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‘Nickel Boys’ Cinematographer Jomo Fray On Performing Behind The Camera & Capturing “How It Feels” To See
Cinematographer Jomo Fray on performing behind the camera in the place of the main characters in 'Nickel Boys'.
“That sounds semantic, but if I wanted to capture how a human actually sees the world, I’d probably just shoot it on steady cam, because our brains stabilize the input coming from our eyes and our head. But in reality, when you see a steady cam shot, there’s this almost removed, ghostly feeling to it that RaMell and I didn’t want. Fray’s camera performance ended up leading to some unexpected moments with the actors, including one scene with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s Hattie.
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