Understanding Senility

Lens/Camera Information
Lens series: Cooke Anamorphic/i Primes
Focus lengths: 25mm, 32mm, 50mm, 75mm
Other lenses: +1 & +2 Diopters
Camera: Arri Alexa
Original Aspect Ratio: 2.66:1
Format: Digital
Rental Company:  ATM System http://atmsystem.pl/

DOP Information
Director of Photography: Maciej Puczyński http://directorofphotography.pl
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Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/maciejpuczynski
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciej-puczy%C5%84ski-66021886/

Production Information
Production: Understanding Senility
Director: Tomasz Knittel
Producer: Paulina Mergner
Colourist: Ola Kraus
Post Production Company: FDR Studio http://fdrstudio.pl/en/
Production Company: Szut Szut http://szutszutstudio.pl/

DOP Maciej Puczyński on his lens choice:
“I choose Cooke, both spherical and anamorphic, for their incredible transmission of space. The sense of 3-dimensionality draws us inside. Their sharpness of the foreground and softness of bokeh, combined with subtle color rendition was very important, when we decided with Tomek – the director, for art direction to prepare monochrome set.

I didn’t want to loose any of the sepias, browns and greens shades, I wanted them to be subtle and rich. I also wanted to preserve the original, old structures of the objects in frame. Hence once I had the line for Cooke lens, when making them as choice for my latest documentaries: “Reality deserves better look”.

This project was very close to documentary filmmaking and we decided on anamorphics to give it also different approach, without flares and other „obligatory” artifacts though. I want to compose within frame and make people feel it is all real and at the same time – slightly from another world. I try to capture the tension between the object and its actual meaning. This is why we shot the real flat of an elderly person with cinematic lenses.”