NFS: Were you familiar with director Michael Bafaro’s previous films before working on Don’t Look Away? How did he say he wanted this film to be different than some of his others? We deliberately did all those things on Don’t Look Away. Would in-camera zooms, whip pans, split diopters, excessive haze, and strobing, multicolored slits of light serve the story for a comedy or a drama? Maybe, but probably not. The audience is going into the film suspending their reality. Pretty incredible how efficient Blackmagic Raw is as a codec when used in Resolve.Athan ![]() The film was edited in resolve on a Mac M1 laptop by the Michaels, the director and producer team of Micheal Bafaro and Michael Mitton. We shot in 8k because it has really great rolling shutter performance at 8k and we had some whip pans and handheld running scenes and I just wanted to keep it consistent through the film. Out-of-gamut color issues just do not seem to be a thing with this sensor. I’ve had trouble in the past with much more expensive cameras and cheap little bar led’s where you don’t have the time to change them out. Color-wise, I think it may be the best out there. Merrick: We shot on the Blackmagic Design Ursa Mini Pro 12k, which is just a beautiful sensor. NFS: Can you talk about what cameras and lenses you used on Don’t Look Away? Italian psychological horror films from the '70s. Merrick: Don’t Look Away is saturated and dirty with an homage to Giallo. NFS: How would you describe the look of Don’t Look Away? After a few years, I transitioned to shooting full-time, which was always the goal. Then I lived my childhood dream of making ski films for over a decade in the winters and in the summers I was a lamp op, best boy, and rigger on big union films. I moved up to Vancouver to go to the University of British Columbia film program and ski. I used to wear out VHS tapes because I’d watch a ski film so much. I was probably 16 and figured out cinematography is, what I wanted to do, and, specifically, I wanted to make ski movies. ![]() I loved going to movies and I had just never put two and two together and realized that it could be a legitimate job and career. In high school, I needed a community service element to graduate and I just happened to get paired with a local filmmaker to make a recycling film for youth in New Mexico where I grew up. So my brain just worked visually to begin with. My dad is a photographer and my mom is a painter and former modern dancer. No Film School: What made you want to become a cinematographer?Īthan Merrick: Both of my parents are artists. ![]() She must find the man who holds the key to stopping the killings, but Frankie knows that once you see the mannequin, there may be no end in sight, except for your own.”Īthan Merrick served as the film’s Director of Photography and in the below interview he discusses the film being “saturated and dirty” with an homage to Giallo, why he shot in 8K, and the benefits of having documentary experience in indie filmmaking.Įditor's Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Frankie soon realizes that her friends are in jeopardy too. In case you are wondering what Giallo would look like in cinema today, Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho and James Wan’s Malignant are two recent films that I think are stamped with Giallo characteristics.Īnother newly released film to add to that list is Michael Bafaro’s Don’t Look Away.ĭON'T LOOK AWAY (2023) Official Trailer (HD) The Don’t Look Away synopsis reads, “After a gang of criminals unintentionally unleashes a supernatural force onto the world, a young woman named Frankie is convinced she’s being stalked by a killer mannequin. The genre was largely performed in the Italian language throughout the 1960s, but as the genre gathered worldwide popularity, the '70s saw more and more of these films performed in English. ![]() While it was never a specifically defined movement, Giallo films are Italian-produced murder-mystery thrillers, which feature scenes of excessive violence and blur the lines between art and exploitation cinema.įilms of the Giallo genre usually include strong elements of horror and voyeurism. What is Giallo? We have a whole article on that lovely subject.
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