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Mumbai · Vol. 01 · MMXXVI
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Cinematographers & Photographers to Study

Indian DPs first, then global. Photographers at the end.

Ravi Varman
India · DP
Lush colour. Barfi, 2.0, Ram-Leela.
Anil Mehta
India · DP
Hum Dil De Chuke, Lagaan, Veer-Zaara.
Santosh Sivan
India · DP
Asoka, Iruvar, Mission Kashmir. Painterly.
Sudeep Chatterjee
India · DP
Bajirao Mastani, Chak De! India.
Pankaj Kumar
India · DP
Tumbbad, Haider, Brahmastra. Texture & gloom.
Avik Mukhopadhayay
India · DP
Raincoat, 15 Park Avenue, Iqbal.
Anil Chandel
India · DP
Lipstick Under My Burkha, Section 375.
Jay Oza
India · DP
Gully Boy, Made in Heaven. Mumbai realism.
Siddharth Diwan
India · DP
Lust Stories, Andhadhun, Stree.
Anuj Rakesh Dhawan
India · DP
Sacred Games, Made in Heaven.
Roger Deakins
UK · DP
1917, Blade Runner 2049, No Country.
Greig Fraser
AU · DP
Dune, The Batman, Lion. Atmosphere.
Linus Sandgren
SE · DP
La La Land, Babylon, First Man.
Bradford Young
USA · DP
Arrival, Selma, Solo. Painterly low-key.
Hoyte van Hoytema
NL · DP
Oppenheimer, Tenet, Interstellar.
Emmanuel Lubezki
MX · DP
Birdman, Revenant, Children of Men.
Robert Yeoman
USA · DP
Wes Anderson films — symmetrical pastel.
Khalik Allah
USA · DP
Black Mother. Street photography as cinema.
Rina Yang
UK · DP
FKA Twigs, Sault music videos. Glassland.
Autumn Durald Arkapaw
USA · DP
Wakanda Forever, Loki, Palo Alto.
Raghu Rai
India · Photographer
Magnum India. Heritage, Delhi.
Dayanita Singh
India · Photographer
Book-based work, archives, intimate.
Sohrab Hura
India · Photographer
Magnum. Personal, raw, family.
Bharat Sikka
India · Photographer
Indian Men, urban portraits.
Ashish Shah
India · Photographer
Editorial fashion, Vogue India.
Tarun Khiwal
India · Photographer
Fashion, beauty, luxury editorial.
Nan Goldin
USA · Photographer
Intimate raw flash, queer NYC.
Wolfgang Tillmans
DE · Photographer
Editorial, queer, abstract, club.
Petra Collins
CA · Photographer
Soft pink, girlhood, music video.
Tyler Mitchell
USA · Photographer
Black portraiture, Vogue cover.
Ren Hang
CN · Photographer
Bold colour, surreal nudes (NSFW).
Alec Soth
USA · Photographer
American melancholy.

Films Known For Each Scene Type

Re-watch with the production designer's eye.

Bedroom Scenes

Lost in Translation (2003)
Tokyo hotel room intimacy
Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Italian villa bedrooms
Marriage Story (2019)
Stark master bedroom
Eternal Sunshine (2004)
Memory bedroom dissolving
Lust Stories (2018)
Indian middle-class bedrooms

Bathroom Scenes

Saltburn (2023)
Now-infamous bath scene
Psycho (1960)
Shower scene — foundational
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Bathroom as plot pivot
Trainspotting (1996)
Worst Toilet in Scotland
Andhadhun (2018)
Bathroom plot device

Kitchen Scenes

The Bear (2022)
Industrial kitchen ballet
Big Night (1996)
Italian restaurant kitchen
Boyhood (2014)
Family kitchens across years
Ratatouille (2007)
Iconic kitchen geography
The Lunchbox (2013)
Mumbai dabba prep + meals

Wedding Scenes

Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Punjabi wedding — Mira Nair
Band Baaja Baaraat (2010)
Delhi wedding planning
Made in Heaven (2019)
High-end Indian weddings
HAHK (1994)
Big-fat-Indian-wedding template
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Singapore opulent wedding

Indian Street Scenes

Gully Boy (2019)
Dharavi rap origin
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Mumbai chase sequences
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Street kids — Mira Nair
Photograph (2019)
Mumbai street photographer
Tumbbad (2018)
Period Konkan village

Office Scenes

The Apartment (1960)
Endless desks
Severance (2022)
Corporate horror
Office Space (1999)
Cubicle satire
Mad Men (2007)
60s ad agency
Aankhen (2002)
Bank heist office

Hotel · Lobby Scenes

Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Wes Anderson hotel
Lost in Translation (2003)
Park Hyatt Tokyo
The Shining (1980)
Overlook Hotel
Barton Fink (1991)
Hotel Earle corridor
Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Taj Palace under attack

Rain · Wet Streets

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Endless neon rain
In the Mood for Love (2000)
HK rain alleys
Se7en (1995)
Rain-soaked grim
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Iconic studio rain
Black Friday (2004)
Mumbai monsoon

90s · Nostalgia (India)

DDLJ (1995)
90s Punjabi home
HAHK (1994)
Quintessential 90s home
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
90s college + family
YJHD (2013)
90s flashbacks
Bombay (1995)
90s middle-class home

Period · Historical

Bajirao Mastani (2015)
Maratha opulence
Lagaan (2001)
1893 rural India
Padmaavat (2018)
Period Rajputana
Sardar Udham (2021)
1919 Jallianwala
Manikarnika (2019)
Rani of Jhansi

Construction · Industrial

There Will Be Blood (2007)
Oil derricks
Modern Times (1936)
Assembly line
Pather Panchali (1955)
Train + rural
Snowpiercer (2013)
Train as factory

Restaurant · Cafe · Bar

Goodfellas (1990)
Copacabana long take
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Jack Rabbit Slim's
Heat (1995)
Pacino-De Niro cafe
Drive (2011)
Diner conversations
Highway (2014)
Indian dhabas

Religious Spaces

PK (2014)
Multiple religious sets
Oh My God (2012)
Indian temple
Silence (2016)
Scorsese — Japan
Doubt (2008)
Catholic school + church

School · College

3 Idiots (2009)
Engineering college
Taare Zameen Par (2007)
Primary school
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Prep school
Munna Bhai MBBS (2003)
Medical college
Lady Bird (2017)
Catholic high school

Festival Scenes

Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Punjabi wedding rituals
Devdas (2002)
Durga Puja, Holi
Ram-Leela (2013)
Holi, Navratri Gujarat
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
Diwali, Karva Chauth

Movie Night · Cozy Indoors

Frances Ha (2012)
Apartment hangouts
500 Days of Summer (2009)
IKEA + apartment vibes
Lady Bird (2017)
Bedroom & kitchen intimacy

Production Tools

Palettes · Lighting · Materials · LUTs · Communities

Film-Grab
Curated film stills — by film
Shot.Cafe
21k+ stills tagged by mood/scene
Film Vibes
Aesthetic-organized stills
Stills From Films
WordPress film-still archive
Movie-Screencaps
Frame-by-frame movie caps
Blu-Screens
A–Z index of Blu-ray screen captures
Frameset
Film frame search — OPEN IN INCOGNITO
Eyecannndy
Curated visual-technique database
Ads of the World
Global ad creative archive
ShotDeck
Tagged shot lists (paid)
MovieStillsDB
1.5M+ movie/TV photos
Coolors
Generate & save palettes from images
Adobe Color
Extract palettes, find harmonies
Movies in Color
Palettes from famous films
Cinema Palettes
Daily film palettes (Twitter)
Pantone Year
Trend colour signals
FilmConvert LUTs
Film stock LUT packs
Kodak Film Looks
Real Kodak film stock refs
Cooke Optics
Lens character — Speed Panchro etc.
Roger Deakins Forum
DP discusses every setup
RGG EDU Lighting
Lighting setup tutorials
Lightingscape
3D pre-vis lighting
LUTs.io
Free professional LUTs
FilmInk Materials
Texture & material refs
Texturelib
Free seamless textures
Architonic
Furniture & material refs
Pexels
Free stock CC
Unsplash
Free stock photography
Indian DP Society
Indian DP community
Cine Suffix India
Indian DP highlights

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