feature · 20192h 13mKRKO
Parasite
기생충
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
At a glance
- Director
- Bong Joon Ho
- Cinematography
- Hong Kyung-pyo
- Editor
- Yang Jin-mo
- Music
- Jung Jae-il
- Costume
- Choi Se-yeon
- Format
- 2.39:1 · ARRIRAW ALEXA 65 + Hawk Class V anamorphicA-camera — ARRI ALEXA 65 + Hawk anamorphic
- Photographed
- May 2018 – Sep 2018
Production
Studios
- Barunson E&Aproduction company
- CJ Entertainmentdistributor
- CJ Entertainmentproduction company
- Neondistributor
Department
Camera
- Hong Kyung-pyoDirector of Photographyprimary
- Yang Hyun-sukCamera Operatorprimary
Department
Grip
- Kang Sang-hyupKey Gripprimary
Department
Sound
- Eun Hee-sooProduction Sound Mixerprimary
- Go Eun-haSound Editorprimary
- Lee Si-hunBoom Operatorprimary
Post-Production
Visual Effects
520 total VFX shots
Recognition by craft
- Cinematography1w
- Editing3n
- Production Design1n
- +15 non-craft
Recognition
Awards (15 won, 20 total)
- Status: WONAcademy AwardBest Cinematography2020Hong Kyung-pyoCited source (opens in new tab): [src]
- Status: WON
Locations
Shooting locations
Seongbuk-dong neighborhood
Sun plannerSeongbuk-gu, Seoul · South Korea · 37.589, 126.997
Wealthy hillside Seoul neighborhood used as reference for the Park family house architectural design and exterior establishing shots.
- Civil dawn
- 19:49 UTC
- Sunrise
- 20:19 UTC
- Magic-hour AM
- 20:19 UTC → 20:56 UTC
- Magic-hour PM
- 10:03 UTC → 10:40 UTC
- Sunset
- 10:40 UTC
- Civil dusk
- 11:10 UTC
Seoul — Ahyeon-dong neighborhood
Sun plannerMapo-gu, Seoul · South Korea · 37.549, 126.950
Practical street-level photography for the rain-descent sequence; the staircase + alleyway + shop-frontage exteriors that Bong Joon-ho specifically scouted for their social-stratification verticality.
- Civil dawn
- 19:49 UTC
- Sunrise
- 20:19 UTC
Lighting
Per-scene setups · 5 across 5 scenes
Per-scene lighting plots: fixture role (key / fill / back / practical), color temperature, diffusion stack, and motivation notes from cited supervisor interviews.
Kim family semi-basement opening
Hong Kyung-pyo lit the Kim semi-basement opening entirely with practical fluorescents + the high-window street-light bleed. The geometry of the under-window sub-grade light source defines the social-stratification visual grammar — every shot is metered to the natural fall-off from window to floor.
Set was built at Goyang Aqua Studios with a deliberate sub-grade window orientation. The practical fluorescents were shifted-temperature 4300K daylight tubes with custom diffusion to read as utility-grade Korean municipal fixtures.
Park family modernist house — first arrival
Production designer Lee Ha-jun built the Park family house as a 4-storey freestanding open-roof set at Goyang Aqua Studios so Hong Kyung-pyo could shoot the entire interior under actual Korean sunlight. The open-roof rig with overhead diffusion silks gave Hong predictable diffused-overcast soft-key for every interior beat.
Open-roof construction with overhead silk-rig diffusion was the only way to get the architect-Namgoong window-wall to read believably; an interior-stage build with electric simulation would have collapsed the visual grammar.
Color
Pipeline
Camera color science → IDT → working space → ODT → deliverable. Production-wide default first; scenes that diverge below.
- Camera logLogC3
- Camera gamutARRI Wide Gamut
- IDTACES IDT.ARRI.LogC3.EI800
- Working spaceACEScct
Stunts
2 crew
The stunt department on this production: credited crew, actor-double pairings, and the companies whose members brought them onto the show. Click any name to jump to their full filmography + doubling history.
Score
Composer & cues
Long-time Bong Joon Ho collaborator. Score notable for its Baroque feel against contemporary picture; 'The Belt of Faith' became a viral cue post-release.
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