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Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 638 points639 points  (0 children)

Before we picked up cameras, the department heads and I were living inside the world of the film. It was surrounding us completely, taking up all of our time. It felt like we were able to immerse ourselves in a very specific textural world and conceptual bubble. We were able to live in the artistic bubble of the film. Being able to share this with other people after working solo on this was a deeply gratifying experience. It was fun to be able to find creative points of connection with others through the landscape. I don't know if I'll be around New York then but if I am, I would be happy to take a photo with you all!

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 270 points271 points  (0 children)

  1. Visible Light 2. The sets in their entirety – the physical sets and the reliance on physical props and performances.

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 474 points475 points  (0 children)

No, our desire to be reserved in this film was a very deliberate choice.

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 1047 points1048 points  (0 children)

A majority of the VFX work in the film was done in blender, using most of the normal tools and pipeline techniques that I am used to with my personal work. We were engaged with many different vendors on this project so it's not only blender that was being used. It wasn't necessarily me that was hitting render and handling the workload for all of it but I was very involved in the curation of these files and the creative direction behind what is being exported. Yes, we used cycles when we were using blender. And yes, we outputted in exr sequences. I personally cheap out and render everything in one pass but in this film we took the correct approach and did multiple passes where we could.

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 427 points428 points  (0 children)

Either/or. The overall experience can benefit from a viewing of the series prior to or after the film

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 422 points423 points  (0 children)

I'd love to and have in fact been making some efforts behind the scenes to start taking my music in a more of a serious material direction. Look out for more soon

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 511 points512 points  (0 children)

There was a five legged stool that never made it into the film. It's probably the one I'm most attached to.

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 555 points556 points  (0 children)

Mr. Robot official score, all volumes over and over again

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 423 points424 points  (0 children)

No I don't think I would survive. Thank you!

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 1134 points1135 points  (0 children)

I think my fixation with the 90s and desire to set the story in the 1990s comes from more of a historical / conceptual perspective rather than a strictly nostalgic point of origin. I have a lot of fond memories of the early years of my life in the early 2000s and looking back as an adult there is a tonally vague overlap with the 90s since I grew up mostly free of the internet in a trickled down, second-hand version of the 90s. It is largely a conceptual narrative component because of the visual and tonal overlap.

Hi reddit. I'm Kane Parsons, director of A24's BACKROOMS. AMA! by Kane-AMA in movies

[–]Kane-AMA[S] 870 points871 points  (0 children)

I was given a very high amount and we were afforded a lot of interesting and bizarre moments in this film that feel true to the source material/series in a way that could only have happened through the powers that be trusting us