The experience of cinematographer Pierre Gill on Disney series ‘Percy Jackson’ showed that lighting for an extensive shoot in a Volume is still work in progress, writes Adrian Pennington.
New Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, is about a 12-year-old boy who learns he is a demigod and subsequently has to avoid being captured by minotaurs. However, the tone demanded by the producers was one of realism.
“We’re not doing Avengers or some superhero style – this is a road movie about a young boy on a journey,” explained Pierre Gill, ASC, CSC who shot the pilot episode and the last three episodes of the eight-part series.
The show is based on Rick Riordan’s best-selling book and follows Percy (Walker Scobell) on his quest to...
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