Mike Cahill loves California
Caught a quick moment with King of California director Mike Cahill. We talked a lot about trees which we both love (everything but palms), and about California light which we both grew up with. Capturing that light–at least in a way that looked real to Cahill turned out to be a big task for DP Jimmy Whitaker, both in camera and in the DI suite at Matchframe DI.
Factors in the shoot: three Kodak stocks and lantern light. “Everyone told us not to do it,” Cahill says. “It made the actors their own grips since they were acting and holding the light. We‘d say, ‘turn this way, now turn the light‘. After a painstaking DI it all ended up looking like real California. “Or my definition of it, anyway,” Cahill says.
Oh and there‘s one shot with an unavoidable palm tree. Can‘t win ‘em all.
