Tami Reiker, ASC on One Night in Miami, working with director Regina King, The Old Guard, early career on High Art, Pieces of April

Tami Reiker, ASC focuses on how to make beautiful, authentic
performances while maintaining the director's vision. Her most
recent film, One Night in Miami, is full of amazing performances.
Directed by Academy Award winning actress Regina King, One Night in
Miami is based on real events, when Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Sam
Cooke and Jim Brown met in a hotel room to celebrate Ali's fight
victory over Sonny Liston. The film is based on a play by Kemp
Powers, which presented a challenge for Tami since most of it takes
place in one hotel room and it's almost entirely dialog. All the
actors had very busy schedules, so she and Regina King had only
four days for rehearsal. King had very specific ideas about the
type of film she wanted to make, and they planned the blocking and
the shots together. It was also important for King for Tami to
reproduce some of the scenes from historic reference photos, such
as the original Hampton House hotel, Cassius Clay working out in
the swimming pool, the diner, and the fight scenes. To give One
Night in Miami a less static feel, Tami kept the camera moving,
hiding some in walls on the set and using a jib arm, keeping her
shots fluid so that the camera feels like a fly on the wall during
the men's conversations. Tami chose an Alexa 65 and used Prime DNA
lenses with Bronze Glimmerglass to give the movie a vintage look.
Growing up, Tami was always interested in photography. She attended
NYU film school, where she worked on several student films and met
director Lisa Cholodenko, with whom she later shot the film High
Art. The 1990's to the early 2000's was the heyday of indie
filmmaking and with the advent of digital cinema, Tami was excited
to be involved with independent production companies such as
InDigEnt, which produced Pieces of April in 2003 starring Katie
Holmes. InDigEnt's business model allowed each person on the crew
to own a percentage of the movie. Tami shot the film on a mini DV
camera, and she still gets a residual check for Pieces of April
today. One Night in Miami can be seen at drive in theaters in Los
Angeles and is available to stream on Friday, January 15 on Amazon
Prime. Find Tami Reiker:
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