Peter Konczal, ASC on Black Rabbit’s raw, low-contrast look

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/

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