Sean McElwee

“We never wanted to just throw the camera on a shoulder and run around with the actors. One of the guidelines Jim and I made for ourselves early on was we always wanted to craft every scene, as opposed to just documenting it; there needed to be a purpose for every shot, every move – we never wanted to go vérité simply because we were running out of time or the blocking was too intricate. Our meticulous planning in prep really allowed us to come up with a specific and significant shot list, where every shot, every move has a purpose.”