Peter Konczal, ASC on Black Rabbit’s deliberately low-tech-analog toolkit, customized blue bounce light, and the gradual unraveling of its visual style episode by episode.
Podcast highlights include:
-The deliberately low-tech-analog toolkit Pete assembled with co-cinematographer Igor Martinović became the show’s defining look. It included one of a kind soot filters and scratched-up glass rulers wedged into matte boxes. These complimented detuned lenses and a low-contrast LUT.
-How a custom greenish-blue fill light added contrast, separating the actors from the environment.
-The inspiration for the asymmetrical framing from Michael Mann’s The Insider. Pete and Martinović intentionally mismatched shots instead of using standard reverses.
-Choosing to light large areas, allowing performances to unfold without interruption.
-How Pete and director Laura Linney used tableaus to great effect in key scenes.
Find Pete Konczal: https://www.iconictalentagency.com/pete-konczal
Instagram: @petekonczal_asc
Black Rabbit is streaming on Netflix.
Hear our previous episode with Igor Martinović on the documentary The Pigeon Tunnel: https://www.camnoir.com/ep238/
SHOW RUNDOWN:
02:08 Close focus
13:15-01:03:31 Peter Konczal interview
01:03:47 Short ends
01:10:21 Wrap up/Credits
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