How The Afterparty used cinematography to plant clues

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Director of photographer Carl Herse worked with creator Chris Miller on a progression of seven different looks, before uniting them in Episode 8. “We want it to all feel different, but you also want to feel like a progression,” Herse said. “We go from wider aspect ratios at the beginning of the season to taller aspect ratios by the end. But then when we got to Episode 8, Chris and I started scratching our heads.” The solution, they found, wasn’t to create a new look, but to blend the styles they’d already spent time establishing.