Cooke Optics S7/i full frame lenses used on Netflix’s Purple Hearts

Netflix’s independent feature Purple Hearts, directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum and lensed by Matt Sakatani Roe, certainly proves that an indy-budget film with a captivating story and compelling photography can compete with films budgeted in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Roe selected the Cooke Optics S7/i FF Prime Lenses for what is commonly referred … Read more

Matt Sakatani Roe / Purple Hearts

Purple Reign It’s the low-budget romance that fought off competition from the Russo Brothers’ $200 million behemoth, The Gray Man, to be crowned Netflix’s most-watched film of the summer – and one of its most successful of all time. Delve into Purple Hearts’ creative use of colour with cinematographer Matt Sakatani Roe. “It was an … Read more