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DP: Radium Cheung, HKSC. world premiered at Sundance 2015. The Drowning. Director: Bette Gordon. Starring: Avan Jogia, Julia Stiles. Premiered at Warsaw Film Festival 2016. Starlet. Director: Sean Baker. Premiered at Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland 2012Winner: 2013 Spirit Award-Robert Altman Award.
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Cinematographer Radium Cheung's work — intimate yet relaxed...
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Radium Cheung was born in Canton, China. Radium is a director and producer, known for Tangerine (2015), The Sinner (2017) and Hightown (2020).
- January 1, 1
- 1.73 m
- Canton, China
- Director, Producer, Cinematographer
May 2, 2015 · Cinematographer Radium Cheung is on our 10 to Watch list in 2015 for Tangerine, which was shot entirely on mobile phones. Over his 20-plus years in the world of film and television, Radium Cheung has worked as a gaffer, a camera operator, a director of photography, and even an actor.
Cinematographer Radium Cheung's work — intimate yet relaxed — is also a standout, teasing a wide array of atmospheric qualities from a seemingly washed-out L.A.-daylight palette." VeryAware: "Showcasing organic character development, breathtaking cinematography, and an adorable Chihuahua, this film shines brilliantly!"
- Shooting on The iPhone
- Lighting
- The Look
- The Sound
- Interviews with Sean Baker
- Should You Shoot Your Next Film on The Iphone?
By utilizing the iPhone 5s and anamorphic adapters, the Director/co-DP Sean Baker and co-DP Radium Cheung (who was shooting FX's The Americanswhen he got the call to shoot this film) were able to capture the film in a way that gave them maximum mobility, a unique look, and quite a bit more stealth than if they were using larger cameras. The anamorp...
From ASC magazine, here is a little bit more about the lighting used on the film, which was almost non-existent: For the 22-day shoot, Cheung brought only three battery-operated Rosco LitePads — 1’x1’, 6”x12” and 3”x12” — “just to be able to fill in and add some eyelight every now and then,” he says. Bounce material picked up at a 99-Cents Only Sto...
Here's more from that same ASC articleabout how they decided on the look for the film, which pops with energy the way its colorful characters do: It was during prep that Baker discovered another key component of the movie's look: its amped-up color. Again, this was a 180-degree turn. “The sort of films I make have this urban social-realist thing,” ...
While they utilized relatively inexpensive gear to shoot the film, they did not skimp on the sound gear. Veteran sound mixer Irin Strauss used the Sound Devices 664 mixer/recorder along with some other high-end stuff to capture the best audio possible. Here's a taste of what he used thanks to ProSound Web: In addition to his 664, Strauss used a Lec...
Sean recently spoke with the terrific Film Courage, and here are the first two videos in that series that go a little deeper into the conversation about shooting the film and what advantages the filmmakers had choosing the iPhone format: If you're wondering, no, this was not a marketing ploy on the part of the filmmakers, especially since they kept...
This film, like most movies, could have been shot on any number of cameras that could have fulfilled a similar purpose, but the filmmakers chose a format that allowed them to not only put the cameras anywhere they wanted, but also let them blend into busy city sidewalks and easily shoot inside vehicles. There are a number of cameras that can accomp...
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Apr 21, 2015 · Born in Canton, China, and based in New York, the 38-year-old Cheung says his longtime “filmic mindset” has allowed him to wear any number of hats (as an actor, editor and gaffer).
Radium Cheung is known as an Actor, Gaffer, Director of Photography, Director, Co-Producer, Producer, Electrician, Second Unit Director of Photography, "B" Camera Operator, Camera Operator, and Cinematography.
