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Chazelle is at the helm again, combining his love of music and moviemaking, as the writer-director of\u00a0La La Land<\/i>, a Technicolor-style musical dramedy centered on the relationship between a jazz pianist and an actress.\u00a0La La Land<\/i>, shot by Linus Sandgren, FSF, reunites Chazelle with Simmons, and also stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.<\/p>\n
Here, Chazelle shares why film was \u201cthe only option\u201d for\u00a0La La Land:<\/i><\/p>\n
As a filmmaker, what are the elements that most attract you to a story?\u00a0<\/b> <\/p>\n You\u2019ve experimented with a number of formats. At what point do you begin thinking about the capture medium for a project?<\/b> My first movie was on black-and-white 16mm, which is what I had just become used to shooting. Also, I wanted to film the movie in a sort of documentary-style. For\u00a0Whiplash<\/i>, I wanted a lot of very precise shots edited together in a kinetic way; it was more about a kind of staccato style. For those reasons, digital seemed a good tool for that.<\/p>\n And then for\u00a0La La Land<\/i>, it\u2019s the opposite. It\u2019s all about long takes and fluid movements and capturing a sense of place and romance. Thus, 35mm film was the only option for this movie.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How so?<\/b> We\u2019re shooting\u00a0La La Land\u00a0<\/i>in anamorphic format, and trying to really saturate the color palette and use the full width of frame so that it\u2019s even wider than normal. It\u2019s all about trying to get back to a feel of some of those older, roadshow kind of musicals from the 1950s and 1960s that don\u2019t really get made anymore.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What about from a production standpoint in terms of scheduling, budgeting, etc.? Does shooting film versus digital change any of that?<\/b> To be honest, I think the majority of stories are better on film. I think film is still the superior medium. Digital is making great strides and will continue to advance, but as long as film exists and it makes any kind of sense for the movie aesthetically, I want to shoot on film. For\u00a0La La Land<\/i>, it was kind of \u201cfilm or nothing\u201d from the get-go. And from the producers to the studio, everyone was on board with that decision.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In early 2013, Damien Chazelle was yet another writer-director making the rounds at the Sundance Film Festival with a short film to promote. But unlike some of his fellow moviemaking brethren, the then-28-year-old had a leg up on the competition with his 18-minute story Whiplash: namely, a beloved character actor (J.K. Simmons) as its star and a lot of interest from producers.<\/p>\n One year later, Chazelle was back in Park City with a full-fledged feature version. By January 15, 2015 \u2013 less than two years after the original short premiered at Sundance and just four days shy of Chazelle\u2019s 30th birthday \u2013 the Providence, Rhode Island-native was a bona fide Oscar\u00ae nominee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Chazelle is at the helm again, combining his love of music and moviemaking, as the writer-director of\u00a0La La Land<\/i>, a Technicolor-style musical dramedy centered on the relationship between a jazz pianist and an actress.\u00a0La La Land<\/i>, shot by Linus Sandgren, FSF, reunites Chazelle with Simmons, and also stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.<\/p>\n Here, Chazelle shares why film was \u201cthe only option\u201d for\u00a0La La Land:<\/i><\/p>\n As a filmmaker, what are the elements that most attract you to a story?\u00a0<\/b> <\/p>\n You\u2019ve experimented with a number of formats. At what point do you begin thinking about the capture medium for a project?<\/b> My first movie was on black-and-white 16mm, which is what I had just become used to shooting. Also, I wanted to film the movie in a sort of documentary-style. For\u00a0Whiplash<\/i>, I wanted a lot of very precise shots edited together in a kinetic way; it was more about a kind of staccato style. For those reasons, digital seemed a good tool for that.<\/p>\n And then for\u00a0La La Land<\/i>, it\u2019s the opposite. It\u2019s all about long takes and fluid movements and capturing a sense of place and romance. Thus, 35mm film was the only option for this movie.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How so?<\/b> We\u2019re shooting\u00a0La La Land\u00a0<\/i>in anamorphic format, and trying to really saturate the color palette and use the full width of frame so that it\u2019s even wider than normal. It\u2019s all about trying to get back to a feel of some of those older, roadshow kind of musicals from the 1950s and 1960s that don\u2019t really get made anymore.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What about from a production standpoint in terms of scheduling, budgeting, etc.? Does shooting film versus digital change any of that?<\/b> To be honest, I think the majority of stories are better on film. I think film is still the superior medium. Digital is making great strides and will continue to advance, but as long as film exists and it makes any kind of sense for the movie aesthetically, I want to shoot on film. For\u00a0La La Land<\/i>, it was kind of \u201cfilm or nothing\u201d from the get-go. And from the producers to the studio, everyone was on board with that decision.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/0pdqf4P9MB8″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n
\nI try to make movies that I would want to see, and where I imagine myself as the audience. So far, I\u2019ve been most interested in stuff that feels personal, whether it\u2019s explicitly personal or it taps into emotions that I know well. That kind of material is what I really want to explore.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/motion.kodak.com\/KodakGCG\/uploadedImages\/Motion\/InCamera\/2016\/LLL_D06_01188.jpg\")
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\nRight from the beginning. It\u2019s hard to overstate how important it is. Sometimes, with certain projects, you can almost feel that the way it was captured was kind of an afterthought or default. I try to really marry the medium to what the story needs. Of course, there are also practical considerations.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/motion.kodak.com\/KodakGCG\/uploadedImages\/Motion\/InCamera\/2016\/LLL_D39_06434_R2.jpg\")
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\nIt\u2019s very much in the style of the old MGM musicals. There\u2019s definitely a big nostalgia factor. Even though it\u2019s set in modern-day Los Angeles, it\u2019s kind of a nod to those older movies and that style of filmmaking. So, philosophically, it couldn\u2019t be shot on digital. But purely in terms of aesthetics, I find film very romantic and very sensual. I would have a hard time doing a love story on digital.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/motion.kodak.com\/KodakGCG\/uploadedImages\/Motion\/InCamera\/2016\/LLL_D27_05031.jpg\")
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\nThe first movie I made cost a total of about $60,000 and we shot it on film. So I\u2019ve never believed that is was only for expensive movies, or that digital will always save you money. I don\u2019t really think that\u2019s true. I think it\u2019s a little bit of a mix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nI try to make movies that I would want to see, and where I imagine myself as the audience. So far, I\u2019ve been most interested in stuff that feels personal, whether it\u2019s explicitly personal or it taps into emotions that I know well. That kind of material is what I really want to explore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nRight from the beginning. It\u2019s hard to overstate how important it is. Sometimes, with certain projects, you can almost feel that the way it was captured was kind of an afterthought or default. I try to really marry the medium to what the story needs. Of course, there are also practical considerations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nIt\u2019s very much in the style of the old MGM musicals. There\u2019s definitely a big nostalgia factor. Even though it\u2019s set in modern-day Los Angeles, it\u2019s kind of a nod to those older movies and that style of filmmaking. So, philosophically, it couldn\u2019t be shot on digital. But purely in terms of aesthetics, I find film very romantic and very sensual. I would have a hard time doing a love story on digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe first movie I made cost a total of about $60,000 and we shot it on film. So I\u2019ve never believed that is was only for expensive movies, or that digital will always save you money. I don\u2019t really think that\u2019s true. I think it\u2019s a little bit of a mix.<\/p>\n
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