Thelatest episode ofSeverancejust feels different.
Thats thanks to Jessica Lee Gagne, theshows usual director of photographywho made her directorial debut with the episode.
In a new interview, she detailed some of the super cool aesthetic choices she made directing Chikhai Bardo.
Did you know these Severance flashback scenes were shot on film?Image: Apple TV+
We wont spoil anything here so if you havent seen the episode, do that as soon as possible.
Heres what she said when speaking toCollider.
I love the medium and I think its a privilege to work with it.
What will evoke that warm emotion within people of memories?
There is no better medium than that.
So it was an obvious choice, but its not a simple thing to deal with.
But I think its what made it easy to shoot memories without having to slap on an aesthetic.
So she used down times to film scenes she knew shed use in her episode.
So the gaffer lent me his Bolex and I shot time-lapses in the house.
Wed be shootingSeverance, and in the morning, Id be popping off frames for my time-lapse.
It became a big, big side project collage thing that I knew was going to become handy.
This might be the most mind-blowing one, though.
Many of these moments were shot in camera.
There are stitches, but still.
I had no other…
It was [either] that, or cut it.
Dont take it from us, though.
Adam Scott spoke toEntertainment Weeklyand had nothing but praise for his Chikhai Bardo.
I think Jess did an unbelievable job.
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