Cinematographer Jonathan Pope jonmpope (narrative portions) sharing a
#R3Dsnapshot of the docu-narrative thesocialdilemma.
“So many moments within the film have become more relevant with time that it's hard to choose a favorite shot. In this frame (captured on the
#MONSTRO8K with 25mm SF lens), Ben (played by Skyler Gisondo skylergisondo_og) sits in bed swallowed by a web of social media conspiracies and misinformation. His face is hidden from us. As he tumbles farther down the rabbit hole, director jefforlowski wanted the phone's presence and the visualization of social media to become increasingly prevalent. To produce an exaggerated illumination and focal point for the shot, we affixed a LiteCard to the face of the phone. For the windows, we blacked them out and mounted Astera Titans inside of each to create a time of day that feels ambiguous and disorienting. The social media VFX in this shot were executed masterfully by massfxmedia. Because of our extremely truncated prep and sho...