help age the footage even more in post (11:55)
• Why having a visual rule book was so crucial (15:29)
• “Aggressive” cinematography style approach (21:55)
• Building light structures in ceilings (25:34)
• Referencing 1980s advertising (29:50)
• How hard light affects character development (34:07)
• Approach to night exteriors (41:25)
• Techniques for filming authentic basketball games (44:28)
• Lighting the White Party scene (52:57)
• Shooting the Lodge scene (56:35)
• And more!

Show Links

• WINNING TIME trailer
• WINNING TIME on HBO
• WINNING TIME IMDb
• Todd Banhazl’s Instagram
• Todd Banhazl’s IMDb
• Mihai Malaimare Jr’s Instagram
• Mihai Malaimare Jr’s IMDb
• ReFlex – R15 – Cineo Lighting
• Ikegami ITC-730A
• Ikegami HL-79E 3 Tube Camera

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