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▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/4c1YKHR▶ About This Episode:Cinematographer Cyan Mariani joins Dylan Hahn to break down the bold black-and-white music video that’s been gaining attention online. Cyan shares how he created striking contrast with minimal lighting setups, balanced hard and soft sources through a single window, and unified footage from four different cameras using film scans. They also get into working fast with limited resources, adapting when locations fell through, and how constraints helped shape the final look of the piece.

▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/478c22O▶ About This Episode:Cinematographer Patrick Pickler joins Dylan Hahn to break down his North Face commercial, shot high up in the mountains on glaciers near France. They go shot-by-shot through the film, explaining what was actually filmed on location versus what was built later in a studio. Patrick shares how they carried full camera setups up the mountain, shot on 35mm in extreme weather, and used tools like thermal cameras, miniatures, and motion control to pull off specific shots, all in pursuit of images that could only exist somewhere between the real world and something imagined.

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▶ About This Episode:Cinematographer Rowan Biddiscombe and Dylan Hahn break down the viral shot from his latest commercial for Ardbeg Whiskey. They reveal the unconventional lens, Steadicam work, and blend of practical effects and VFX that brought the image to life. Rowan shares how the team tackled shooting in remote natural locations with a small crew, the meticulous prep behind technically ambitious shots, and the tiny details filmmakers obsess over but audiences rarely notice. It’s a conversation about craft, problem solving, and why showing the real process behind an image matters more than ever in an era where viewers increasingly assume everything is AI.

▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set:https://go.frameset.app/3N30Du9▶ About This Episode:Director Salomon Ligthelm joins Dylan Hahn to break down his Super Bowl campaign for He Gets Us — and the 64-page treatment that won him the job. Solomon shares how he approached five distinct films in one ambitious shoot, discovered the campaign’s linchpin in vintage consumerist audio, and built clear creative rule sets to navigate scale, faith, excess, and restraint. It’s a conversation about protecting set culture, analog craft in an AI world, and why cool imagery isn’t enough if it doesn’t move you.

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▶ About This Episode:DP Mason Charles joins Dylan Hahn to break down how he and director Nick Nelson built a surreal, black-and-white fever dream around an unexpected tool: an Xbox Kinect. The depth-scan “nanoparticle” look became the backbone of the project, layered with black-void builds, 3fps Alexa textures, drone-mounted lighting, underwater housings, and tightly integrated VFX. They talk experimentation, collaboration, and what it feels like to step into the title of cinematographer while still early in the journey, chasing bold ideas and sharpening your voice with every project.