Ted Lasso Cinematography (with David Rom) GCS269

Emmy award-winning comedy series TED LASSO follows an American football coach as he helps a struggling London soccer team. Cinematographer David Rom comes on to explain how they turned Jason Sudeikis' successful shorts into a full blown TV series. David and Go Creative Show host, Ben Consoli, discuss avoiding comedy visual stereotypes, fish-out-of-water cinematography style, pairing the Alexa LF with Tokina lenses, why they had to recreate the entire soccer field, and more! Subscribe Now! What you will learn in this episode Avoiding comedy visual stereotypes (02:24) Translating Jason Sudeikis' shorts to a full series (04:54) Lighting a locker room with only overhead lighting (08:21) Approach to camera angle coverage (14:13) Fish out of water cinematography (15:46) Working with other cinematographers on a series (21:20) Using the Alexa LF paired with Tokina lenses (23:53) Challenges of shooting on location (27:32) Recreating the pitch soccer field (30:24) Shooting with such a shallow focus (37:28) Why collaboration is so important (39:14) "Panic attack" scene cinematic approach (40:45) And more! Go Creative Show is supported by: MZed - Education for Creatives   Subscribe + Follow Go Creative Show Twitter Facebook Apple Podcasts Stitcher Google Play Podcasts iHeart Radio YouTube Show Links TED LASSO IMDb TED LASSO trailer TED LASSO on Apple TV+ Large format cinematography in a small package: Tokina Vista lenses on Fujifilm GFX100 Follow Our Guest David Rom’s IMDb David Rom’s website Follow Ben Consoli BC Media Productions BenConsoli.com Twitter Instagram  Follow Dave Siegel (sound mixer) Dave Siegel's website Dave Siegel's Instagram Follow Connor Crosby (producer) Ignition Visuals' website Ignition Visuals' Instagram