Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Nosferatu marks the fourth feature-length collaboration between writer-director Robert Eggers and cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, following The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman. Working with a story inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula and F.W. Murnau’s famed silent adaptation, the 1922 Nosferatu, Eggers and Blaschke sought to craft a visual language that would reflect the popular painting style of their film’s 1830s time period. Toward that end, Blaschke worked with Panavision to assemble a lens package that included historic Baltar optics and custom lenses made by Panavision’s Special Optics team and inspired by Blaschke’s interest in vintage optical designs. In this video, Blaschke shares pages from his notebook, discusses his continuing collaboration with Eggers, and details how he landed on the particular lenses he used to bring Nosferatu into the light.
Find this on the Panavision website at panavision.com/highlights/highlights-detail/the-making-of-nosferatu
Nosferatu marks the fourth feature-length collaboration between writer-director Robert Eggers and cinematographer Jarin Blaschke, following The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman. Working with a story inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula and F.W. Murnau’s famed silent adaptation, the 1922 Nosferatu, Eggers and Blaschke sought to craft a visual language that would reflect the popular painting style of their film’s 1830s time period. Toward that end, Blaschke worked with Panavision to assemble a lens package that included historic Baltar optics and custom lenses made by Panavision’s Special Optics team and inspired by Blaschke’s interest in vintage optical designs. In this video, Blaschke shares pages from his notebook, discusses his continuing collaboration with Eggers, and details how he landed on the particular lenses he used to bring Nosferatu into the light.
Find this on the Panavision website at panavision.com/highlights/highlights-detail/the-making-of-nosferatu
