WHAT WOULD CHIVO DO? Director and cinematographer of Roma , Alfonso Cuarón, won the 2019 BAFTA for Best Cinematography as his usual DOP, Emmanuel Lubezki or ‘Chivo’, was not available. In his acceptance speech Alfonso admitted that he got through the cinematography duties by imagining ‘what Chivo would do’. Chivo had started prepping the film and indeed Alfonso had written the film thinking of him shooting it, but unfortunately there were days added to the making of the film which made it impossible for Chivo to be part of it. “I was clear that I didn’t want to shoot on film,” says Cuarón. “I love film, but being in black & white I was afraid that it would give a nostalgic element to the look. I wanted the most contemporary tools that were available, which is the Arri Alexa 65 camera; so no grain, with amazing resolution, great dynamic range and very wide lenses.”
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