Severance‘s First-Time Director Details This Week’s Stunning Visuals

The latest episode of Severance just feels different. Yes, it’s the first time we explore the relationship of Mark (Adam Scott) and his thought-to-be-deceased wife Gemma (Dichen Lachman), but beyond that, it has a more fluid, lyrical, mind-trip quality well beyond the norm for the Apple TV+ show. That’s thanks to Jessica Lee Gagné, the show’s usual director of photography who made her directorial debut with the episode. In a new interview, she detailed some of the super cool aesthetic choices she made directing “Chikhai Bardo.” We won’t spoil anything here so if you haven’t seen the episode, do that as soon as possible. However, it’s not a big spoiler to reveal the story is split into multiple timeframes, one being the past when Mark and Gemma first meet and fall in love. To make sure those scenes looked different and more welcoming than scenes that take place at Lumon, Gagné chose to shoot them on film. Here’s what she said when speaking to Collider. “I’m not the type of person who ... Read full article.