Template:Did you know nominations/Dani Sanchez-Lopez

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 talk 00:16, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Dani Sanchez-Lopez

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... that Spanish cinematographer Dani SaLo drew inspiration from Andrei Tarkovsky and Emmanuel Lubezki for his work on Virata Parvam and prefers shooting in real locations over studio environments? Source: https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2022/Jul/06/the-earthiness-of-virata-parvamcinematographer-dani-sanchez-lopez-discusses-unique-visual-choices-2473277.html
- ALT1: ... that Dani Sanchez-Lopez, who worked on the acclaimed film Mahanati, chose to shoot parts of the film on super 16mm film stock to authentically capture the essence of the 1980s South Indian cinema? Source: https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/the-making-of-mahanati-cinematographer-dani-sanchez-lopez-talks-about-recreating-the-life-of-savitri-4466833.html
- ALT2: ... that Spanish cinematographer Dani Sanchez-Lopez, began his career in Asia due to limited opportunities in Los Angeles after graduating with his MFA degree from Dodge College of Film and Media Arts? Source: [1]
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Created by Jeraxmoira (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 20:44, 7 August 2024 (UTC).

New enough, (just) long enough, well cited, GTG. Maury Markowitz (talk) 11:28, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

@Jeraxmoira, the whole article confirms very closely with the prose-line anti-pattern. It would be nice to fix that issue before this hits the main page. (not particularly required for DYK) Sohom (talk) 03:38, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Done. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 05:47, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

In my personal opinion, these hooks don't meet WP:DYKINT - ALT0 is basically "a cinematographer drew inspiration from people" combined with the seemingly unrelated "a cinematographer likes not using studios", ALT1 is "Cinematographer uses time-authentic film" and ALT2 is "Cinematographer got a degree, moved to Asia from LA for jobs". Feel free to disagree, up to the promoter DimensionalFusion (talk ▪ she/her) 10:09, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I agree. @Jeraxmoira: Please propose another ALT.--Laun chba ller 15:46, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

I partially agree with you. But, I find Alt1 interesting because, AFAIK no one has used 16mm film to recreate the look of 1980s South Indian cinema, especially considering it was done by a cinematographer who is not based in India. An alternative to Alt1 could be -

ALT1a: ... that Dani Sanchez-Lopez, a Los Angeles-based cinematographer, recreated the essence of 1980s Indian cinema in the critically acclaimed film Mahanati by partly shooting with super 16mm film stock?

ALT1b: ... that Dani Sanchez-Lopez, a Los Angeles-based cinematographer, partly used super 16mm film stock to capture the look of 1980s Indian cinema in the critically acclaimed film Mahanati?

User:Launchballer, let me know if any of these work. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 20:36, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

@Jeraxmoira: Sorry for the delay. Both of the proposed ALTs have the same problem.--Laun chba ller 10:52, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

@Jeraxmoira: This is around two months old so is liable to be timed out. I should have responded immediately above so can give you a bit longer, but I'd like to see a hook that is unusual or intriguing by readers with no special knowledge or interest fairly quickly.--Laun chba ller 10:09, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

@Launchballer: sorry, I must have missed your ping earlier. Here are two alternatives that do not require any special knowledge in this field.

ALT3: ... that Dani Sanchez-Lopez wanted to be an actor but switched to cinematography after realizing actors deliver others' lines, leading him to work on India's acclaimed films Mahanati and Virata Parvam?_{Source 1}

ALT4: ... that Dani Sanchez-Lopez directed a music video for the Pakistani band Noori, which earned a Hum Awards nomination, before gaining recognition in Indian cinema with his work on Mahanati?

I am more inclined to Alt3, but if you feel it doesn’t cut it, then rejection is the way forward I guess.Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 11:45, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I agree that ALT3 is more interesting. I don't see where it is in the article though.--Laun chba ller 11:48, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

If this is to run, then it might be better to trim ALT3 and go with: ALT3a ... that Dani Sanchez-Lopez wanted to be an actor but switched to cinematography after realizing actors deliver others' lines? Having said that, this nomination is now two months old and has timed out; I will leave the decision on whether or not to accept that angle, or to close the nomination, to another editor. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:56, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I have added the line and source in the first paragraph. ALT3a is more precise and interesting. W.r.t the time out, I hope this is considered as we just got an interesting hook! Cheers Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 12:06, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I should have said ALT3 should be trimmed, but ALT3a does check out, so I'll leave this to a promoter.--Laun chba ller 12:12, 7 October 2024 (UTC)