Dry plate photos in new Scorsese movie trailer

[Nodda Duma]

I hollered out loud when I saw some of the B&W photos I helped shoot on my 8x10 dry plates in the new Martin Scorsese movie trailer. So exciting!

Look for the B&W images near the end of the trailer. The photographer was Stephen Berkman (shot the wet plate in Wonder Woman), with me assisting and developing the dry plates on set. Shot something like 140 8x10 ASA 25 dry plates for the set of stills.

 

[Mick Fagan]

I had to stop start the trailer to see the 4 (?) plates, they look really good.

 

[Nodda Duma]

I had to stop start the trailer to see the 4 (?) plates, they look really good.

IIRC they show two. Lily Gladstone’s close-up is from the four women plate, and the man and woman shown after him were from the same plate. The latter was shot in a fully-decked out 1920s era photographic studio used as a set for a movie scene. It was glorious. Rodrigo Pietro was very excited about what we were doing.

 

[Roger Thoms]

That’s totally cool!!!

Roger

 

[jimjm]

Jason, any news on dry plate production happening this year?

 

[Nodda Duma]

Jason, any news on dry plate production happening this year?

They’ll be back for sure.

I’ve been deliberately slow getting back up and running, as we are settling in and the demands of my job have kept me exhausted. However, I’m looking at a couple commercial rental properties and, assuming those pan out, I’ll get everything set up again and start producing.

 

[David Lindquist]

Very interesting. Here's a thread about this movie from another forum I follow: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,5681378
David

 

[jimjm]

They’ll be back for sure.

I’ve been deliberately slow getting back up and running, as we are settling in and the demands of my job have kept me exhausted. However, I’m looking at a couple commercial rental properties and, assuming those pan out, I’ll get everything set up again and start producing.

Thanks!

 

[Nodda Duma]

Very interesting. Here's a thread about this movie from another forum I follow: https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?10,5681378
David

Very cool. Yes lots of hubbub about the movie, and the attention to detail was incredible. For example, one of the shawls in the four-women photo is the actual shawl which belonged to the character. It was passed down through the family who then loaned the shawl to production.

 

[bdial]

What fun! Congratulations Jason!

 

[Rob Skeoch]

Wow that is fantastic. Great images. Great work.

 

[Daniela]

Very cool! Congrats!

 

[bdial]

A bit of backstory on making the film and the story;

 

[Agulliver]

What a project to be involved in! And those dry plate photos look great. Glad to hear you hope to be making plates again too!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Very cool!

 

[toulcaz31]

Reminds me of the 1883 Intro video that uses Sarah Coulter ambrotype shots:

 

[Mr Flibble]

Cool stuff Jason.

That reminds me, I still have some of your Quarter Plate and 9x12cm Dry plates that I need to shoot.
I think I'll save them for a WW1 living history event in July.

 

[ic-racer]

Did you make the dry plates or buy pre-made ones (Zebra, etc?)

 

[warden]

Congratulations! So cool.

 

[Nodda Duma]

Did you make the dry plates or buy pre-made ones (Zebra, etc?)

We used 8x10 J Lane Speed Plates, which I had been making and selling for the past few years.

www.pictoriographica.com or google J Lane Dry Plates

 

[Nodda Duma]

This article has one of the photos up front and center. When Stephen edited the picture he left the flaws of the hand-coated emulsion in.

We shot something like 120 8”x10” plates.

https://osagenews.org/review-killers-of-the-flower-moon-and-the-strength-of-indigenous-women/

 

[ic-racer]

We used 8x10 J Lane Speed Plates, which I had been making and selling for the past few years.

www.pictoriographica.com or google J Lane Dry Plates

Wow, I did not know! Fantastic you are doing this!