Lesi yindatshana esishicilelwe kuwebhusayithi ye-Apple nalapho omunye wabaphikisi bomkhankaso othi "Behind the Mac" abalingisi abalingisa abasebenzisa iMac ukusebenza, ehlonipha umdali wakhe uJames Baldwin owaziwayo.
Bobabili bacwile emhlabeni wezamabhayisikobho kanti uJenkins uvele emkhankasweni owenziwe nguBaldwin ngeMacBook Pro, ezivikela emvuleni ngesambulela. Manje lo mqondisi owine u-Oscar uchaza kancane ngokufika kwakhe ebhayisikobho futhi uyawazisa umsebenzi owenziwe nguBaldwin kuzona zonke izingxenye zempilo futhi ushayela ihlombe umsebenzi owenziwe kumabhayisikobho ngamathuluzi abawasebenzisa esikhathini esedlule.
UJenkins uchaza kule ngxoxo imininingwane yokuqala kwakhe emhlabeni we-cinema futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke icacisa ukuthi intshisekelo yakhe kumabhayisikobho yavuswa kanjani ngengozi ngenkathi ngifunda eFlorida State University:
Ngabanjwa ngesikhathi lapho i-cinema yendabuko yayiqala ukuvumela isitayela esisha se-cinematographic. Labo bekilasi lami bafunde ukuhlela besebenzisa amathebula wokuhlela lapho ifilimu enezithombe bekufanele isikwe ngokoqobo iphinde inamathiselwe futhi. Ngemuva kokuhlela amafilimu afana nalawa unyaka, kube ushintsho olukhulu ukuthuthela ohlotsheni olungelona olwe-montage. Kepha ngafaka ngaphakathi konke engikufundile futhi ngakuhlela kuphela lapho kubonakala kudingekile impela.
UJenkins, ofunde amasu endabuko nawesimanje, ufeza isitayela sakhe sokusayina ngenxa yemishini yedijithali enjengekhamera ye-ARRI Alexa, iMacBook Pro kanye ne-iPad Pro yakhe entsha.Ngakho-ke uyayazisa kakhulu indlela umshado ophakathi kwamakhamera akwa-Arri neplatifomu ye-Apple usizo olukhulu ekubeni ngumenzi wamafilimu oyikho namuhla. Manje kuvela iphrojekthi ebalulekile emsebenzini wakhe futhi uchungechunge lwe-Amazon olususelwa kuThe Underground Railroad nguCoulson Whitehead. "Bengifuna ukwenza i-movie isethwe endaweni yangakithi, futhi ngakwenza lokho nge-Moonlight. Bengifuna nokuguqula umbhali wami engimthandayo, engikwenze neBeale Street. Futhi ekugcineni ngangifuna ukukhuluma ngesimo sobugqila e-United States. Futhi kukhona I-Underground Railroad".
Le yingxoxo ethokozisayo lapho umqondisi uBarry Jenkins akhuluma khona ngefilimu yakhe yesithathu emfushane, iThe Beale Street Blues, kanye namandla esizukulwane esisha sabenzi bamafilimu abasebasha ngamathuluzi abanawo ezandleni zabo namuhla. Njengoba esho, ungenza noma yini oyifunayo ngocingo noma ngeDSLR. Uma ufuna ungafunda ingxoxo ephelele kufayela le- iwebhusayithi ye-apula.