After her debut feature was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay (for which it also won), writer/director Emerald Fennell’s follow-up to Promising Young Woman has been highly anticipated. Saltburn, in turn, is lavish and provocative, featuring terrific performances and striking cinematography with dramatic use of color and shadow in its 1.33:1 Academy ratio frame.
In this SOC Creative Spotlight, we were joined by A camera and Steadicam operator Ossie McLean, ACO, SOC, and cinematographer Linus Sandgren, ASC, FSF, for a live discussion about their work on the film, from the challenges and benefits of shooting in a narrower aspect ratio to detailed breakdowns of specific scenes, including Oliver’s lonely birthday party that ends in a violent confrontation.
Social misfit Oliver Quick finds himself enamored with his attractive, popular, and wealthy Oxford classmate, Felix Catton, and begins a campaign to integrate himself into his group of friends. Eventually, Oliver is invited to spend the summer at Felix’s family’s sprawling estate, Saltburn, where his obsession continues to deepen and fester. Saltburn is written and directed by Emerald Fennell and stars Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, and Archie Madekwe.
Watch the conversation here on SOC.org
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