Severance's Jessica Lee Gagné on Cinematography, Directing, and More!

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This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, the team is joined by Cinematographer and Director Jessica Lee Gagné from the hit TV show Severance! She talks at length about how she approached lighting, framing, camera work, and more!

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In This Episode:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 07:25 - Insta360 announced the X5 360-degree camera
• 13:02- Synology wants you to buy its official drives and restricts many features to them
• 15:41 - Light Lens Lab is remaking the rare P. Angenieux Type S21 50mm f/1.5
• 19:48 - Fujifilm finally priced the new Instax mini 41
• 21:31 - Fujifilm teases a "half" camera
• 22:57 - Viltrox announced a new 35mm f/1.2
• 13:35 - Sorry, but we have to talk about tariffs again...
• 25:48 - Blackmagic was going to build a US factory, but tariffs made it untenable
• 26:51 - Harman is raising film prices in the US
• 30:26 - Japan has no idea what the US wants
• 33:21 - Fujifilm confirms it has paused shipments of some cameras amid trade disarray
• 35:28 - Nikon's vending machine mini cameras have arrived in the US
• 39:01 - Severance's Jessica Lee Gagné on Cinematography, Directing, and More!
• 1:13:22 - What have you been up to?
• 1:18:16 - Tech support
• 1:31:38 - Feel good story of the week