{"id":7289,"date":"2016-05-02T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T13:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/?p=7289"},"modified":"2017-11-25T14:24:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T14:24:25","slug":"interview-of-frederic-noirhomme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/?p=7289","title":{"rendered":"Interview of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Noirhomme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For his <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">appointment<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> as a new SBC member, we have <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">invited<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Noirhomme <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">for<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> a coffee and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">have asked him <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a few questions..<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7285 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0001420_01.jpg\" alt=\"prejudice_stills.0001420_01\" width=\"1080\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0001420_01.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0001420_01-420x179.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0001420_01-744x316.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0001420_01-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0001420_01-600x255.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><i>Pr\u00e9judice by Antoine Cuypers<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><a name=\"__DdeLink__2115_1129230213\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>What<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i> does it feel like to have been appointed at the SBC ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN : <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> are some members of the SBC with whom I get along <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">really well <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">such as Renaat Lambeets who worked as steady-cam operator on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Pr\u00e9judice, <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">but also Manu Dacosse who is a friend and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">has been<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> my sponsor at the SBC with Alain Marcoen. It gives me the opportunity to talk to peers, to exchange with people I know <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">well<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> or not <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">so well<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. As far as I can gather, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">we meet around <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a drink so it\u2019s not too strict. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Information is plentiful and varied<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, so it gives me <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">an<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> opportunity to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">know<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> what is going on in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">our<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> circle, to see what the other DOP are doing\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><i>What led you to become director of photography ?<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN: <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s a long <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">tale<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I came to it quite<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> late. I was born in Namur, but I grew up in a <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">remote country village in the province of<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Luxembourg. The only cinema that there was, was precisely in Namur or also small countryside cinemas like the one in Rochefort that had a very restricted programming of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">major<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> action movies and blockbusters, because the programmers of these provincial cinemas did not invest in art-house films. It is starting to change today thanks to, among other, some associations, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">but as a child<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I remained quite ignorant of what cinema was about.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> For me, the cinema was Bruce Willis. And it is also Bruce Willis of course, but not just that. I had a formal scientific secondary training. And I was also interested in the plastic arts. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After secondary education, I spent one <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">year in the United States <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> an exchange program. I had a television <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">set<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in my room and I often spent <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">night<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> zapping <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">from one programme to another<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. One night I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was stunned by a silent scene from<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>The Dreamlife of Angels <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">by Erick Zonka. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I was amazed at being so surprised<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> by this film. I wondered if it was not also because the film was a Belgian coproduction and that I was missing my <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">native<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> culture. At the end of the year, we had to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">write<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> a <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">report<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 naively \u2013 thought<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> that it would be great to work on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the influence of local peculiarities<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">on any given<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">cinema<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. I tried to compare <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Belgian and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> American cinemas, to oppose these two completely different modes of production. Besides I did an internship on a set in the United States and for me the cinema was <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">shooting a film <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">in Imax with 500 technicians, helicopters, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">stunts<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>You must have been quite disappointed when you came home!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN:<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Laughter.<\/i><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Indeed a little<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">! When I returned from the United States, it was too late <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">for me <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to join most schools. I was able to register at the last moment <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">at<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the IAD, but I missed the entrance examination for directing. They offered me their new multi-media section, but in my post-teenager frustration, I refused. Then I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">enrolled<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">at<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Inraci <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">with a view to being a<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> director but the image <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">eventually appealed to me more<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> because it mixed scientific and plastic concepts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>And after school ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN :<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I quickly agreed to work on documentaries as camera operator. The films were <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">low budget <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">so I worked for free, but thanks to my parents, I could afford it. I immediately <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">did<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> cameraman, I was never electrician, grip or assistant, which <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was a disadvantage<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">at<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">beginning<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> of my career. It is still one of my peculiarities today. When I work with my gaffers and key <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">grips<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, we often laugh when I ask them to do very unusual things. Sometimes, they <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">suggest<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">an alternative which I sometimes turn down<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">but in either case it turns out well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>How about today ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN : <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I have realised that I like the cinema rather than the image: I enjoy the language and helping a director build his narrative <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">through the image.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab036_0181633.jpg\" alt=\"Hedi_grab036_0181633\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab036_0181633.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab036_0181633-420x236.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab036_0181633-744x419.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab036_0181633-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab036_0181633-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><em>Hedi by Mohamed Ben Attia<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>You mentioned earlier your essay about the identity of cinemas. Do you think there is an identity of Belgian lighting or image ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN : <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I don\u2019t think so. I think we first build the pictorial identity of a film <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">from<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the script and the director\u2019s intentions <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">even if we may<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> imagine a romantic theory that must be <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">partly <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">true : we often shoot in Belgium <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the lighting <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">atmosphere<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> varies according to the climate, the latitude, or the place where we are. The outsides are immediately singular and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">permeate<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> our creative mind. But I am sure that a Belgian cinematographer when shooting in Holland will have a totally different light because he is in Holland near an <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">inland<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> sea and it is very nice and inspiring. If one shoots a film in Portugal, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">one<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> will also have a very specific light. The identity of the Belgian image may also come from the fact that we have a long history of documentary cinema, it is also more <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">home made<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, it has <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fewer financial <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">means than <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">other more productive <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>I beg to differ with what you said about the climate, I find that there is a major difference between the image in Flemish Belgian films and that in Walloon ones. But maybe it is because they don\u2019t have the same means\u2026<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I don\u2019t know if they have different means, the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">co-productions <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">are complex and frequent between our two communities. Flanders is a linguistic minority which is culturally more <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">open<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">closer to the Anglo-Saxon due to its Germanic nature<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. For instance, in their theatres, the movies are always <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">in the original soundtracks <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and subtitled, whereas <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">they are all<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> dubbed <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">in<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wallonia<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. In French-speaking Belgium, we are perhaps more <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">open<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to the French cinema, and a little less curious. It must be reflected in our respective <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">productions<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. But it is true that the image in the Flemish cinema is often very beautiful. There are very important cinematographers <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">such as<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Karakatsanis, Ruben Impens, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"fr-FR\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7288 aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0026320.jpg\" alt=\"prejudice_stills.0026320\" width=\"1080\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0026320.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0026320-420x179.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0026320-744x316.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0026320-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0026320-600x255.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><i>Pr\u00e9judice by Antoine Cuypers<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>There are also very beautiful things in the French-speaking Belgian cinema. For example your work, let\u2019s talk about it. Which films have been landmarks in your career? Did any directors launch your career?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN:<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two people really helped me, Olias Barco, the director go Kill me please and<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Vincent Tavier, his producer. They both trusted me to do the lighting of <em>Kill me please<\/em>\u00a0since I started as a cinematographer. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The film had a rather consequent casting but <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">quite a low budget and we had to use<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> small cameras<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, which I think is why <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">he offered me the job. We had to use cheap HD cameras and try to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">get<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> a black-and-white film look. I owned one of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">those<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> cameras and I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">had done<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> a good job on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">other<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> films. The film was received <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">coolly<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in Belgium, maybe because it referred too much to the monument of Belgian cinema: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>It Happened in Your Neighborhood<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, but it did well aboard. It was <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">awarded<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">several<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">prizes<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">famous<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> festivals, because it was a rather original film just like Olias Barco who is a bit crazy and very nice.\u00a0<\/span>After that Vincent offered me <i>Standard-drukker <\/i>which was Riton Liebman\u2019s first film.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><i>You <\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>have ma<\/i><\/span><i>de a lot of first films.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><b>FN : <\/b>Only first films. Directors run away after working with me. <i>Laughter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><i>Didn\u2019t you make a second film with Olias?<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Yes, but I was not the only cinematographer <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on the set<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. The Ukrainian production imposed Thierry Arbogast. At first, it was rather complex, but finally Thierry <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">relied on<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> me, he <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">entrusted me with<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the second set and I also did the framing with him when there was only one set. But that <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> not a film that I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">signed<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> as DOP. It <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> a <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fantasy<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> film for <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">children<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> with incredible settings. It was super fun to do. It <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">enabled<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> me to demystify the work of the big majors and to feel comfortable <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">with<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another film <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">has<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> marked my course: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Shattering Shadow<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> directed by two art directors: Patrick Dechesne and Alain Pascal Housiaux. We shot it in Ethiopia and in Liege. I enjoyed working with them <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">very much<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, because they were really <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">trying to find their own original language<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. Their linguistic approach was carried <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the end of the post-production and the film was very well edited by Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dozo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">More recently I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">worked<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Pr\u00e9judice<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> by Antoine Cuypers and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Hedi <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">by Mohamed Ben Attia, which won the silver bear for best actor and best first film at the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">latest<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Berlin Film Festival. Both of them were beautiful encounters, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">researching with the directors was very rewarding<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, even though sometimes<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> our<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> opinions differed, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">especially<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Hedi,<\/i><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">because of our <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">different <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cultural backgrounds<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span> <i>Hedi<\/i> was very instructive <span style=\"color: #000000;\">as I was often faced with my own certainties<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span>Sometimes Mohamed would lead me away, sometimes he would follow me.<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> It <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> really <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cinema<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> as I like it, because there is a coherence in the director\u2019s point of view, in the way in which he approaches the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">overall<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> construction of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">his<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> film, in the language that he uses. We used a handle camera near his character. There is such a truth that springs from his character, that it does not matter if the style has already been seen, in this case it was justified. The emotions <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">were<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> very precise. I am proud to have contributed to the outcome and the success of this film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"fr-FR\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7282\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab025_0151207.jpg\" alt=\"Hedi_grab025_0151207\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab025_0151207.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab025_0151207-420x236.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab025_0151207-744x419.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab025_0151207-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab025_0151207-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><em>Hedi by Mohamed Ben Attia<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><i>How did you handle the lighting of Hedi ?<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><b>FN: <\/b>It was rather difficult. It had a small bud<span style=\"color: #000000;\">get, about twenty sets, seven weeks of shooting, twelve hours per day, six days per week, and we finished it during <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ramadan<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. I worked with Ren\u00e9 Haan, a Belgian gaffer. We were the only two <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Belgians<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> among technicians. The rest of the team was Tunisian, and Ren\u00e9 was assisted by a wonderful Tunisian gaffer, but with ideas and methods specific to the cinema and the material that he <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">used to. And then there <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">loss<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in the translations. For instance, I would <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ask<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> them to make a pre-light, and when I arrived, it was not what I had asked for. The continuity was also rather difficult. The lighting was not simple, the sets were gigantic, particularly a 5 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">star<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> luxury hotel that was very difficult to light. We went to hell to make a beautiful film. I am glad because we <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">had a hard time<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> but it paid <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">off<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>How about Pr\u00e9judice ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN : <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was also <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">complicated<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">various<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">points<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. The actress, Nathalie Baye, was <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">far more famous<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, so we had to make her feel good. She gave so much of herself in the film that expectations were high. Also there were a lot of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">dinner<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> scenes shot with two cameras that had to be correctly <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">lit<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">so as<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to avoid <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">television film<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> look and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">so as to keep soft shadows on<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">actresses\u2019<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> faces (Natalie<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, but also Cathy<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and Ariane<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">) by a light from above. But the most complicated part was the beginning of the film. We were shooting outside but the sunlight <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was supposed<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to decrease gradually during the scene. We had to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">keep a continuous decreasing light over several days of shooting outside with varying weather conditions<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. It was <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">hell<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to shoot. Maybe I should have insisted on the difficulties of such a choice in preparation, because I already knew it was going to be hard, but at the same time, I wanted to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">meet the director\u2019s expectations <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">as far as possible. Even if you know that you are shooting yourself in the foot, you still want to try, which is rather <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fun<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. We had a great team and Beno\u00eet Roland the producer really supported the project <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to the full<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. They helped us <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">make<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> wise <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">decisions<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and they <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">supported<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> our <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">choice of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">priorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><i>Earlie<\/i><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>r, you said that fantasy films for children and action ones, were not really your style. Can you describe your style ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN :<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I don\u2019t have any. But I know that this kind of films <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> not the type of films that I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">spontaneously<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">feel<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> attracted to. I like <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">it<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> when <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">director plays <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">content, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the narrative codes, when he <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">considers<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">the<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> language <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">experiments<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> new things. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The closer we stick to the modern vein <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the more I like it.. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That was<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> what I enjoyed with Patrick Dechesne <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Alain Pascal Housiaux. They didn\u2019t try to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">depart from <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">classicism, they were in their own <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">world<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, which eventually was very modern. They chose radical <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">viewpoints<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">remarkable<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> ellipses, temporal games\u2026 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I like it when directors keep a distance in their films, like Bresson at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>I have the feeling that most of the films you did were dramas, and characters\u2019 films rather than script films based on climactic developments.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN :<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">In fact what I find amazing is when we manage to make the viewer feel emotion though through the time cut and editing of scenes that we have shot<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. Not an emotion that will make the viewer cry, but a specific feeling, a discomfort or a micro-feeling that we can experiment in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">daily<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> life. That\u2019s what <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Hedi <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is. There are magnificent <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">gushes<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> of emotion <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">caused by a series of particular and at the same time quite common emotional moments<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. And inevitably genre cinema <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is less likely to explore that <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">kind of expression. Even though I like <\/span>to watch it, and I enjoy doing it, and maybe later I will do only that kind of films, right now it is not what attracts me most.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7287\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0024334.jpg\" alt=\"prejudice_stills.0024334\" width=\"1080\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0024334.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0024334-420x179.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0024334-744x316.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0024334-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0024334-600x255.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><i>Pr\u00e9judice by Antoine Cuypers<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><i>I have the feeling that you are intensely interested in the language so that you are more into framing than lighting\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN : <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I always frame myself but in fact it is not what I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">enjoy<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> most. Sitting behind the camera kind of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">bores<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Yet that was how you started.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN :<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> On documentaries yes, it\u2019s true. But it <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> different<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. When shooting <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a documentary, you always have to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">consider<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the light. For instance : inside where are the windows ? You always try to position yourself so that the light will be nice. And it\u2019s something I still do for fiction films. It\u2019s very basic. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Besides<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">light is t<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">he <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">very<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> first thing I check when I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">consider<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> a set : where are the possible narrative sources ? Where are the most interesting <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">axes<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> regarding the lighting ? <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But I agree <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">with you <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">that<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I don\u2019t want to make a film where you can feel that it <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">has been<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> lit, I don\u2019t want to make <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">photography<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> that <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is too conspicuous<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. I want to create <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">inconspicuous<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> lighting. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I don\u2019t want anyone leaving the theatre to think<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">: \u201cbeautiful photography\u201d, but \u201cbeautiful film\u201d. As a result, I am always reluctant to work <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">purely for <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">effect, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">even if I could do better<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> sometimes. I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">may be <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a bit too <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">naturalistic<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a consequence I may be remembered <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">more for my framing, because it\u2019s more obvious, but I don\u2019t mind because it\u2019s part of the language, the point of view, and the directing. I have the feeling that on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Pr\u00e9judice<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Hedi,<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the directing prevails over the photography, the latter being unobtrusive rather than marked, but nevertheless stylised, and maybe a bit more so <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Pr\u00e9judice<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><i>How did you work the clipping with Mohamed on Hedi ?<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN :<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> It was very interesting. He came with clipping ideas that didn\u2019t take into account the light or the size of the camera. He had in mind framings that were difficult and even impossible to realise. However, what was really beautiful in his clipping was that it <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">conveyed his desire to direct<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and the essence of what he intended to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">convey<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. It took <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">us<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> time to reach <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">an<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> agreement, but at the end of the prep I was able to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">suggest approaches<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> that were in accordance with his director\u2019s desires. He is a guy that doesn\u2019t seem to care <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">for<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the image, but it is not true. We would trust each other and that <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">gave<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> us a lot of freedom. He also had <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">an asset<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">he acknowledged his doubts whenever he had any, which might seem quite uncomfortable at times but which enabled me to make various suggestions<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. I prefer that than <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">people pretending<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> they know everything. It was a painstaking but nice collaboration, and it <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">paid<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"fr-FR\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7281\" style=\"text-align: center;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab016_0116656.jpg\" alt=\"Hedi_grab016_0116656\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab016_0116656.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab016_0116656-420x236.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab016_0116656-744x419.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab016_0116656-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hedi_grab016_0116656-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><em>Hedi by Mohamed Ben Attia<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Do you regularly work with the same team ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN : <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not really. On <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Hedi<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">as<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I said, I only knew the Belgian gaffer. On <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Pr\u00e9judice<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the gaffer and the key grip were from Luxembourg for production reasons. Whenever I can choose, I call some friends, the ones that attended the INRACI with me. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> when <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">having to work with strangers I sometimes leads to<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> beautiful encounters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">have worked <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">regularly with Benjamin Hauteneuve as focus puller, it is easier to negotiate his Belgian position when the film is coproduced. I am very lucky, he is a friend and he is excellent at his job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Do you use the same camera and lenses on the different projects that you do ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN :<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> It is never the same. That is the good thing about our job : supports multiply, optics evolve without <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">falling<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> out of fashion. Regarding the script that you read and that you discuss with the director, very soon you have to make a choice. Whenever you have the chance and the money you <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">keep testing<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">if not<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> you choose what you think is best for the project. I like to try new things. We have to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">remain<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> curious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>I only ask because a lot of the cinematographers that I have interviewed told me that they only worked with one camera, because according to them it was the only one that could render the colours properly. What is interesting is that some prefer the F65, others the Alexa and others still the RED\u2026<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN :<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I still have <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">misgivings about<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the RED. Benjamin Hautenauve <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">insists that I must try <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">it, but I will not <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">do so <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on a full-length film, I will try it on a short one. I did <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Pr\u00e9judice<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> with the F65 and if Sony offers a new camera I will be glad to try it, because it\u2019s a very interesting constructor in terms of image. But what I <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">find the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">best today <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> an Alexa shooting in RAW. The <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">latest<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> film that I have shot <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Un conte Indien<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> d\u2019H\u00e9ctor Cabello Reyes, was with an Alexa in RAW and an Alpha 7 for the night scenes, with Master Anamorphic lenses. But really it depends <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">demands<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and possibilities of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Do you use LUT or do you work with a DIT ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN :<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Not really. In my opinion, working with a DIT could be nice to visualise what you can or <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cannot<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> do with the lighting, but most of the time I don\u2019t use <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">one<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. I apply a REC709 preview LUT or a similar <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">pre-set depending on<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the camera and I work <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the light so that it looks good in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">that<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> range. I know that if it is good in REC709, it will be <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ok<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> for the grading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Do you have a colourist with whom you work regularly ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN :<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Not yet. But I would like to work with <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> colourist on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Hedi<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Rapha\u00eblle Dufosset <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">again<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. Alain Marcoen <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">had <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">recommended her. He is one of the most rigorous and interesting DOP that I know. His <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">photography blends into the directing <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> beautiful. For instance I find the lighting on the Dardenne brother\u2019s films both right and nice. So when Alain commended her, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I did not hesitate<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. And I was not disappointed : she did a wonderful job in only seven days. We have some little regrets, because we did not have time to <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">spend<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> over <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">minor<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> details, but she is a true image technician, a true artist, because she gets exactly what the film <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is supposed to convey<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">through<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the image. So if I can, I will work with her <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">again<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>How do you picture the continuation of your career ? Would you prefer to keep working with directors that you already know or would you prefer to keep doing first films ?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>FN : <\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I would gladly work on <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">other<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> films <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">with<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> all those directors : Antoine, Mohamed, Olias, Alain-Pascal and Patrick, all of them actually\u2026 But I would understand if <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">colleagues were to do <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">their next film due to production, availability or artistic requirements\u2026 the goal being that the films <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">be<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> well done. If I can work with them <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">again<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> I will, but at the same time I find that <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">first meetings are often very rich<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. I will always do first <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">films because<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">having<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to face a new cinema <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is always very interesting<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. But I would <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">also appreciate getting into the caricature of an old couple<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026 Doing all my career with the same director could also be a wonderful experiment. I don\u2019t know if it will happen, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">or<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> with <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">whom<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, but it could be great. Maybe the <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">greatest of all would be to experience<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0000257_01.jpg\" alt=\"prejudice_stills.0000257_01\" width=\"1080\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0000257_01.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0000257_01-420x179.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0000257_01-744x316.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0000257_01-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/prejudice_stills.0000257_01-600x255.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><em>Pr\u00e9judice by Antoine Cuypers<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For his appointment as a new SBC member, we have invited Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Noirhomme for a coffee and have asked him a few questions.. Pr\u00e9judice by Antoine Cuypers What does it feel like to have been appointed at the SBC ? FN : There are some members of the SBC with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":7286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[429,430,431,250],"class_list":["post-7289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-productions","tag-frederic-noirhomme","tag-hedi","tag-kill-me-please","tag-prejudice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7289"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7311,"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7289\/revisions\/7311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sbcine.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}