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Inhumans Director Roel Reiné Talks Battling For A More Cinematic Look

Marvel's Inhumans is looking like it could have a really rough weekend in cinemas, but the director of the first two episodes, Roel Reiné, has done an extensive interview with The Independent.

When asked if there was anything he wanted to do achieve but was unable to, Reiné seemed happy with the production:

"Not really – I pushed it to the limits. For instance, the first time we see Medusa – which I will not spoil – she's doing something very intimate. What does the hair do at the moment? I pitched what the hair was doing, and then we got this really cool reveal shot, of what she was doing and her hair.

That was really tough, one of the toughest shots to pull off in the VFX world. They never limited my creativity."

Reiné was also asked about bringing a more cinematic feel to a television show, and how people aren't always happy about that. He had to battle to shoot certain shots in a very specific way that lends itself better to movies rather than television:

"The difference is that normal TV is very conservative. We're not talking about the first season of True Detective, which was extraordinarily different. A lot of TV is very conventional. You introduce with a big wide shot, then you have some close-ups as people sit and have a conversation. I wanted to do something different. That's my style in my movies.

But people are nervous. They were nervous that they would not have a choice if I did something really stylish: that they would not be able to go back to traditional television. So, for every scene I had three cameras. There was one doing the rule shots, one doing the ABC version, and one doing my version. When I cut my version and showed it to Marvel and ABC they loved it, and they kept it that way and used it to show their buyers.

There was another scene where this happened: where Maximus is talking with another character and tries to convince them to join the riot. I did a very extreme version as the dialogue was timed with their movements. The camera was going 360 degrees around them, where you only see the reactions and not the talk. There, I did a TV version, but they also embraced mine and didn't change anything."

It sounds like once Marvel got over their reservations, they let Reiné have more freedom behind the camera.

Marvel's Inhumans, created by Scott Buck, stars Anson Mount, Serinda Swan, Iwan Rheon, Isabelle Cornish, Eme Ikuwuakor, and Ken Leung. Check it out in IMAX now and on ABC September 29th.

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