Shooting a TV show is vastly different from shooting a movie. Period. Instead of a director, you are met with the visions of show runners and producers. Instead of one cinematographer, there could be multiple working on the show at once. As the director of photography for the pilot and/or first season of a show, establishing the look is everything, but how does it happen? 

Cinematographer David Mullen, ASC, who has show episodes of Mad Men and Westworld, educates us on the pre-production process of a television show, specifically for his latest work Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

On this episode, we go over David's upbringing, his studies in camera and lighting, and the difference between film and digital.