Video: ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ | Anatomy of a scene

“Hi, I’m David Gordon Green, the director and co-writer of ‘The Exorcist: Believer.'” [FAUCET KNOB SQUEAK] “So this series takes place shortly after the disappearance of Angela Fielding, the daughter of Victor Fielding, played by Leslie Odom Jr. And Angela has been missing for three days and has just returned and is starting to act a little strange.” “What are you doing, ladybug?” I need to use the bathroom.” “So with this sequence I begin to establish the unnerving quality of a father who can’t quite explain his daughter’s behavior. One of the lessons I learned from the “Halloween” movies is the effect of a continuous timeline. And although the sequence consists of several shots, the effect is one long shot. And that slow burn, that time where there are no gimmicks for you as a viewer to process, it adds a strange anticipation of when something is going to happen, slow movements, no expression from Angela. It is almost the neutrality of her face that makes it so unusual, because she is so full of charms, smiles and loving life. Here we begin to see things in a slightly more subtle degree of expression.” [FAUCET KNOB SQUEAK] “What did you say?” “Atmosphere is: sound design is subtle music woven into the sound design. You’re a little wary, you’re a little tense as you let that continuity unfold. And in that way, when she has transcended this geography in a way that we know because we have established characters coming and going and walking in and out, it is all the more unnatural and unpleasant.