“Some individuals are simply beloved by the digital camera”, says cinematographer Robert Nordström – “It’s the magic of cinema” – Muricas News

“I'm at all times hunted for the wow feeling within the photos. I began with Maikkar’s cameraman course and that’s the place I spotted what attracts me”, Robert Nordstrom says.

Someday in 1982, the course individuals practiced digital camera dealing with on the premises of Mainos-TV. Nordström occurred to peek right into a make-up store, the place Ritva Valkama sat placing on make-up. He began the digital camera.

“In hindsight, I used to be shocked that I made that image. Valkama’s face was mirrored in it from one mirror to a different. It was one thing aside from what the attention might see. I understood that the particular person, the area and the framing of the picture is what it’s all about.”

Nordström was 19 years outdated. He had already dabbled in pictures earlier than and particularly preferred pure mild.

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“Pure mild remains to be enticing. Right this moment, I need the script to the touch me as nicely, and for issues to go nicely with the director.”

To maneuver Nordström was particularly drawn to the image by Swedish movies, equivalent to Bo Widerbergin Raven quarter (1963) and Elvira Madigan (1967), Roy Andersson A love story (1970) and Lasse Hallstömin My life as a canine (1985).

“I didn’t see the identical utilization of Scandinavian mild in Finnish movies as in Swedish movies. There have been sunny peaks among the many dim peaks of shiny nights, however that mild was at all times mild and delightful. In Sweden, they knew tips on how to use giant surfaces and reflections in lighting and create comfortable atmospheres.”

Of the favorites talked about by Nordström, you photographed the final three Jorgen Persson. Raven quarter your image Jan Lindstrom, who taught at Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm. Nordström went there to check cinematography in 1989.

“The sunshine took me to Dramatiska. Lindeström inspired everybody to search out their very own manner as a photographer. As a instructor, I comply with the identical traces. In the long run, everybody makes a photographer of themselves.”

Nordström has been educating at Arcada College of Utilized Sciences since 2005.

In Swedish It was simple for Nordström to check in Stockholm. He has additionally labored rather a lot in Sweden. His most well-known Swedish works are in Finland Reza Bagherin guided by Fashionable music from Vittulajänka (2004), which is predicated on Mikael Niemen to the novel.

“Dramatiska was referred to as the Rolls Royce of movie faculties. It was a lottery to get there. Sweden had a powerful movie custom, and the varsity opened many roads. Now the variations will not be so huge anymore, as there have been extra faculties and, for instance, Aalto’s educating has improved rather a lot.”

Dramatiskassa studied to turn into a director on the similar time Ulrika Bengts, with whom Nordström has since labored rather a lot. Their first collaboration was a TV film Goodbye Gibraltar (1993).

Nordström has additionally filmed each of Bengts’ function movies, Iris (2011) and Apprentice (2013). Their newest collaboration is a TV collection Lola the wrong way up (2016).

To Majakkasaari a psychological freak Apprentice belongs to the principle jobs of each. That’s the place Nordström actually obtained to appreciate his love of pure mild.

”Apprentice was filmed within the Åland archipelago, the place there was no electrical energy. It was carried out very largely with pure mild – using it, reflecting it and masking it. The usage of pure mild is predicated on filming on the proper time and in the best route, which required planning.”

Final within the years Nordström has filmed, amongst different issues Klaus Härön two newest films, Life after loss of life (2020) and My love, sea captain (2022).

The latter was filmed in Eire. A big a part of the forged and crew have been British and Irish. Nordström praises the actors specifically Catherine Walkeriawho performed the daughter of a sea captain.

“Once I first noticed Walker, he was watching issues from the sidelines and didn’t make a lot of an impression, however in entrance of the digital camera he was actually robust. Some individuals simply love the digital camera. As soon as once more the digital camera noticed one thing aside from the attention. That’s film magic. These surprises have at all times fascinated me.”

Nordström can be filming Härö’s subsequent movie By no means alone, which tells in regards to the destiny of Jewish refugees in Finland. Filming is meant to start out within the fall.

“Pure mild remains to be enticing. Right this moment, I need the script to the touch me as nicely, and for issues to go nicely with the director. That’s why I wish to work with acquaintances. It’s the identical with Bengts and Härö, we perceive one another’s views in half.”

Additionally educating is essential to Nordström. He's glad that he has been in a position to mix his pictures work with it. He thinks it’s nice that filmmaking can be taught in Swedish in Finland. Arcada college students make 15 quick movies a yr.

“It’s an enormous funding from the varsity, with out which the younger individuals wouldn’t have the ability to practice.”