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Unit photography by Katie Yu and Bettina Strauss. Additional behind-the-scenes images by Duncan Vogel. All images courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
High's production of the infamous
Broadway flop Carrie: The Musical as a
springboard for an entire musical
episode. "It's definitely a bold new direction for Riverdale," he says with a laugh.
"It was very creative and a lot of fun. We
did it on our regular episode schedule,
which is eight days. I have to give it to
the cast: They learned the numbers
really quickly and did an amazing job."
Uegama notes he was fortunate to
be able to bring several of his regular
crewmembers aboard Riverdale: gaffer
Mark Edward Murphy; A-camera
operator Steven Deneault; 1st ACs
George Majoros and Duncan Vogel;
and digital-imaging technician Elmer
Ventura. "There are so many shows
shooting in Vancouver now that there's
almost not enough crew to go around,"
the cinematographer observes. "I'm
lucky to have had such a great crew with
me, most of whom I've worked with
regularly in the past." Rounding out his
key crew on the show are B-camera
operator Doug Schwartz and key grip
Randy Stamhuis.
When Uegama first met with
Opposite, from left: Archie Andrews (K.J. Apa), Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart), Veronica Lodge (Camila
Mendes) and Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) team up to solve the dark mysteries plaguing their small
town in the television series Riverdale. This page, top: Jughead chronicles the town's strange
happenings. Above: Cinematographer Brendan Uegama, CSC.
Riverdale creator Roberto AguirreSacasa, who is also the chief creative
officer at Archie Comics, to discuss the
look of the series, the word "atmosphere" came up often. "I had used a lot
of atmosphere in some of my previous
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work, including [the series] Van Helsing,
and Roberto loved that," says Uegama.
"He said, 'I want atmosphere in every
shot all the time, inside and outside. I
want it to be a character in the show; I
want texture in every frame.'"
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