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SHOOT STORY THE CROWN
The Crown Estate Now Season 3 is in production, award-winning DOP Adriano Goldman dissects the already well-decorated look
supposed to be super glossy, but it is for some reason.” Now, Adriano is prepping for Season 3 with a new cast including a new queen, Olivia Colman. The year is 1966 and that could mean a change of shooting style to match the period: handheld and heavy with cuts. But he is wedded to the style that has arguably inspired other DOPs looking to push on the period genre and also garnered him awards. “We know we have to evolve with the look as we go through the decades,” he says, “we know we have to present something that is fresher. “Season 3 starts in 1966/67 so rock ’n’ roll is already there. We’re going to see much more of what is happening outside the palace via different characters. We have Tony Armstrong-Jones taking pictures with his little Leica of a voting day. There will be scenes with the youth of Britain at the time, the changing culture, the haircuts, the fashion and so on. You’ll
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rom the first episode of Season 1 of The Crown , DOP Adriano Goldman set the scene. He wanted room for the actors to operate so he decided on big single- source Soft Suns coming through the windows, placing them well away from the talent. He wanted acting on the edge of the light, he wanted you, the audience, to see the realness of the scene with digital but he wanted to control the harshness with vintage Cooke Panchro glass.
“My approach is realistic,” he begins, “I always start from a realistic perspective. Check the rooms, see where the light should be coming from, add a few things – usually practicals, but it should feel real. The goal was to never make it look Hollywood or Cinderella like. You should be able to believe the characters, the space, the places that you’re visiting. It should feel real, you should be able to see the fabrics, see the wrinkles on people’s faces. It’s not
ABOVE Right from Season 1, the look of The Crown was set (Claire Foy as the Queen).
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