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Zambarloukos and his team used as much natural light as possible for the ‘normal’ real-life locations. “We were set in autumn around Halloween,” he adds. “Autumnal light has this quality where the highlights are warm, but the shadows are cool. Because of the strike, we ended up shooting a small part of the film in real autumn in Boston; the tree, leaf and light colours were all absolutely perfect. We did Vermont in the summer and some work in West Wycombe in the UK that was meant to be New York and Vermont. Although I have a concept for what autumnal light is, having a good chunk of sequences – such as the treehouse and the bike sequence – in real autumn meant that it was easy to manipulate in the DI slightly, where our shadows and highlights went to match the curve we were getting from real autumn.” When it comes to lighting eyes, Zambarloukos has a whole bunch of tricks up his sleeve to get the eye light correct. “For this one scene, we were shooting Catherine O’Hara. She was speaking and doing this motion with her face, keeping her eyes closed, and I couldn’t see her eyes much,” details Zambarloukos. “Tim is so gracious and kind. When we finished the scene, he said: ‘I had a specific task for Catherine. My mother used to speak to me very animatedly, but with her eyes closed, and it had a psychological effect on the WE ENDED UP SHOOTING A SMALL PART OF THE FILM IN real autumn in Boston ; THE TREE, LEAF AND light colours were perfect ”
DARK LEGACY Jenna Ortega plays Lydia’s daughter, inheriting her mother’s moody vibe
person listening. I would like that effect to happen on the audience, so that’s why I didn’t ask you to change it.’ Everything Tim does has a personal nature. He’s thought about it and put it into action. It shows how gracious, polite and generous he is with his collaborators. What wouldn’t you do for a director like that?
“That exemplifies how I felt throughout the shoot. I have never had so much fun on a film, nor have I ever had so many challenges. But I was surrounded by people who were incredibly talented and enthusiastic, always giving 100%,” he concludes. That makes this production one for the books.
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