This was essentially the pilot for the new series.
Grismer and Darren were responsible for setting many of the visual rules of the show.
For example, what we call Cranky-Cam.
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This is achieved by using a vintage film camera called a Hand Crank.
Old-school style, the operator captures the image on film by manually winding the crank to expose the film.
It gets wound forwards and backwards.
Essentially, by cranking it in both directions, the film is exposed multiple times with the same image.
Hence the messy layered quality.
Thank you, Darren.
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