{"id":2140912,"date":"2025-11-07T12:53:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2140912"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:53:30","slug":"how-a-childhood-funeral-sets-up-frankensteins-rise-and-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-a-childhood-funeral-sets-up-frankensteins-rise-and-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"How a childhood funeral sets up ‘Frankenstein’s’ rise and fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Guillermo del Toro\u2019s retelling<\/a> of Mary Shelley\u2019s haunting classic, a pivotal event in Victor Frankenstein\u2019s (Oscar Isaac) life is the death of his mother, Claire (Mia Goth), in childbirth. Her passing ignites Victor\u2019s obsession with mastering mortality through science, which culminates in the formation of The Creature (Jacob Elordi)<\/a>. \u201cThis moment is very depressing,\u201d cinematographer Dan Laustsen says of Claire\u2019s funeral, filmed in Scotland using a telescopic camera crane and a somber palette. \u201cWe\u2019re floating just above them carrying the coffin with the camera shooting straight down,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd everything is cold and blue but we have red in there as a contrast color.\u201d Laustsen\u2019s choice of a large-format Arri Alexa 65 and a 24mm Leitz Thalia lens allowed a visual style that captures emotional close-ups without compromising the grandeur of the environment. Softening the digital image was a diffusion filter mounted behind the lens, an effect the cinematographer suggests \u201cbreaks up the highlights and skin tones in a very beautiful way.\u201d In shaping the kinetic camera language, Laustsen says, \u201cWe wanted to move and paint with the camera so we could go closer to the actors with a wide angle. It’s an organic way to make a movie that I think works really well with the way Guillermo likes to tell a story.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

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