One Shot: How 'Squid Game's' deadly carousel became a watchful eye

Cinematographer Kim Ji-yong admits that a “happy accident” furnished 1 of the astir alluring images of “Squid Game” Season 2: an overhead changeable successful which contestants basal connected a merry-go-round portion playing a devious crippled wherever they indispensable signifier groups of a circumstantial fig earlier clip runs retired oregon beryllium eliminated. “We planned the changeable and pre-lit the country from oculus level, but erstwhile we really went to enactment the camera up there, that was the archetypal clip we saw it,” helium says. The elevated position was framed much than 100 meters supra the contestants, with Kim wanting the representation to “look flat” and “not arsenic realistic.” The effect is simply a surreal representation that mimics the signifier of an eyeball, a metaphorical reminder of the power country watching the contestants’ each move. During gameplay, an immersive camera, often handheld, makes the assemblage consciousness similar a participant. Adding to the mystique is simply a painterly palette of superior colors. “For the full season, I wanted to spot reddish and bluish lights, the colors coming from the X and O, successful the dorm room,” Kim says. “When they play merry-go-round, the infinitesimal they prime who to spell with, the airy changes to reddish and blue. It symbolizes choice.”