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Devan Scott

@dagscott.bsky.social

Cinematographer | Colourist | Professor | Director [Vancouver, BC] Host of 'How Would Lubitsch Do It' www.movingimageagency.com | https://letterboxd.com/DevanAGScott/

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Willa Harlow Ross@willaharlowross.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Come find out how someone would even figure out all the new (and old) looks that the digital filmmaking revolution made possible!

Devan Scott@dagscott.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Up now on FILM FORMALLY: from the long-take trenches of RUSSIAN ARK to the boundary-pushing digital grading of ANTICHRIST and SECRET AGENT, colourist Dirk Meier has seen it all. We break down the evolution of look-development and how to build a visual language from scratch.

Willa Harlow Ross@willaharlowross.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very exciting episode!! If you're interested in the formation of aesthetic trends and artistic solutions from the onset of the digital era to the present, this is a must listen: Dirk has been a key player with a front view of this stuff for a quarter century now.

Devan Scott@dagscott.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Mark yer calendars for our next Film Formally episode, coming out July 21st. We talk digital colour with Dirk Meier, colourist behind SECRET AGENT, ANTICHRIST, DREDD, HAPPY AS LAZARRO, and various Roy Andersson films with titles too long to recount here.

Devan Scott@dagscott.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I know that "the film look" [a caricature thereof] is the hammer of the moment to which everything else is a nail, but this is exemplary of why things like "more contrast!" and "more saturation!!" aren't an inherent good. It's clear Villeneuve/Fraser didn't compose around it.

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Willa Harlow Ross@willaharlowross.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You may have already seen me posting gripes about the way large formats are used and understood in the current landscape; the first episode back for the podcast seemed a perfect place for me and Devan to dive into that more!!

Devan Scott@dagscott.bsky.social · 3mo ago

FILM FORMALLY is back!!! @willaharlowross.bsky.social and I return for a (now monthly) podcast in which we break down cinema to its building blocks, tackle myths, and go on and on about all things preservation. Our premiere: a deeper dive into the myths around format size. Now in video form!

Willa Harlow Ross@willaharlowross.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The last of @dagscott.bsky.social's four-video series about the history of lighting motivation in movies is up, and if you have interest in beautiful art at all and appreciating it in a thoughtful way, I can't think of many more fruitful uses of your time than these. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A Brief History of Lighting Motivation in Cinema - YouTube

My lecture series conducted throughout May of 2026 in which I chronicle the history of lighting in cinema, tracing its development from the sunlit studios of...

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