Blog Post #2

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One of my favorite shows is HBO’s Insecure by Issa Rae. I love the fact that the actors are always so well lit and all the color it uses. The person they have to thank for that is, Ava Berkovsky.As the primary DP, she set and executed the look for the season.



Films she has shot have premiered at numerous festivals including Sundance, the Venice Film Festival, AFI Fest, SXSW, the Toronto Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival; winning Best Film in the Orizzonti category at the Venice Film Festival (FREE IN DEED, dir Jake Mahaffy) and winning the Special Jury Prize at SXSW twice (SHARE, dir Pippa Bianco) (SEQUIN RAZE, dir Sarah Shapiro). Ava was nominated for a 2017 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for her work on Free In Deed.

She holds an MFA from the American Film Institute.e look for the season. Films she has shot have premiered at numerous festivals including Sundance, the Venice Film Festival, AFI Fest, SXSW, the Toronto Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival; winning Best Film in the Orizzonti category at the Venice Film Festival (FREE IN DEED, dir Jake Mahaffy) and winning the Special Jury Prize at SXSW twice (SHARE, dir Pippa Bianco) (SEQUIN RAZE, dir Sarah Shapiro). She really specializes in lighting black skin and with me being an up and coming black film maker and actress I really admire that. Here are some articles that really talk about her process and how she does it. My favorite scenes happen to be the club scenes because I love color gel lighting.

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