Recreating Iconic Film Shots: A Masterclass in Filmmaking

Sometimes, the fastest way to learn a craft is to try and recreate how the masters do it.

Exploring Film Recreation with William H Baker

This fantastic two-parter from YouTube filmmaker William H Baker follows as he attempts to recreate a shot from every film nominated for the 2024 Best Picture Oscar.

Lessons Learned in Part One

In Part One, we learn some amazing lessons like:

• Using Adobe’s Generative AI for set extensions when you can’t get snow to recreate Anatomy of a Fall.
• Recreating Past Lives’ subtle lighting.
• Fixing low-quality thermal footage to try to match Zone of Interest’s military-grade cinematography.
• Using a pixel tube and programmable DMX to recreate passing lights when shooting from a static car like in The Holdovers.
• Recreating the iconic shot from Barbie (maximalist set and all).