Show Notes
Krzysztof Trojnar is the cinematographer of the Netflix series, Something Very Bad is Going to Happen. It’s a genuinely unsettling horror show about a woman whose anxiety about an upcoming family wedding spirals into something far darker, with Krzysztof's camera work enhancing the feeling of dread.
Key Podcast Highlights: -How the visual language of the show deliberately evolves across episodes, moving from Steadicam to gimbal to handheld to body rig, mirroring the protagonist's psychological deterioration in real time. -Committing to a single lens for nearly the entire show. Krzysztof shot roughly 90% of the series on a 25mm, and he explains exactly why that choice creates presence without distortion. -Fabricating a custom 360° body camera rig from scratch, because nothing like it existed as a rental. The rig used a Steadicam vest fitted with an industrial bearing to orbit the camera around the actress in the show's harrowing final episode.
Find Krzysztof Trojnar: https://krzysztoftrojnar.com/ Instagram @krzysztof_trojnar See Something Very Bad is Going to Happen on Netflix Hear our previous episode with Krzysztof Trojnar on the series Baby Reindeer: https://www.camnoir.com/ep269/
SHOW RUNDOWN:
02:17 Close Focus 13:35-58:31 Krzysztof Trojnar interview 59:14 Short ends 01:07:08 Wrap up/Credits
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