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Lost Flowers coming out August 4 on Amazon. Trailer out now. by @samchippy

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‘The Stranger’ in cinemas October 6 and on Netflix international October 19 by @samchippy

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“The story takes place over a huge period of time, and we wanted to create a strong spine for the show visually. We wanted a very visceral-feeling show, and rather than try to force a visual approach we let the story and the material talk to us.”

Sam Chiplin, masterful #cinematographer of ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’, takes us #behindthescenes on the brutally poetic adaptation of the Richard Flanagan novel.

“We were highly disciplined with light in this show,” Chiplin continues. “In the POW camps, when we were diving into the terror of memory and trauma, we leant into a very reactive camera, murky and handheld, following the boys through the camp like a fever dream. We chose locations that were buried deep into valleys so we could stabilise the quality of light we wanted. When Dorrigo is falling in love, we leant into a warmer and softer feel. We embraced more color in the images, sun flares… we wanted the audience to feel free, and used this section as a visual pressure valve. For light, tonality and compositional inspiration I was looking at a lot of single source paintings from the 17th century, where bodies meld into each other. The abstraction of human form melting together felt like a good start for the POW camps.

The #Cseries feel alive to me. They have aberrations, softness, at times can be unpredictable, but they always feel honest. We weren’t looking for sharpness or clarity – we wanted the images to feel like they were obscured by time. The C series feel that way; they have cinematic history living inside them. #Panavision have always allowed me the freedom to test and experiment with a huge pool of lenses and filtration. I can get quite specific with lenses and Panavision is always very supportive and patient!

Before this shoot I broke my leg terribly, so for the first time in my career I couldn’t ferret all over the set – I had to lean heavily on my close collaborators and trust in my camera operator Andy Gough (@andygough_). I usually operate myself, so working with Andy opened a whole new layer of communication that was fairly new to me, but things became instinctual and it felt like we were working as one organism. Thank you Andy!” by @samchippy

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‘Narrow Road to the Deep North’ nominated for an ASC award! Very humbled to be recognised by some of the best Cinematographers in the world @the__asc . I broke my leg terribly right before this shoot but @andygough_ stepped in and saved me at the last minute - operating under some terrible and gruelling conditions. Thank you Andy and thank you to the entire cast and crew! None of this is possible without a huge team of dedicated collaborators and artists ❤️‍🔥 by @samchippy

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Lost Flowers selected in competition at CamerImage 2023 🇵🇱 🥹

Scary being included alongside so many insane cinematographers 🫨

@glendyn_ivin ty for trusting me taken in Toruń by @samchippy

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Shot over 3 years ago - this commercial just surfaced after being buried by covid. 💗@lizmurphytv @allidal @lukegoodrum
Shot on the Panavision primo 17.5mm and 21mm @panavisionofficial by @samchippy

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Lost frames from The Stranger. Always hurts when scenes hit the cutting room floor but that’s showbiz bb 🔪 🎞️ by @samchippy

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Port Gawler, South Australia.
From memory this was the first day scouting for The Stranger by @samchippy

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‘The Stranger’ has been nominated for Cinematography in film at the 2022 AACTA awards. 🫣

Honoured to be sitting alongside so many talented people from every department. The film is now streaming on Netflix worldwide 🌎 by @samchippy

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