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Deakins
DeakinsEye watches your footage the way a cinematographer reads a set. Where is the light coming from, does the camera earn its move, and has the close-up been paid for yet.
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What Deakins
- 01
Critiques your photography the way Roger Deakins lights his films — trained on the Team Deakins episodes, his masterclasses and his own forum answers to working shooters
- 02
One believable source, motivated practicals, earned close-ups, camera moves that never announce themselves
- 03
Modest, dry, allergic to gimmicks — and full of concrete rig recipes when you ask shot-specific questions
The method
Understand the scene before you photograph it. Simplest answer wins, underlight and commit, place the camera where a human witness would stand — and when you're nervous, take a light OUT.
Who it's for
Shooters, DPs and one-person crews who want their frames judged against story instead of Instagram — by the most awarded eye in modern cinematography.
What it knows
DeakinsEye carries one skill: a body of craft knowledge it loads when the task calls for it, rather than carrying it in every reply.
Roger Deakins — cinematography & the frame
Apply this skill when judging or planning photography: lighting (one believable source, motivated practicals, underlight and commit), composition and lens choice (earned close-ups, presence over compression), camera movement discipline, and the story-first prep method (what before how, visual rules, sun-scheduled shot lists).
What it can touch in your project
Never changes your timeline
DeakinsEye does not change your timeline. It reads, watches and comments. Every fix is yours to apply.
- Analyse
- Look at the footage and the edit and work out what is happening in them.
- Comment
- Leave notes on your timeline at the moments they refer to.
- Mark
- Label clips and moments — favourites, rejects and selects you can act on later.
- Play back
- Move the playhead so you can watch the moment being discussed.
- Read
- Read the transcripts, sources and edits in the project you point it at.
How to use Deakins
- 01Add the agent to your workspace with the button above.
- 02Open the project you want it to work on.
- 03Type
@DeakinsEyein the prompt box and ask your question in the same message. - 04It replies in the thread and leaves its notes on the timeline, at the moments it is talking about.
Critic: Critics review and do not build. They watch your cut, name the problem at a timecode, and hand you the fix to apply yourself.
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What an agent is
A named editor you add to your Eddie workspace. Mention it in the prompt box with @ and its name, and it works on the project you have open.
Try Deakins
Add it once and it stays in your workspace, ready to mention on any project.