The Cinematography of El Camino

On this week’s Go Creative Show podcast they dive into the Cinematography of El Camino and Better Call Saul with DP Marshall Adams ASC.

Marshall Adams shares a behind the scenes look at the Breaking Bad Universe. Host Ben Consoli and Marshall discuss the making of El Camino, its most challenging scenes, filming with the Alexa 65, Marshall’s lighting philosophy and thoughts on future Breaking Bad films.

You can listen to the full episode above.

Topics covered:

The cinematography of El Camino
Filming with Alexa 65
The Better Call Saul lighting philosophy
Are there future Breaking Bad movies in the works?
Filming the El Camino flashback scenes
Shooting iconic time-lapses
The incredible overhead shot of Todd’s Apartment
Filming Todd’s Car in El Camino
How El Camino pays homage to Western films
Marshall’s post-production and color grading workflow

By Matthew Allard ACS

Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with over 30 years' of experience working in more than 50 countries around the world.

He is the Editor of Newsshooter.com and has been writing on the site since 2010.

Matthew has won 51 ACS Awards, including six prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards.

Matthew is available to hire as a DP in Japan or for work anywhere else in the world.