Clubhouse Conversations — F1

In this episode, cinematographer Claudio Miranda, ASC, ACC is joined by interviewer Suki Medenčević, ASC, ASBiH, SAS to discuss his work on F1 — an adrenaline-fueled sports drama from director Joseph Kosinski centered on an aging Formula One driver who comes out of retirement for a shot at redemption.

F1 tells the story of Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a once-dominant Formula One racer who agrees to return to the sport to mentor an arrogant rising talent in Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris). The film marks the sixth feature collaboration between Miranda and Kosinski, following their work together on Tron: Legacy, Oblivion, Only the Brave, Top Gun: Maverick and Spiderhead.

Conversation Highlights

Miranda's conversation with Medenčević explores a range of strategies, as well as the creative and practical challenges he encountered, including:

• Developing custom cameras and specialized mounts, which were engineered to withstand speeds of 200mph
• Capturing the Grand Prix live on location at Silverstone, Monza, Abu Dhabi and Las Vegas exclusively with in-camera and helicopter footage
• Staging the film's practical crash sequences
• How he and Kosinski expanded upon the in-camera techniques they used on Top Gun: Maverick to cover the film's kinetic racing action

Claudio Miranda, ASC, ACC is a Chilean cinematographer whose feature credits include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Life of Pi (2012), for which he received the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. He earned an ASC Award nomination for his work on Top Gun: Maverick.

Suki Medenčević, ASC, ASBiH, SAS is a cinematographer whose credits include the Camerimage Golden Frog nominee The Great Water and the series The Big Cigar, Shining Vale and Surfside Girls.

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Images courtesy of Sony Pictures.