CookeOpticsTV – The cinematography of The Empire Strikes Back

On the latest episode of CookeOpticsTV, cinematographer Peter Suschitsky ASC talks to about his work on The Empire Strikes Back.

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Peter explains how he lit Darth Vader, and how he used smoke to hide the fact the set had no background.

As a long time Star Wars fan, it is fascinating hearing about the challenges that Peter faced when filming The Empire Strikes Back. Peter talks about shooting with 100 ASA film stock, as well as how he managed to illuminate the lightsabers without that light affecting the actors.

Here at Newsshooter, we are big fans of CookeOpticsTV, and we think our audience will be too. Going forward we have arranged with Cooke to publish episodes of CookeOpticsTV. The information available in these episodes is invaluable and extremely educational.

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.