Developing The Look

A behind-the-scenes walkthrough of how visual style actually gets developed — from reference images and lookbooks, through lens and color tests, to the finished trailer — drawing on esteemed cinematographer Mark Schwartzbard’s body of work across a range of budget levels.

About the presenter:

Mark Schwartzbard is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles. Recently he’s been working largely in television.  He shot the first two seasons of MASTER OF NONE and two seasons of LOVE for Netflix, three seasons of RESERVATION DOGS and one season of THE LOWDOWN for FX, one season of FOREVER for Amazon, two seasons of BASED ON A TRUE STORY for Peacock, season one of LOOT for Apple+, and season one of both LOVE, VICTOR and CHAD POWERS for Hulu.  

He has shot seventeen narrative features including Stella Meghie’s THE PHOTOGRAPH, Sophia Takal's BLACK CHRISTMAS and ALWAYS SHINE, Rick Alverson's THE COMEDY, Demetri Martin's DEAN, Courteney Cox's JUST BEFORE I GO, and Bryan Wizemann's ABOUT SUNNY and YOU MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME. 

He’s shot three documentary features and been lucky enough to contribute bits and pieces to several others, especially Morgan Neville’s movies 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, BEST OF ENEMIES, KEITH RICHARDS: UNDER THE INFLUENCE, and LORNE, and series including THE NEXT THING YOU EAT, ABSTRACT, WATCH THE SOUND WITH MARK RONSON, BREAKFAST LUNCH AND DINNER, and SHANGRI-LA, as well as National Geographic’s MARS and PBS’ HOW WE GOT TO NOW.

Commercial clients include Google, Facebook, Toyota, Nissan, Benjamin Moore, and The Obama Foundation.

Before all that he spent a decade working as a camera assistant in New York, where he got to work on films including Woody Allen’s HOLLYWOOD ENDING, and Martin Scorsese’s THE DEPARTED as well as LITTLE CHILDREN, RENT, HITCH, POLLOCK and, the most fun of all, BORAT which led to work as a camera operator on director Larry Charles’ next few projects, including RELIGULOUS and BRUNO.