Rye Lane director Raine Allen-Miller and DP Olan Collardy

Rye Lane is a charming, energetic and funny romantic film that
follows Dom and Yas, both twentysomethings going through bad
breakups. They meet at a friend's art show and roam around South
London, helping each other deal with their exes while having crazy
adventures and restoring their faith in romance. The movie
premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, opened wide in the
UK and is set to stream on Hulu March 31. When she received the
script for Rye Lane, direct Raine Allen-Miller knew she wanted to
set the film in South London, a very vibrant, colorful place with
lots of interesting characters. She loves movies by fellow British
director Steve McQueen, and counts him as an influence on her work.
Raine wanted her film to be funny and entertaining while still
looking beautiful and “juicy” throughout. Rye Lane is Raine's first
feature, and she creates an energetic, colorful and happy world
where, once Dom and Yas meet, they simply have fun together. It was
important to her that Black people be captured in a way that's
positive, funny and goofy, and that people have a great time
watching the film. Cinematographer Olan Collardy grew up in Nigeria
and later moved to South London, where he met Raine while working
on commercials. He says that Raine brings a beautiful sandbox to
play in, with her love of color and interest in creating a very
energetic, stylized, modern look to the film. They worked together
to ensure that the camera was always in the right place to play up
the humor- if it wasn't funny, it wasn't functional. Olan used
extremely wide anamorphic lenses to add a touch of the surreal to
the shots. They were influenced by the British comedy Peep Show,
getting very close on a wide lens while the actor looks slightly
above the lens so they don't break the fourth wall. Olan was
influenced by Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, which is also very
rich in color and about a very specific place. Rye Lane is in
theaters in the UK and will be streaming on Hulu on March 31.
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