Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Peter Konczal, ASC on Black Rabbit's deliberately low-tech-analog toolkit, customized blue bounce light, and the gradual unraveling of its visual style episode by episode.
Podcast highlights include:
-The deliberately low-tech-analog toolkit Pete assembled with co-cinematographer Igor Martinović became the show's defining look. It included one of a kind soot filters and scratched-up glass rulers wedged into matte boxes. These complimented detuned lenses and a low-contrast LUT.
-How a custom greenish-blue fill light added contrast, separating the actors from the environment.
-The inspiration for the asymmetrical framing from Michael Mann's The Insider. Pete and Martinović intentionally mismatched shots instead of using standard reverses.
-Choosing to light large areas, allowing performances to unfold without interruption.
-How Pete and director Laura Linney used tableaus to great effect in key scenes.
Find Pete Konczal: iconictalentagency.com/pete-konczal
Instagram: @petekonczal_asc
Black Rabbit is streaming on Netflix.
Hear our previous episode with Igor Martinović on the documentary The Pigeon Tunnel: camnoir.com/ep238
SHOW RUNDOWN:
02:08 Close focus
Image and music library licensing company Artlist, which had recently expanded, laid off about 200 employees as the company pivots to what it calls an “AI-native” business.
13:15-01:03:31 Peter Konczal interview
**See show notes and links at camnoir.com/ep363/**
01:03:47 Short ends
Ben’s short end: Widow’s Bay on Apple TV, and the Instagram account @pano.dime, which features posts about things AI executives say.
Illya’s short end: Looking forward to seeing The Social Reckoning when it releases in October.
01:10:21 Wrap up/Credits
Host and editor in Chief: Illya Friedman
Instagram: @illyafriedman @hotrodcameras
Host: Ben Rock
Blue Sky: @benrock.com Instagram: @bejamin_rock
Composer: Kays Al-Atrakchi
Check out Kays’ new YouTube Channel, Kays Labs, where he repairs old synthesizers.
Producer: Alana Kode
All web and social media content written by Alana Kode
Editor: Alana Kode
The Cinematography Podcast website: camnoir.com
YouTube: @TheCinematographyPodcast
Facebook: @cinepod
Instagram: @thecinepod
Blue Sky: @thecinepod.bsky.social
Peter Konczal, ASC on Black Rabbit's deliberately low-tech-analog toolkit, customized blue bounce light, and the gradual unraveling of its visual style episode by episode.
Podcast highlights include:
-The deliberately low-tech-analog toolkit Pete assembled with co-cinematographer Igor Martinović became the show's defining look. It included one of a kind soot filters and scratched-up glass rulers wedged into matte boxes. These complimented detuned lenses and a low-contrast LUT.
-How a custom greenish-blue fill light added contrast, separating the actors from the environment.
-The inspiration for the asymmetrical framing from Michael Mann's The Insider. Pete and Martinović intentionally mismatched shots instead of using standard reverses.
-Choosing to light large areas, allowing performances to unfold without interruption.
-How Pete and director Laura Linney used tableaus to great effect in key scenes.
Find Pete Konczal: iconictalentagency.com/pete-konczal
Instagram: @petekonczal_asc
Black Rabbit is streaming on Netflix.
Hear our previous episode with Igor Martinović on the documentary The Pigeon Tunnel: camnoir.com/ep238
SHOW RUNDOWN:
02:08 Close focus
Image and music library licensing company Artlist, which had recently expanded, laid off about 200 employees as the company pivots to what it calls an “AI-native” business.
13:15-01:03:31 Peter Konczal interview
**See show notes and links at camnoir.com/ep363/**
01:03:47 Short ends
Ben’s short end: Widow’s Bay on Apple TV, and the Instagram account @pano.dime, which features posts about things AI executives say.
Illya’s short end: Looking forward to seeing The Social Reckoning when it releases in October.
01:10:21 Wrap up/Credits
Host and editor in Chief: Illya Friedman
Instagram: @illyafriedman @hotrodcameras
Host: Ben Rock
Blue Sky: @benrock.com Instagram: @bejamin_rock
Composer: Kays Al-Atrakchi
Check out Kays’ new YouTube Channel, Kays Labs, where he repairs old synthesizers.
Producer: Alana Kode
All web and social media content written by Alana Kode
Editor: Alana Kode
The Cinematography Podcast website: camnoir.com
YouTube: @TheCinematographyPodcast
Facebook: @cinepod
Instagram: @thecinepod
Blue Sky: @thecinepod.bsky.social
