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The International Journal of Motion Imaging

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Paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren
(Vera Farmiga) attempts to keep a demonic
entity under wraps in the supernatural thriller
The Conjuring, shot by John Leonetti, ASC.

In an exclusive online podcast, cinematographer John Leonetti, ASC discusses the scares he helped generate for director
James Wan’s horror movie The Conjuring. Based on a true incident, the plot follows a husband-and-wife team of paranormal
investigators (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) as they attempt to exorcize the malevolent entities terrorizing a family.

Aravinnd Singh: “Chris Isaak, ‘Wicked Game.’” Jeff Ryan Carlson: “Dido’s ‘White Flag.’ I love
the color and I love the camera movement.”
Michael Wheeler: “The Beastie Boys, ‘Sabotage.’”
Jeff Wilkins Jr.: “Prodigy, ‘Smack My Bitch
Up.’”
Francis Agyapong: “Fitz and the Tantrums,
‘Money Grabber,’ and Gesaffelstein, ‘Pursuit.’” David Blackburn: “Ladytron, ‘Ghosts.’”
David Joshua Smith: “Dariusz Wolski, ASC’s
photography in ‘Janie’s Got a Gun’ (directed by
David Fincher) has haunted me for over 20
years.”
Alan Meyer: “Skrillex, ‘First of the Year.’”

Mike Hall: “R.E.M., ‘Losing My Religion.’”
Mark Boggis: “‘November Rain,’ by Guns N’
Roses. The video feels truly epic in every way,
and for me symbolizes the pinnacle of musicvideo production in the late ’80s and early
’90s.”

Michael Vargas: “MIA’s ‘Bad Girls,’ Coldplay’s
‘Fix You,’ Jay-Z’s ‘On to the Next One,’ Lady
Gaga’s ‘Born This Way,’ Kanye West and Jay-Z’s
‘No Church in the Wild.’”

Jimi Jones: “The Cranberries’ ‘Linger,’ for its
deep blacks and striking contrasts.”

Ryan Larason: “Lindsey Stirling, ‘Elements.’”

Esteban Dedalus Chaires Arciniega: “Nine
Inch Nails, ‘Closer’; Lana del Rey, ‘Ride’ and
‘Blue Jeans’; Modeselektor, ‘Shipwreck.’”

Martn Demmer: “I really like The Shoes’ ‘Time
to Dance,’ a very new one [done] in the style of
old narrative music videos.”
Scotty Cook: “The Chemical Brothers, ‘Let Forever Be.’”
Rashawn Prince: “Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’
and Soundgarden’s ‘Black Hole Sun.’”
Joshua Csehak: “The White Stripes, ‘Dead
Leaves and the Dirty Ground’; Johnny Cash,
‘Hurt.’”
Jóhannes Tryggvason: “Pulp, ‘This is Hardcore.’ Gorgeous cinematography in the classical
Hollywood style.”
Angus Toorabitters: “Dire Straits, ‘Romeo and
Juliet’ and Madness, ‘This Must Be Love.’”

Ruben Gza: “Smashing Pumpkins, ‘Ava Adore’
James Winterflood: “Chris Cunningham’s Porand Moby, ‘We Are All Made of Stars.’”
tishead video ‘Only You’ is one of the best all
Wyatt House: “Justin Timberlake, ‘Suit & Tie.’”
time, isn’t it? Majestically shot underwater and
Osvaldo Rivera: “‘Karma Police’ by Radiohead,
hauntingly lit.”
Alex Hill: “‘All is Full of Love,’ Björk.”
for its simple camera movement and composition.”
David Holmes: “‘Criminal,’ by Fiona Apple,
Seth Crosby: “For [its] pure, original feel, Die
directed by Mark Romanek and shot by the late Antwoord’s ‘Fatty Boom Boom.’”
Daniel Wiesendorf: “Any videos by Tool or
Harris Savides, ASC. I do believe Romanek and
Modest Mouse, and Sigur Rós, ‘Hoppípolla.’”
Savides’ erotic, glamorous and, yes, slightly
Brad Baker: “Duran Duran, ‘New Moon on
seedy depiction of her in this video helped solidi- Monday.’”
Serious Grippage & Light: “‘Rubber Johnny’
fy her position as a major alternative icon of the
by Chris Cunningham and Aphex Twin.”
1990s.”
Matt Norman: “Nine Inch Nails, ‘The Perfect
Drug.’”
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The Conjuring photo by Michael Tackett, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures; Leonetti photo courtesy of the cinematographer.

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