Trevor Forrest talks Little Fires Everywhere, remembering producer/director Lynn Shelton, the TV series I Am the Night, critically acclaimed films Una Noche and Noble

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 75: Trevor Forrest A note: We
were sorry to hear of director Lynn Shelton's passing. Her most
recent directing and executive producing project was the Hulu
series, Little Fires Everywhere. Her death is also a huge loss to
the independent film community. Trevor Forrest leads off the
episode with a tribute to Lynn. Trevor Forrest grew up in England
and the Bahamas, and went to art school to study painting. He began
making photo compositions and moving into fashion photography,
traveling the world and letting it lead him into storytelling
through cinematography. One of Trevor's early films, Una Noche
takes place in Cuba, and he captured the rhythm and feel of the
island through mostly hand-held camera work. Una Noche won Best
Cinematography at the Tribeca Film Festival. Noble, an
award-winning biopic about children's rights advocate Christina
Noble, allowed Trevor to use vintage lenses to capture the look of
the time period. Trevor's art school training came into play when
he shot the dramatic series, I Am The Night, about the possible
killer of the Black Dahlia. He used a darker lighting technique,
using lights only to highlight the actors and scenes, allowing the
viewer to peer into the darkness and pick out the details. In
Little Fires Everywhere, the show explores the complicated world of
race, class and motherhood through the dueling protagonists Elena
(Reese Witherspoon) and Mia (Kerry Washington). Despite it being
shot in Los Angeles, Trevor wanted the series to evoke the look and
feel of Ohio, including the difference in the quality of light and
the changing of the seasons as the show progresses through the
year. Capturing that feeling on film required warmer and cooler
lighting techniques and careful lens choices and calibration. The
fiery finale was a combination of practical and special effects
done with sets, models and computer graphics. Little Fires
Everywhere is currently streaming on Hulu.
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