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Pawel Pogorzelski was born on 30 July 1979 in Wloclawek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Midsommar (2019), Hereditary (2018) and Beau Is Afraid (2023).
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- Wloclawek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
SUBSCRIBE to this channel for exclusive videos from AFI: http://bit.ly/SubscribeAFIAri Aster on meeting his longtime collaborator Pawel Pogorzelski. #midsomm...
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Pawel Pogorzelski (born 1979) is a Polish - Canadian [1] cinematographer, known for his work with director Ari Aster. Pogorzelski was born in 1979 in Włocławek, Poland but moved to Montreal with his family when he was 2. [2]
- Finding The Right Tools
- Riding The Edge of Brightness
- Color
- How The Look Progresses
Pogorzelski:Our first conversations were really about the all day [aspect], having everything bright and just shooting something where it’s always daytime and in the sun was very challenging for sure, but that was very exciting for us to think about. Aster:With “Hereditary,” we were pursuing this look that was almost too dark. We wanted to push our...
Aster:Pawel spent long days in the field alone before we were shooting, seeing what times were best for the light and which areas and so he was in charge of the schedule day-to-day in terms of what we were shooting. Pogorzelski:Prep was studying and planning for the light, that was a big part of this for me. I had some students go out to the field ...
Aster:In terms of the color we were talking about technicolor alot. We wanted the film to feel like that three-strip technicolor process. We were thinking about, especially “Black Narcissus,” “Tales of Hoffman,” really the [Michael] Powell and [Emeric] Pressburger color films in general. They’re my heroes and, whenever we start talking about color,...
Pogorzelski:Some of the first conversations look-wise that Ari and I had were about the vibrant color, but also the progression into the vibrant colors. We did a progression, where the first part of the film, when they’re in the States and until they get to Harga [the village], was shot at 5K with 35 mm lenses. So standard Primo lenses, and then on...
Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. It stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as an American couple who are drawn into a violent cult in rural Sweden. Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter. A co-production between the United States ...
In the span of just two features, writer/director Ari Aster and cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski have forged a signature style that cloaks the heightened emotions of melodrama behind the veil of the horrific.
Sep 13, 2019 · Pawel Pogorzelski / Midsommar - British Cinematographer. If Ari Aster's directorial debut, Hereditary (2018), left audiences and critics alike in paroxysms of horrific delight, then his sun-drenched, hallucinatory follow-up feature, Midsommar, looks set to cast a similar spell.
