Ayinde Anderson on Shooting ‘Epic’ Skate Punks on the Streets of ‘North Hollywood’ – Camerimage

Cinematographer Ayinde Anderson set out to film the coming-of-age skate punk story “North Hollywood” with a rich, cinematic style that would be the last thing viewers would expect from an authentic cast pulling off real stunts in the community where they live. Because he’d had so much time invested in writer-director Mikey Alfred’s world of skate parks, tubes and rails, shooting dozens of web videos with him before embarking on filming “North Hollywood,” he says, he understood inherently that he wanted “this kind of grand, Scorsese-esque, strong visual imprint.” In filming the story of a kid who decides to defy… Read Full Article