When asked about finding the particular balance in depicting the show's ultra-realistic prosthetics for its various medical cases with the doctors' efforts to treat their patients, the French director of photography — who was the sole DP and cinematographer on the entirety of season 1 and season 2 — began by explaining the medical nature of the show "is really here to support the story of the characters," with the cases themselves even being chosen specifically "to develop the characters": [Laughs] And in a way, it's really working with the actors that if on one side of the camera is in a specific spot that they arm it out, so we can still see the hands in there, but we have a little hole for the camera to get in, or that we are in a position that we don't see the other person hands. I feel like, in a way, it's perfect for this show to go in and have to run and gun with filming, but given that there are so many intricate layers to the shooting between, again, finding that balance between the prosthetics and the doctors, and even just capturing the doctors in the main area, what is that like for you finding what the rhythm is going to be on any given day when you are planning that out on the day?
Author: Grant Hermanns
Published at: 2026-02-14 21:00:19
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