‘The Creator’ DP Greig Fraser Reflects on His Favorite ‘Rogue One’ Shot and James Gandolfini’s ‘Beautiful Performance’ in ‘Killing Them Softly’
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Oscar-winning cinematographer Greig Fraser was “devastated” when Warner Bros. announced that “Dune: Part Two” was shifting its release date from Nov.
2023 to March 2024. “I was really ready to start talking about it,” he tells Variety. However, the move means he can focus his attention on his other film, Gareth Edwards’ $80 million visual spectacular “The Creator.” Fraser shared co-cinematographer duties with Oren Soffer on the film, taking an experimental approach to shooting futuristic landscapes.
The production aimed to create the grandness and visual scale of a huge blockbuster film, but on a more modest budget. And he achieved it. “Gareth and wanted to maximize everyone’s toil on this,” Fraser shares. “So, when we put two actors in a room together with a camera, we looked at how many people we really needed standing outside.” Next, the pair spent extensive time ahead of production figuring out the infrastructure of the shoot.
How could they further reduce costs? They tested camera equipment before production to see if the gritty, lived-in look of the film would work with a Sony FX3.
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