The Indy Mogul Podcast

  Second Unit - they're the unsung heroes who shoot the extras, inserts, and secondary inserts for a film or TV show. They're the ones who provide the editors with stuff to cut to. They're the ones that have to use their creativity to blend their visual style to the vision of the cinematography. Jaron Presant, ASC cinematographer who has shot second unit on Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Looper, tells us what goes on in his mind when he's shooting alongside Steve Yedlin, director of photography for those movies, and what it's like to be on second unit. In this episode we talk about Jaron's early beginnings in cinematography, his crazy obsession with VFX and lighting, and what it's like to shoot on second unit.