TALES FROM THE LOOP
While Jodie Foster directed episode eight of Tales from the Loop (pictured), it was Jeff Cronenweth (above), director of photography for such culturally significant films as Fight Club and The Social Network, who shot the pilot of the Amazon Studios episodic, setting the tone for the whole show. He explains the influence behind the look. “It was Simon Stålenhag’s book and paintings that set us on a path. Once we had the story, that gave us the idea of what the live action was going to be. They studied the images from Stålenhag’s artwork and realised that they tell a complete story within a frame. “But that’s not great for live action and also some of the images are rather bold, which can be unsettling when you’re trying to stay connected in a human, tactile way,” says Cronenweth. “We wanted it to be a cerebral experience but also about the humanity in the actor’s journey, so overtly complicating the look would probably have distracted from that. We found our own visual language within his artwork.” Cronenweth shot the pilot using the Panavision DXL2 camera with Panavision Primo 70 and Panaspeed lenses.
04 DEF I N I T ION | MAY 2020
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