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From the time it debuted at Sundance earlier this year, Netflix\u2019s \u201cTrain Dreams<\/a>\u201d has garnered well deserved accolades for its lush natural imagery and immersive sense of period detail. The story of a logger (Joel Edgerton<\/a>) who finds himself in a constant battle with nature for much of the 20th century, \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d casts an almost supernatural spell on the audience with environments that feel less constructed than found \u2014 there\u2019s a sense that the camera just happened to drop in on people whose lives are not normally the stuff of cinema, but whose struggles take on a transcendent beauty in director Clint Bentley<\/a>\u2018s hands.<\/p>\n For cinematographer Adolpho Veloso, the key was creating an impressionistic quality that would place the viewer in a contemplative state. \u201cWe really wanted it to feel like you\u2019re watching someone\u2019s memories,\u201d Veloso said during IndieWire\u2019s 2025 cinematography craft roundtable, presented by Netflix. \u201cAlmost like you found a box full of pictures, and you\u2019re trying to piece those pictures together, and they\u2019re out of order and you don\u2019t know what actually happened. And because we wanted it to be as grounded as possible, we talked a lot about natural light and how to make it feel connectable to the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n More from IndieWire<\/strong><\/p>\n That desire to form a connection with the audience led to Veloso and Bentley\u2019s decision to shoot the movie in a narrow aspect ratio more common to still photographs than contemporary cinema. \u201cWe came to a 3:2 aspect ratio,\u201d Veloso said. \u201cWe thought that could connect to the audience in a way that feels like you\u2019re watching your own pictures on your phone, or your old family photos, just from the associations that aspect ratio has.\u201d<\/p>\n The sense of immediacy was further aided by the production\u2019s choice to shoot everything on location, which gave Veloso the opportunity to respond to natural light in the moment. \u201cBecause the sets were all built on location, we had flexibility,\u201d Veloso said. \u201cWe would plan something to be inside and then just look outside and say, \u2018Oh my God, look at that. Something amazing is happening outside.\u2019 Or if the scene is not working, go outside and see if that works better.\u201d<\/p>\n Veloso felt free to take risks, an approach that yielded some of the most beautiful and surprising images of 2025. \u201cIt\u2019s liberating, knowing that you can try things,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re confident enough in your director not to use something wrong, or or maybe even understand that a little mistake is actually good, then you\u2019re trying things without being afraid. Which is good.\u201d<\/p>\n This conversation was presented in partnership with Netflix.<\/p>\n Best of IndieWire<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Indiewire’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the time it debuted at Sundance earlier this year, Netflix\u2019s \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d has garnered well deserved accolades for its lush natural imagery and immersive sense of period detail. 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