{"id":509268,"date":"2022-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-elvis-dp-mandy-walker-re-created-those-iconic-performances-by-the-king-of-rock-n-roll\/"},"modified":"2022-11-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T21:00:00","slug":"how-elvis-dp-mandy-walker-re-created-those-iconic-performances-by-the-king-of-rock-n-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-elvis-dp-mandy-walker-re-created-those-iconic-performances-by-the-king-of-rock-n-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"#How \u2018Elvis\u2019 DP Mandy Walker Re-created Those Iconic Performances by the King of Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25b2a475d6b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25b2a475d6b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-elvis-dp-mandy-walker-re-created-those-iconic-performances-by-the-king-of-rock-n-roll\/#How_%E2%80%98Elvis_DP_Mandy_Walker_Re-created_Those_Iconic_Performances_by_the_King_of_Rock_n_Roll\" >How \u2018Elvis\u2019 DP Mandy Walker Re-created Those Iconic Performances by the King of Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_%E2%80%98Elvis_DP_Mandy_Walker_Re-created_Those_Iconic_Performances_by_the_King_of_Rock_n_Roll\"><\/span>How \u2018Elvis\u2019 DP Mandy Walker Re-created Those Iconic Performances by the King of Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Reteaming with Baz Luhrmann to make his audacious musical biopic <em>Elvis<\/em>, cinematographer Mandy Walker began with meticulous planning and testing to bring the iconic singer\u2019s most memorable performances to the big screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The Warner Bros. picture is currently one of the top 10 highest-grossing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> of the year, with $286 million worldwide. And more recently, Walker\u2019s work on the movie was selected for the main competition of the Camerimage international cinematography festival \u2014 a prestigious bellwether for the cinematography Oscar race \u2014 whose 30th edition begins Nov. 12 in Torun, Poland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Luhrmann and Walker (who previously lensed the director\u2019s 2008 epic <em>Australia<\/em> and the Chanel No. 5 campaigns that featured Nicole Kidman and Gisele B\u00fcndchen) did meticulous research and testing before production began. This involved collecting and studying historical references, from footage of Elvis\u2019 live Las Vegas performances to his 1968 \u201ccomeback special\u201d that aired on NBC. Luhrmann found archival material from Elvis\u2019 performances on the Hayride in Shreveport, Louisiana, and 1956 show at Russwood Park in Memphis, Tennessee. \u201cRusswood was documented by [noted Elvis photographer] Alfred Wertheimer, [and] he also took some 16 millimeter footage,\u201d explains Walker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    With this reference material as well as famous video clips as guides, Walker says that \u201cBaz wanted to reproduce those as closely as we possibly could. So, we spent a lot of time studying them and also working out the exact camera angles and lensing, when they\u2019d zoom in and when they\u2019d crane out, even the lighting cues and the lighting design of the Las Vegas Showroom.\u201d Walker reveals that there\u2019s some actual footage of the Showroom in that sequence. The movie itself was shot on location and on stages in Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    As part of the set for the TV studio used in the scene with the \u201968 special, they went to extremes for authenticity. \u201cWe actually put one of our cameras in the housing of an old TV camera so that we would have exactly the right angle at the right time. And we set up a little monitor that we built into it to look like one of the old black-and-white monitors,\u201d she says. \u201cSo we could have it in-shot, but it was also shooting one of the angles that we were replicating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Aside from musical performances, Walker was also creating a drama, starting from Elvis\u2019 early years in Mississippi and Memphis in the late \u201950s to his death in 1977. The cinematography \u201calso had to do with the American culture that he grew up in and passed through and that influenced him. Also because he\u2019s such an iconic character and part of American history himself, it\u2019s how he affected American culture, too,\u201d says Walker. To that end, she additionally examined visual references, from photographs to Elvis\u2019 home movies, as well as images of Memphis\u2019 Beale Street and the work of photographers Gordon Parks and Saul Leiter for color and tone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The movie was lensed with ARRI\u2019s large-format Alexa 65 camera. Says Walker, \u201cThis is a film for the big screen and we wanted it to be epic. What better format to shoot than 65 mil? It\u2019s epic and his life was epic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Prep also involved a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Panavision, where she and Luhrmann visited lens guru Dan Sasaki. \u201cWe ended up making two pretty bespoke lens sets for the two time periods,\u201d says Walker. Spherical lenses were used for Elvis\u2019 early life and anamorphic lenses were used from the point when he arrives in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Walker describes how Luhrmann works, involving all departments \u2014 including art, costume, hair and makeup, cinematography \u2014 to get everyone on the same page. He was also diligent about lens testing ahead of principal photography and rehearsing, particularly with Butler to transform the actor into Elvis in the performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    For Walker, that started as early as Butler\u2019s audition for the title role. She remembers, \u201cWhen he did one of his first auditions, I was there and took the opportunity to look at the angles on his face to see where he looked most like Elvis and how the lenses looked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    You can listen to the complete conversation in an episode of <em>THR<\/em>\u2018s <em>Behind the Screen<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"pmc-protected-embed-2\" class=\"pmc-protected-embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=PMC3704278874\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>This story first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared in the Nov. 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.hollywoodreporter.com\/sub\/?p=THR&amp;f=saleb_2&amp;s=IH2205THRS\">Click here to subscribe<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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