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Mimi Leder has a remarkable career.
She is masterful at knowing how a camera needs to move to create the emotion a scene requires.
Some people may get bored by it, but Ineverget bored by it!
I wanted to hold on characters, maybe a little longer than normal, she told Vulture.
Really explore those private moments.
She is furious and terrified and exhausted.
There were a couple of people who said, Thats really too long.
You should really cut that down.
Leder said, laughing.
I liked it long!
I was very interested in getting into the persona versus the real you.
An anchor is required to be a certain way, that on-screen persona.
And then, what is the real you?
How do you yourself lose touch with who you really are and who you used to be?
Exploring private versus public personae is one of the thingsThe Morning Showdoes best, especially through Anistons Alex.
That dueling set design then filtered into how Leder conceived of the camera movement.
While on live TV, the characters sit in beautifully lit, static, straight-on shots.
I wanted to do more handheld than he did, Leder said.
I used the handheld camera when the emotions were more complicated and more messy.
But, Leder admits,The Morning Showwas a challenging pilot to make.
It was a really hard tone to hit between the comedy and the drama, Leder said.
We were constantly walking that line.
No ones making it for you, but theres a staff hidden somewhere.
We get to see it.
Its kind of an ode toER, Leder said.
When makingThe Morning Show, Leder said, I decided we werent going to have any rules.
We were just going to go with what felt right.
