a story lives forever
Register
Sign in
Form submission failed!

Stay signed in

Recover your password?
Register
Form submission failed!

Web of Stories Ltd would like to keep you informed about our products and services.

Please tick here if you would like us to keep you informed about our products and services.

I have read and accepted the Terms & Conditions.

Please note: Your email and any private information provided at registration will not be passed on to other individuals or organisations without your specific approval.

Video URL

You must be registered to use this feature. Sign in or register.

NEXT STORY

Raging Bull: Filming fight scenes

RELATED STORIES

Raging Bull: The style of fight scenes
Michael Chapman Film-maker
Comments (0) Please sign in or register to add comments

It's not at all a realistic movie and the fights particularly are not... are very deliberately not realistic and are more like... and this is all from Marty [Martin Scorsese] not from me, by the way; I'm not trying to take credit for it. It... they were like dances; they were very deliberately done like... like various kinds of dances, and they were in fact choreographed... very, very elaborately choreographed with camera moves and... and steps for the actors all worked out, and we'd get... each fight was done in a different style – one was done all with long lenses, one was done... tried to make long... long takes as long as we could.

Michael Chapman (1935-2020), an American cinematographer, had a huge influence on contemporary film-making, working on an impressive array of classic films including 'Taxi Driver', 'Raging Bull', 'The Lost Boys' and 'The Fugitive'.

Listeners: Glen Ade Brown

British Director of Photography and Camera Operator Glen Ade Brown settled in Los Angeles 10 years ago.

He has been working on features, commercials and reality TV. He played an instrumental role in the award-winning ABC Family series "Switched" and is also a recipient of the Telly and the Cine Golden Eagle awards for Best Cinematography. He was recently signed by the Judy Marks Agency and is now listed in her commercial roster.

Tags: fights, boxing, choreography

Duration: 38 seconds

Date story recorded: May 2004

Date story went live: 24 January 2008