Vince Marcello, co-writer and director of “The Kissing Booth 2,” knew he needed an opening scene that quickly updated fans of the original with what Elle (Joey King) did over the summer after high …
“The idea I had was to acquaint you with the character in a really fast way that was fun, energetic and exciting,” explains the director, who used snapshots of time — Elle at the beach, watching TV and working on her college essay — as the couple try to maintain their relationship from afar.Marcello called on cinematographer Anastas Michos, who framed the first film, to deliver his vision — a flurry of images mixed with music and voiceover. Michos calls the director a master of montage.
Michos set out to enhance the snappy look of the previous film. He used a Panavision XL2 camera with primo lenses that helped the colors pop. For budget reasons, he says, he shot in higher resolution to deliver an image that would be easier to work with in post. “We shot in 6K [instead of 4K], framed for 5K, and Marcello could manipulate whatever shots he needed to later.
The vignette was partially shot at an abandoned airport in Cape Town, and was a collaborative effort among Michos, production designer Moore Brian and VFX supervisor Jonathan Alenskas .Marcello and Michos agreed the shot required the soft light of magic hour to best capture the moment and memory of the place. Alenskas was tasked with creating the effect. And, Michos says, “I told Moore Brian how much sign and grass I needed for the sequence.
Back in Los Angeles, Michos had used a drone, flying an Alexa Mini, to capture the landmark. He shot Elle on a special VFX plate at the airport in South Africa as she looks at her phone and thinks of texting Noah. In the film, she appears with the Hollywood sign in the background.“Through the magic of visual effects, we had Joey King in South Africa and had it appear as if she were in L.A.,” Michos says.
Marcello, who notes that fans on Twitter had called for an update on Elle, sees the shot — and the montage — as the best way to quickly deliver the goods. “[It’s] a great reveal and calls back the first film in a fresh way,” he says. “I didn’t want it to feel like something we had done before.”
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