Cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine, AFC sharing a #R3DSnapshot from the romantic drama Ammonite. “Ammonite was shot over the winter of 2018 through 2019 using largely natural light. One thing we didn’t want to have was sun. We were blessed because that winter was quite gloomy. We’d discussed whether we wanted a style that looked natural or one more cinematic that would feel like film lighting. We decided if we wanted to stay true to the story and characters that we shouldn’t use all the tools you might normally use for a period movie, like a little haze and foggy atmospheres. The same with VFX. Very often when you shoot a period film, at some point the director or producer expect a big spectacular shot that establishes the whole milieu with hundreds of extras. I knew that (director) Francis didn’t want to have this kind of contrast because it suddenly shouts to an audience that they’re watching a different movie. It would distract from the story. Instead, we wanted everything to be fai...