Cinematographer Guillermo Navarro Talks ‘Breaking Dawn’ and ‘I Am Number Four’
The fantastic, Oscar-winning cinematographer, Guillermo Navarro, recently gave a great phone interview with San Antonio’s Current. In the interview Guillermo talks about his latest project, I Am Number Four, his new work on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts One and Two, how his upbringing influences his work today and what he thinks of today’s audiences. Read more below:
Your next two films are the final two chapters of The Twilight Saga known as Breaking Dawn. Since you were not involved in the first three movies, what is your mindset going into this one as the new guy? Do you want to create that parallel universe like you talked about from scratch or do you feel more limited by the work that came before you and by what fans of the series are expecting?
No, I don’t feel limited by that. The book itself allows for the story to be propelled and I’m pushing that. I can’t really talk about it much, but I saw a very big opportunity to have a strong contribution in it.
When an average moviegoer watches a film most will notice obvious elements like the acting, special effects, and maybe the dialogue. Do you think the average moviegoer understands what cinematography is? Do you think more people today can appreciate a cinematographer’s contribution to a film than they did when you started your career almost 40 years ago?
I think audiences appreciate the cinematography of a film. It not necessarily that they have to pinpoint things and say, “Oh, this is that,†but good cinematography allows them to read the movie. The cinematography is the language of a film. They don’t necessarily have to understand what cinematography is as long as the movie can be read in the right way. I think audiences now are much more sophisticated and aware of the process, but if the movie works and is coherent the cinematography has already done its job.
Read the full interview with Guillermo at Current here.
I absolutely love when we get to hear from someone behind the scenes on movies. They have such a different view of the movies they work on, and offer such incredible insight into them. I’m really excited that Guillermo Navarro is working on Breaking Dawn, he’s amazing and incredibly talented.
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