Short article about Director of Photography Dale McCready @
theimageforum.org who's busy completing the final episodes of series 2 at the moment.
WARNING: no spoilers!
Although it’s a family drama, I’ve tried to give it a more heightened glamorous look. Most English dramas tend to go for a naturalistic and straight style but I feel that Merlin is essentially a weaving of fairytale and legend and it deserved something a little more heightened. So you’ll see lots of back-lit shots and others that give it quite a pretty look that keeps it in the fairytale realm.”
I absolutely adore his lighting, he does an amazing job to make our show look especially shiny! ❤