In the video and article, Prieto speaks about his early experiments in filmmaking on Super 8, and his love for the art and craft of cinematography. “You can’t sometimes describe why a certain texture, a certain color, a certain framing ‘feels’ a certain way, but it does,” he says. “Cinematography is an abstract art form in the sense that an audience doesn’t realize how they’re being manipulated—by the lighting, by the camerawork, by the lens choice—to evoke emotional states.”

Prieto is known for his meticulous setups, unconventional camerawork, and ability to create moving, visceral
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