Reel Inspiration: Take 4 with Kevin Shahinian
12.11.2009
Kevin Shahinian is an award-winning filmmaker. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts before starting Pacific Pictures, a film production company in Los Angeles, CA. Kevin has been featured in EventDV Magazine and in Zacuto's webisodic series Film Fellas. I met Kevin first at WEVA Expo in Orlando and then saw him again earlier this year in Re:Frame San Francisco. He's a great guy,very down to earth and geniune. Here is a sample of the absolutely groundbreaking work he has done.
"Can a love story be told as a thriller? Megan and Narbeh's true romance seemed to inspire the myth, conventions, and iconography of the great international suspense films, set in the iconic Uppsala winter of their hometown. Knowing only that Narbeh was a member of the Swedish Air Force, and that he used to sneak off the base at times just to see Megan, we took a little dramatic license in this one-of-a-kind love story-thriller hybrid, and hope to have celebrated the places that remind these two what made their very first moments together unforgettable."-Pacific Pictures
Now in all fairness to Kevin when I talked to him via email I originally thought I needed one movie
pick as I was going to do one post with all the filmmakers and be done with it. Since we spoke the format has changed, but I liked his response so much, I decided to leave it in it's original form.
"You asked the wrong guy to pick one movie. I am a huge fan of "invisibility" when it comes to visual aesthetics. Most of the time, unless the story is about a drug trip or a dream (like The Cell), something that strikes you visually tends to pull you out of the story and remind you that you are watching a movie. I find these films balance cinematography, art direction, and score in a way that really adds to the story and characters in an immersive way." - Kevin Shahinian
by Cinematographer:
Conrad Hall ( Road to Perdition, American Beauty)
Roger Deakins (Shawshank Redemption)
Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan)
Darius Khondji (Seven)
Paul Laufer (The Cell)
pick as I was going to do one post with all the filmmakers and be done with it. Since we spoke the format has changed, but I liked his response so much, I decided to leave it in it's original form.
"You asked the wrong guy to pick one movie. I am a huge fan of "invisibility" when it comes to visual aesthetics. Most of the time, unless the story is about a drug trip or a dream (like The Cell), something that strikes you visually tends to pull you out of the story and remind you that you are watching a movie. I find these films balance cinematography, art direction, and score in a way that really adds to the story and characters in an immersive way." - Kevin Shahinian
by Cinematographer:
Conrad Hall ( Road to Perdition, American Beauty)
Roger Deakins (Shawshank Redemption)
Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan)
Darius Khondji (Seven)
Paul Laufer (The Cell)
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