Emmy award-winning comedy series TED LASSO follows an American football coach as he helps a struggling London soccer team. Cinematographer David Rom comes on to explain how they turned Jason Sudeikis' successful shorts into a full blown TV series.
David and Go Creative Show host, Ben Consoli, discuss avoiding comedy visual stereotypes, fish-out-of-water cinematography style, pairing the Alexa LF with Tokina lenses, why they had to recreate the entire soccer field, and more!
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What you will learn in this episode * Avoiding comedy visual stereotypes (02:24) * Translating Jason Sudeikis' shorts to a full series (04:54) * Lighting a locker room with only overhead lighting (08:21) * Approach to camera angle coverage (14:13) * Fish out of water cinematography (15:46) * Working with other cinematographers on a series (21:20) * Using the Alexa LF paired with Tokina lenses (23:53) * Challenges of shooting on location (27:32) * Recreating the pitch soccer field (30:24) * Shooting with such a shallow focus (37:28) * Why collaboration is so important (39:14) * "Panic attack" scene cinematic approach (40:45) * And more!
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Show Links * TED LASSO IMDb * TED LASSO trailer * TED LASSO on Apple TV+ * Large format cinematography in a small package: Tokina Vista lenses on Fujifilm GFX100
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