Foundation The first season finale was released on AppleTV+ on November 19, and there were many unexpected turns, including the death of the Dawn Brothers (played by Cassian Bilton).
Director David S. Goyer (David S. Goyer) BaseHost of, and Weekly newspaper About the last episode.
While discussing this episode through the zoom, Goyer detailed the scene in which Dawn was killed and the creative decision he made for how to shoot.
Brother Liming and Demerzel enter the throne room
At the beginning of the scene, Dawn was escorted into the throne room by Demerzel (Laura Birn), and she put her hand on his back.
“In the beginning, just before they entered the throne room, it was really important to me,” Goyer explained. “On this show I always say one thing to my actors and staff [is] There are many subtleties.
“There is a small shot of Demerzel. When she brought Dawn into the throne room, she put her hand on Dawn’s little back. If you go back to episode 3, when we [showed] How Day, Dawn, and Dusk elevate to the next era of their brothers, there is a moment before Dusk elevates [and] Will turn to ashes where he hesitated, and Demerzel put his hand on the back of the dusk.
“So, this shot visually rhymes with Dusk’s ending in 1.03. This is a subtle but ominous hint that tells the audience that Dawn’s ending will not be very good. Even if we didn’t shoot the scene in 1.03, I knew we planned Visually rhyme with that shot in 1.10.
“The other thing we did with the lights in this throne room scene was that some other scenes in the throne room were very dark, and it was still very dark, but I added a lot of golden light to this scene. Which kind of effect is good is against you. Something about to happen.”
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Goyer added: “What’s important to me is that this scene is about inserting chaos into the empire system, so I divided the scene into three separate parts.
“The first part of our shooting in the traditional studio mode means using a crane and a cart. It is very formal and elegant. The camera is a bit slippery.
“The second part of the scene, as we started to introduce more chaos, we shot completely with a stabilized cam, which is a gyro-stabilized handheld camera that the audience can see, the camera is moving around instead of in the car On the track, it is not on the crane.
“Then the third part of the scene we were shooting handheld, so we actually introduced more action and fanatical photography into the scene, because everything was disintegrating and becoming unstable.”
Brother Dai chose to let Liming live
When describing the way the throne room was shot with people as the center, he continued: “You can see everything is very formal and vivid. This is what we call the center forward. They are in the middle of the frame.
“You can see Day and Dusk, you know, still effectively posing in the same pose.”
At the scene, the Dusk brother (Terrenceman) blamed Dawn and Dai (Li Peisi) for not being an identical clone, and then the latter said that he wanted to accept him, no matter how different he was.
Goyer said: “Terence Mann is really low-key this season, let it tear here, I like the posture and control of wearing. Again, by design.
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“Because I told the audience that when she put her hand on Dawn’s little back, Demerzel would kill Dawn. What surprised me was that the surprise of this scene was that Dai was actually in the “Girl” by him. Was moved and changed by his experience.”
He continued: “In this scene there is another key insertion. Demerzel kind of played with the salt beads on her bracelet, just when Day was talking about’However, brother.’
“We realized that despite what he did in The Maiden, he did get rid of that experience change. He was actually advocating empire submission and we allowed Dawn to continue, which in itself was very shocking. “
As the scene unfolded, Goyer added: “[Demerzel] Was touching her salt beads, she realized [Day] Despite how terrible it was for him to steal her eyesight, his experience changed her, but because of her programming, she still had to do what she was going to do. “
Introduction to Chaos
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The angry dusk began to quarrel with Dai, and the two began to yell and beat each other, scared Dawn to hug Demerzel, begging her not to let his brothers kill him.
“I like the performance in this scene,” Goyer reflected.
“Filmmaking itself is very classic. There are not many shots in this scene. I think it doesn’t need it. My basic principles are studio mode, stable camera and handheld device.
“And we gradually become more and more chaotic, I like this [Day and Dusk] Fighting, they were so consistent throughout the season, and then they started beating each other. “
Speaking of Liming and Demerzel’s embrace, he continued: “I think it’s really beautiful here because she does insist [to Dawn] She said “I won’t let them kill you”, or he said “Don’t let them kill me”, she said “I won’t”. She was comforting him and then killed him, I hope the audience is shocked by this. “
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He added: “What I hope people get from this episode is that they want to know if Demerzel killed Dawn because Dawn was programmed?
“Because she had to do this in order to protect the gene dynasty, and he is a pervert? Or a little reward for what happened in episode 8?”
Speaking of Day’s last look at the robot, he added: “There are many complex emotions here, and Day absolutely believes that this is a reward for what happened to the girl.”
“Then at the end, when we retreated from them, we returned to the car and left slowly. This was the first time Day was alone in the throne room, with only Dawn’s body.”
Foundation Season 1 can now be played in full on AppleTV+.
