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Nightmare Alley/Carnival at Night

Scene dossier / 2021

Carnival at Night

EXTnightToronto (period set)

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Scene Equipment

camera bodyA-CamARRI ARRI ALEXA 65/ARRI ALEXA 65a_cam

Laustsen and del Toro used the ALEXA 65 for its ability to render the carnival's lurid practical lights — neon, bare tungsten bulbs, fire torches — without any fill, capturing the seedy atmosphere of pre-war America.