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Adam and Abe talk about 2007’s vampire horror film 30 Days of Night. They pick apart the how the director makes you feel both isolation and claustrophobia by using camera and production design.

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Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz

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Dave Ruff

Loving the technical talk, about focal length, angles and stuff. Haven't seen this movie, but makes sense you'd select a longer lens to compress the background for a more claustrophobic effect. On a related note, have you guys watched Glass Onion yet? As a portrait photographer, I immediately noticed how deep the depth of field was most of the shots (scene of about 5 of them in a row going against the camera, and all of them in focus), and I figured that was very much on purpose because it's a whodunit, and Johnson wants us to explore all of the screen for clues. Also noticeable when there's a flashlight with a starburst effect, which is an artifact of a narrow camera aperture.

SmallBeans

There is absolutely a method to the madness of using multiple focus spots in shots for whodunnits! So great. I might steal this for a murder mystery DPT, it's a great trick and a lot of people don't necessarily think about how shooting wide is the bread and butter of those crucial moments where the director wants you to think "it could be them, or them, or them..."!

Audun Manum

Gonna clip Adam saying “Miners can be hot” and get him in all kinds of trouble