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Son of Saul/Sonderkommando Duties

Scene dossier / 2015

Sonderkommando Duties

INTdayBudapest (set reconstruction)

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Scene Equipment

camera bodyA-CamARRI ARRICAM LT/ST (35mm film)/ARRICAM LT (35mm)a_cam

Erdély kept the camera at shoulder height, close behind Saul's head throughout. The shallow depth of field (around T1.3) kept the Holocaust horror in soft, impressionistic focus behind him — by design, never allowing the viewer to see it clearly.