Spenser Sakurai

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Helping aspiring Cinematographers move from one-person, run and gun style projects to a Cinematographer who gets to design and build their images with a crew.

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Pyxis 12k vs $80k Red Cinema Camera

Sony Venice 6k vs Blackmagic Pyxis 12k

How I shot this commercial Full Breakdown

Stop buying LUTs

The Blazar Mantis have entered the chat.

These 3 things won me a national Cinematography award

What does the Pyxis 12k mean for cinematographers

How I became a full-time Cinematographer

The lighting kit I recommend to new filmmakers (2026)

How to become a better cinematographer in 2026

How I fixed modern Hollywood movies

If I had to start over as a Cinematographer in 2026

The state of filmmaking in 2025

Some lighting setups with the Nikon ZR

The Nikon ZR is a dream

Nikon did the thing....Nikon ZR

Making a film I'm really proud of

The problem with those RAW video files

Modern movies are missing this

THIS MARKS THE END OF HOLLYWOOD

Lighting at night - but the easy way

I almost lit a whole movie with just these lights

Recreating the camera rig from SUPERMAN

Shooting a low budget feature film again...

I broke the lighting formula and it still worked

You are overcomplicating the lighting

how I shot this film part 2

how I shot this.

More people watched after I did this.

Making another short film...different this time.