'Smile' Director and DP Share the Secret Rules to Their On-Set Success
In today’s episode, we talk to director Parker Finn and cinematographer Charlie Sarroff about working together on the set of horror film, Smile.
CREDIT: Paramount Pictures
They share their special process of creating the film. (Smile is in theaters now!)
In this episode, we talk about…
- Finn looking for the right “partner in crime” to make the film with
- How Finn’s short spread like wildfire
- Selling the pitch to Paramount Pictures
- Using cinematic language to work toward themes of the story
- Why Finn prefers a shot list over a storyboard
- What influenced the camera choice
- Thinking about the audience and what the film is doing to them
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This episode of The No Film School Podcast was produced by George Edelman.