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“I had the task of repeating the mood of the comic and the lightness of what is happening in the frame. I chose the Cooke S4/i because of the slight vintage image and 14mm adoration, I adore it”Nikita Khatsarevich, DOP
Lens/Camera Information
Lens series: Cooke S4/i
Focus lengths: 14mm, 18mm, 25mm, 32mm, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm, 135mm
Other lenses: CXX Zoom, COOKE MKIII Zoom 25-250mm T3.7
Original Aspect Ratio: 1.16:1
Cameras: Alexa Mini
Format: Digital
Rental Company: Patriot Rental https://patriot.ua/
Director of Photography: Nikita Khatsarevich
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/khatsarevich
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khatsarevich
Production Information
Production: Vladimir Chauchemar feat Alyona Alyona – Dancer
Producer: Stanislav Smyrnov
Director: Dima Cherniavskyi
Colourist: Yerlan Tanayev
DOP Nikita Khatsarevich on her lens choices:
“You may have noticed the similarities to the film “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, haha (
I had the task of repeating the mood of the comic and the lightness of what is happening in the frame. I chose the Cooke S4/i because of the slight vintage image and 14mm adoration, I adore it
We also added wild zoom-in arrivals in the middle of the track, for exaggeration and comicity of the story. For this I made tests with all large zooms on Patriot Rental and chose exactly COOKE MKIII Zoom 25-250mm T3.7. These two lines seem to be from different generations, but they match perfectly with each other”
