A collection of videos on the cinematography of Roger Deakins.
First, a retrospective from the cinematographer himself, Roger Deakins (via GQ):
Style Breakdown
Our playlist of videos on the director of photography’s style and storytelling:
A playlist about Deakins’ Lighting Techniques (mostly via StudioBinder):
Interviews
Deakins on the photochemical process used to achieve the look of 1984 (1984) (via Criterion):
A playlist of interviews with Roger Deakins discussing Blade Runner 2049 (2017), visualising the script and more:
Which cinematographer does Roger Deakins rate? (via Criterion)
Try It Yourself
Rob Ellis recreates Deakins’ famous Cove Lighting technique:
Brady Bessette also demonstrates Deakins’ Cove Lighting technique:
One more, why not – this time via Matti Haapoja:
In this bonus short (clipped from his longer tutorial), William H Baker shows three ways to create water caustics, à la Blade Runner 2049:
Further Viewing
In each episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, Roger and partner James Deakins have an in-depth chat with colleagues in the film industry about their work. It’s a free film school all in itself:
We look in detail, almost shot-by-shot, at how Roger Deakins uses light to illustrate the dark themes in Sicario (2015):