With Lionsgate’s “La La Land,” the big challenge for Damien Chazelle and his artisan team was to find the balance between heightened reality of the musical numbers and material that they wanted to be realistic, even mundane. Here, he talks about their work.
Production design, David Wasco
He was one of the first people I met with. He brought a photo he’d taken of the El Royale (the 1920s apartment building); there was something about the time of day, the angle, the details of the building, and the way the green art-deco lettering fell against the magic-hour blue sky, I thought, “If our movie can capture that magical romanticism, we will be fine.” We were also swapping lots of photos, in addition to movie sequences and stills we liked.
Cinematography, Linus Sandgren
Linus is young, but approaches it like an old-timer; the more analog everything is, the happier he is.
Production design, David Wasco
He was one of the first people I met with. He brought a photo he’d taken of the El Royale (the 1920s apartment building); there was something about the time of day, the angle, the details of the building, and the way the green art-deco lettering fell against the magic-hour blue sky, I thought, “If our movie can capture that magical romanticism, we will be fine.” We were also swapping lots of photos, in addition to movie sequences and stills we liked.
Cinematography, Linus Sandgren
Linus is young, but approaches it like an old-timer; the more analog everything is, the happier he is.
- 12/14/2016
- by Tim Gray
- Variety - Film News
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