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‘Saturday Night’ DP Eric Steelberg on Working With Jason Reitman: ‘We Have to Feel the Chaos’
Director Jason Reitman and DP Eric Steelberg explain how they captured the chaos of 'Saturday Night.'
ERIC STEELBERG: It was the pandemic, and Jason said, “I just wrote something a little crazy, and I want to do it in one shot.” The idea was that we were going to go entirely in one uncut shot, no stitches, no cuts and no hidden anything. We were doing “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” in the U.K., and Jason said, “I don’t think I wanna do one shot anymore, but let’s talk about how you do it a little more traditionally.” He says we have to really make sure we feel the chaos and that we’re in the middle of it, like a fly on the wall. Also, our production mixer, Steve Morrow, would have up to 58 microphones on set, and he’s bringing in ideas in real-time, so by the time we get to editing, even before we get to our post mix, he’s created a sound system of the world.
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