A long-time assistant to Thierry Arbogast AFC, Vincent Richard ‘Marquis’ AFC worked on numerous feature films with Luc Besson, including “Lucy” and “Valérian”. This experience on large-scale productions enabled him to move brilliantly into cinematography in 2018 with “Taxi 5”, the final instalment of the franchise produced by Luc Besson.
Since then, he has been shooting one hit after another with the duo Philippe Lacheau and Tarek Boudali, who have breathed new life into French comedy.
“I worked with the new ALEXA 35, which I was using for the first time. The sensor really blew me away. Since I was shooting a lot in natural light, the ALEXA 35’s wide latitude was invaluable. We had several sequences in the open countryside, in twilight night exteriors, where the sensor sees more detail than our eyes, particularly in ‘Enhanced Sensitivity’ mode…”
