#Director Jessica Siqueiros and #cinematographer Meena Singh take us #behindthescenes of short film This Is What We’re Taking?, part of the ‘Everybody’s Fight: In Bloom,’ series on reproductive freedom, now streaming on #paramountplus! Jessica begins: “I wanted to use levity to explore the radical forms of liberation that exist not on protest lines, but in homes and behind closed doors that have existed for generations. Even though we feel thrust backward, we still must demand not only the RIGHT to abortions but the ability to have access to HOW we execute those rights." Meena continues: “This is my second project with Jessica, who tackles heavy subjects through comedy in such a beautiful manner. We wanted our world to feel flat--a bit theatrical even--so I shot at a deep focus, allowing the actors to play on multiple layers of action between the foreground and background. That way, different stories could be playing out at the same time. The exteriors of New Mexico are spectacular! Our road trip movie unfolds in the space of one day and so the biggest challenge was fitting all our locations in the perfect time of day for light. I spent days scouting, sun-pathing and playing the Tetris game that was our schedule with our incredible 1st AD Jai James. Thank you to the entire crew, to [Panavision Albuquerque] rep James Finn and the kind support of my Panavision Hollywood rep, and savior, Rik DeLisle.” Shot with E Series Anamorphics, the project was supported by Panavision New Mexico. Stars Isabella LaBlanc and Germain Arroyo 1st AC - Rene Vargas 2nd AC - Jack Khorram DIT - Jordan Graham CLT - Joshua Palmer ACLT - Michael Neil Key Grip - Jazmin Parra BGG - Rachel Varoz Dolly Grip - Matt Varoz Grip - Breanna Palmer
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