Mike Leigh & Dick Pope - Director & Cinematographer

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James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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EPISODE 76 - MIKE LEIGH & DICK POPE - Director & Cinematographer

Team Deakins has the pleasure of sitting down with the long time collaborative team of Mike Leigh and Dick Pope (MR. TURNER, NAKED, SECRETS & LIES). What a great conversation! Mike shares with us his method of working and delineates the difference between his work and that of the directors John Cassavetes and Ken Loach. We learn the importance of having the right location and being able to return to the location during the course of the shoot. As the film is an “ongoing investigation” of what it will be according to Mike, Dick shares how amazing the experience is when he sees the blocked scene play out on location for the first time. Mike speaks on his way of working with actors. We also learn why on the film Peterloo, which involved a lot of scenes with a lot of extras and battles, they chose not to do storyboards. Both Mike and Dick talk about the specifics of their collaboration and how it has strengthened over years. A fascinating look into a very special relationship between a director and cinematographer.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between
0:11.3	Roger and James Deacons often joined in the conversation by a guest.
0:16.3	It's very informal and we never know where it will go. We're connecting through Zoom so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:25.0	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing pod,
0:31.0	POD at Roger Deacons.com.
0:35.0	This episode is sponsored by Angenu.
0:39.0	Angenu has been in the forefront of motion picture lens design and manufacturing since 1935,
0:46.8	and their lenses have defined the look of many films through the years.
0:51.2	They continue to be at the service of motion pictures and their
0:54.1	changing landscape thanks to innovative solutions for both primes and zooms
0:59.3	inspired by close relationships with cinematographers.
1:05.0	Today we have two guests who have collaborated for years on many movies.
1:09.0	One is cinematographer Dick Pope, whom you know from episode 32 and the other is
1:14.7	director Mike Lee who really needs no introduction. A few of their movies are
1:20.1	naked, Secrets and Lies, Farah Drake, Mr. Turner, and Peter Lou.
1:25.0	We're pleased to have Dick and Mike with us today. We know Dick's story, so Mike, could you tell
1:31.9	us how you got to where you are, what your path was?
1:35.0	Yes, that's a big question to answer briefly.
1:40.0	Yeah.
1:41.0	We have time.
1:42.0	My infantile adult life by leaving school and remarkably getting a scholarship to Rha on the actor's course.
1:55.0	By that time I was merely 17 I already knew that I wanted to make things up direct, right, or that sort of thing in my
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