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Creating the Beautifully Haunting Visual Language in 'Yellowjackets'

How does one of the best shows of the year nail its visual tone? Let's break it down. There are TV shows you don’t realize you need in your life until they crash land onto your TV screen. Yellowjackets is one of those shows, defying expectations and delivering insights in a fresh new way that could never be anticipated by simply reading a synopsis. Yellowjackets is a beautiful and brutal series that focuses on the burden of domesticated life, the freedom of being feral, the shame of survival, and the friends that are made and lost along the way. Spanning over 25 years with three different timelines, the show keeps returning to reveal the cause and effects of decisions made to survive. To disguise these different time jumps, the job falls on Yellowjackets’ cinematographer C. Kim Miles. Miles sat down with the Go Creative Show podcast to break down how he created different visual styles for the ‘90s, the isolated woods, and the present time. Check out the full interview here. Read More...

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Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 9 February, 2022

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