Brendan Uegama, CSC on Moonshot, Riverdale, Truth Be Told, Child’s Play and Mike, the Hulu Mike Tyson dramatic series

Cinematographer Brendan Uegama, CSC enjoys shooting many different
genres, from romantic comedies such as Moonshot, to horror movies
such as Child's Play (2019). He enjoys changing his approach to
each project depending on the needs of the script. Brendan feels
that a good filmmaker knows that the cinematographer is there to
serve the story and builds trust with the DP to create the look and
feel. As a kid, Brendan was always into photography and art. He and
some high school friends shot skate videos of themselves, and soon
after he began making motocross videos. He knew then he wanted to
get into film and went to film school in Vancouver, Canada and
began working his way up. Brendan shot 26 episodes of the CW series
Riverdale, including every episode of season two. Being the DP for
every chapter of the show meant prep time was very short, and
Brendan relied on and trusted his team to do location scouts and
work ahead. Riverdale was a great show to do that was fun, creative
and led to many other projects for him, such as the show Chilling
Adventures of Sabrina, and later, Moonshot. The film Moonshot is a
romantic comedy set in space, rather than just a science fiction
movie. Mars has been terraformed and colonized and the two main
characters are traveling to see their significant others, but fall
for each other. Because of the science fiction aspect, everything
was storyboarded out and had a decent amount of prep time, and much
of Moonshot's science fiction aspects were done with practical
effects. Brendan knew where they needed to rely on visual effects
ahead of time. The most challenging part of the film to shoot was
the spacewalk scene, which involved extensive wirework and visual
effects. Brendan's latest project, Mike, a dramatic biography
series on Hulu about heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson, is currently
streaming. Find Brendan Uegama: https://www.brendanuegama.com/
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