Another @bscine and @benedict_spence_dop collab, with @filmlights! This time taking apart this night exterior from Netflix’s new show, Eric. In this scene, Cassie stands in a phone box, distraught and waiting for a call which never comes. We shot this in New Jersey, with gaffer @justinewhouse and BBE @sw33tcarolina following a similar plan to our Hungarian night exteriors, shot months earlier. A soft light from above, pushing cool toppy light into the shadows, and a harder near-sodium warmth as a backlight. Creating a never-quite-dark 1980’s NYC night. The rigging team worked in conjunction with art department to fill our shops with lamps, and neon practicals. And a lovely little horrible green RGB LED into the ceiling of the phone box as a key light for Gaby. And SFX threw a load of atmos in for good measure. For Eric, we wanted to create a messy world, full of colour contrast, warms and cools, greens and reds. Night exteriors offer so much opportunity for motivation, the trick was trying to keep it looking somewhat coherent. Oh and that flickering sign? Just a happy little accident 🥰 (I’ll be lurking in the comments answering your questions)