American Cinematographer - September 2021 - 44

WATCHING IN HORROR
Top: In a trippy flashback sequence, Enid
recalls her sister's mysterious disappearance.
Bottom left: Director Prano Bailey-Bond.
Bottom right: Cinematographer Annika Summerson.
nasties, but the filmmakers' interest skewed toward films that were a bit
rougher around the edges. She explains, " We didn't want to end up with
a film that looked cheap and trashy. We wanted the films within Censor
to have a video-nasty feel, like we had no money or experience to speak
of. We also had a lot of discussions about how to avoid going too far with
it and ruining my career! "
Almost the entirety of Censor was filmed with Arricam LT and ST
" We wanted the films within Censor to
have a video-nasty feel, like we had no
money or experience to speak of. "
cameras, shooting 3-perf 35mm on Kodak Vision3 500T 5219 and 250D
5207 stock. Vintage Canon K-35 lenses provided an aged, low-contrast
look that Summerson felt suited the movie's world and the period, while
certain scenes called for the use of Tiffen Pearlescent and Soft FX filters.
" Shooting 35mm film was right for the period we were trying to portray,
and also because the subject matter involved filmmaking, " Summerson
explains. " Celluloid has a texture and a gentleness that is hard to re-create
on digital, especially in the highlights. On digital, I always end up
adding grain in postproduction to get closer to the film look, anyway.
Maybe it has to do with the period I grew up in, but there is something
magic with 35mm that is hard to put into words. It's a feeling more than
anything. "
Photos of beleaguered working-class Brits in photographer Paul Graham's
renowned book Beyond Caring inspired Censor's palette and costumes,
imbuing them with a sense of social realism. " We didn't want to
portray a colorful, pastel-y '80s, " says Summerson. " We were trying to
mirror the political atmosphere of the Thatcher era - an environment
where social hysteria can ignite. "
The film that triggers Enid is called Don't Go in the Church, and it's
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