Cinematographer

Cinematographers From Three Top Series Reveal Secrets
By Rob Feld, Jean Oppenheimer and Ian Stasukevich
Mar 10, 2008, 14:26

Mad Men

Set in the Madison Avenue advertising world in 1960, the AMC series Mad Men looks like nothing else on television. “Many TV projects rely greatly on close-ups for coverage, and that is not necessarily part of our language,” notes cinematographer Phil Abraham. “Mad Men has a somewhat mannered, classic visual style that is influenced more by cinema than TV.”

Mad Men made its debut last summer, and the series’ second season is scheduled to go into production later this year, depending on the duration of the writers’ strike.

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