Casey Liss

And so all the lighting and all the sound pickup kind of has to be there. And in fact, in one of the scenes, I'm not going to spoil the story as much, but in one of the scenes, there's two people sitting around a table having a snack, basically. And you end up zoomed in on the star of the film. And the other person is behind you based on the way the set is, right?

And so all the lighting and all the sound pickup kind of has to be there. And in fact, in one of the scenes, I'm not going to spoil the story as much, but in one of the scenes, there's two people sitting around a table having a snack, basically. And you end up zoomed in on the star of the film. And the other person is behind you based on the way the set is, right?

Because you're basically, the camera's kind of floating above the table, if you will. And you can hear Dude Man eating behind you, right? Because that's the way surround sound works. And so that, you know, they could obviously have the pickup behind the camera. But for anything that's happening in front of the camera, you know, you don't want to be able to see a microphone.

Because you're basically, the camera's kind of floating above the table, if you will. And you can hear Dude Man eating behind you, right? Because that's the way surround sound works. And so that, you know, they could obviously have the pickup behind the camera. But for anything that's happening in front of the camera, you know, you don't want to be able to see a microphone.

And you don't want to be able to see the lights and whatnot. It's incredibly, incredibly weird in a good way. And it feels like you're there. Not that you're participating in it necessarily, but in a lot of ways, it feels more real than anything I've ever done before. A couple of examples of this. they do move the camera from time to time.

And you don't want to be able to see the lights and whatnot. It's incredibly, incredibly weird in a good way. And it feels like you're there. Not that you're participating in it necessarily, but in a lot of ways, it feels more real than anything I've ever done before. A couple of examples of this. they do move the camera from time to time.

They don't have the same problem that that MLS thing did where there's just constant cuts, constant, constant, constant cuts. There are cuts, but they're much better, much fewer and far between. Not unlike the football one I was talking about a minute ago, the NFL one.

They don't have the same problem that that MLS thing did where there's just constant cuts, constant, constant, constant cuts. There are cuts, but they're much better, much fewer and far between. Not unlike the football one I was talking about a minute ago, the NFL one.

But there's, there's occasions where they move the camera and once or twice they kind of like just take what would effectively be a couple of steps forward. Although clearly the camera's on like rails or whatever. Um, But there's a couple of times they're moving the camera like quite a ways, like a solid 15, 20 feet, which what is that, like three meters or something like that? No, more than that.

But there's, there's occasions where they move the camera and once or twice they kind of like just take what would effectively be a couple of steps forward. Although clearly the camera's on like rails or whatever. Um, But there's a couple of times they're moving the camera like quite a ways, like a solid 15, 20 feet, which what is that, like three meters or something like that? No, more than that.

Anyway, four or five meters. And it feels slightly off-putting. Like, John, you would absolutely hate this because your body is telling you you just moved, but yet... or I guess your eyes are telling you you just moved, but your body is saying, no, I'm still sitting here. John's out. Yeah, right, exactly. It's not off-putting to the point that it was bad, but it was weird.

Anyway, four or five meters. And it feels slightly off-putting. Like, John, you would absolutely hate this because your body is telling you you just moved, but yet... or I guess your eyes are telling you you just moved, but your body is saying, no, I'm still sitting here. John's out. Yeah, right, exactly. It's not off-putting to the point that it was bad, but it was weird.

Yeah, it really, really does. And another moment that was just incredibly striking to me is, okay, slight spoiler, water enters the submarine. I know Mark was especially surprised.

Yeah, it really, really does. And another moment that was just incredibly striking to me is, okay, slight spoiler, water enters the submarine. I know Mark was especially surprised.

Yeah, they should work on that. But water enters the submarine, and at some points, the camera gets a little bit submerged.

Yeah, they should work on that. But water enters the submarine, and at some points, the camera gets a little bit submerged.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. And so I watched it the first time, and I didn't notice this, and I re-watched it this morning just to have it fresh in my mind for today. And I noticed in myself that as the camera was about to go underwater, I kind of took a breath. Like, not a...

Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. And so I watched it the first time, and I didn't notice this, and I re-watched it this morning just to have it fresh in my mind for today. And I noticed in myself that as the camera was about to go underwater, I kind of took a breath. Like, not a...

Kind of breath, but like a, you know, it was just subconscious that I felt like I was about to be underwater, so I should breathe in a little bit.

Kind of breath, but like a, you know, it was just subconscious that I felt like I was about to be underwater, so I should breathe in a little bit.