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Coming on board Apple TV comedy LOOT for series three, DP Jason Oldak pushed to evolve the visuals alongside the evolution of main character Molly Wells – here, he explains how.

I was hired onto the third season of Loot for Apple TV.  This is a show that has already had an established look for two seasons. However, as I started to read the first few scripts for season three, I found that Molly Wells (Maya Rudolph) is becoming very clear with who she is and her direction in life. She has decided to separate herself from the billionaires who, in her words, “are hoarding their money and don’t want the world to change. They want all the power!”

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BEHIND THE SHOT

Cinematographer Jason Oldak gives us the inside scoop on Loot Season 3’s ambitious desert island opener

The new season of Apple TV+’s Loot finds billionaire philanthropist Molly Wells (Maya Rudolph) stranded on a deserted island after the dramatic finale of Season 2. For DOP Jason Oldak (Lessons in Chemistry), it was an opportunity to make a splash and reset the tone of the show.

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Jason Oldak shares details on creating the visual language for “Doin’ It”

Doin’ It stars Lilly Singh, who plays a 30-year-old virgin who is moonlighting as a high-school substitute teacher and gets in over her head when she’s assigned to teach sex education. The movie has recently hit theaters after previously premiering at SXSW last year.

Jason Oldak, who previously got ASC-nominated for his work on Lessons in Chemistry, worked closely with the director to create unique and bold visual language for Doin’ It, and sat down with us to share more details on the process.

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Lighting Up “Doin’ It”: Cinematographer Jason Oldak on Balancing Heart, Humor, and Heightened Realism

In Doin’ It, an Indian-American virgin unexpectedly lands a job teaching high school sex ed, setting the stage for one of the year’s most refreshingly honest and offbeat comedies. Behind the camera, cinematographer Jason Oldak infused the film with a sense of heightened realism, steering clear of the overly polished “studio comedy” aesthetic. Shot on the Sony Venice 2 with T and G anamorphics, Oldak’s approach captures the awkwardness and warmth of self-discovery while transforming Canadian backdrops into convincing American and Indian settings. From crafting a custom LUT for cross-continental authenticity to staging an ethereal “black void” dream sequence on a tight budget, Oldak’s vision makes Doin’ It as visually distinct as it is emotionally resonant.

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My buddy Jason Oldak is back! This time we’re talking about his work on Season 3 of Loot and basically everything else we could think of in an hour. You’re gonna love it.

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LOOT S3

The Apple TV+ comedy series, Loot, currently streaming Its third season, follows Molly Wells (played by Maya Rudolph) who divorced her tech billionaire husband and has become the third wealthiest women in the U.S. Deciding to use her charitable Wells Foundation, which she had forgotten she had set up years earlier, she plans to give away her money believing that billionaires should not exist.  With Rudolph in the lead, and a funny supporting cast, the show’s premise allows for a range of shooting environments and even styles. Cinematographer Jason Oldak, with almost two decades of experience across feature films, episodic television, documentaries, and commercials, was tasked with shooting the entire third season of LOOT. PLSN spoke with Oldak about establishing a new look for the third season to support the show’s shift in direction…

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Interview: Jason Oldak // Sole DP on Season 3 of Apple TV’s LOOT

Apple TV’s Loot stars Maya Rudolph as an eccentric divorced billionaire (Molly Wells), who realizes that wealth doesn’t equal happiness and decides to give away her money to those in need. To coincide with Molly’s updated outlook on life, the showrunners called on cinematographer Jason Oldak to update Season 3’s visual style.

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American DP Jason Oldak kindly wrote-in with details about his work on Lessons In Chemistry, for which he recently received an ASC nomination and is now showing on Apple TV+. Oldak is known for his credits on season one of the Max series Minx, NBC’s Good Girls seasons 3 & 4, and Hulu’s Casual, to name a few.

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“An interesting thing about this limited series is that it chronicles this woman’s life,” says cinematographer Jason Oldak. “Even the episodes that Zack and I did… they’re in different places in her life and substantial things happen, and I think it gave us the freedom to give our own voice while keeping true to the show.”

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Join your hosts, Heather Elaine Abbott & Zoey Danielson, as they chat with Jason Oldak about his work as the Director of Photography on episodes 3, 4, 7 and 8 of Lessons in Chemistry! In this episode, Zoey and Heather dive into the world of cinematography through Jason’s process of conceptualizing the show’s unique aesthetic while working with a Co-DP! They also get the tea about what it takes to craft the most magical set gifts.

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Interview: ‘LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY’ cinematographer Jason Oldak discusses representing grief on screen

If you’ve ever been curious about just how things work on a period show or even just a streaming show, this is the interview to read. Oldak spent a ton of time extensively breaking down the visual language of his four episodes of Lessons in Chemistry…

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ASC – nominated Cinematographer, Jason Oldak, hops on the pod this week to chat with Matt & Oren about his career leading up to working on the hit AplleTV show, Lessons in Chemistry, starring Brie Larson!

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Lessons in Chemistry (2023) with Cinematographer Jason Oldak

Today we welcome cinematographer Jason Oldak who joins us to talk about his work on Lessons in Chemistry. Jason will talk us through what it is like shooting a period set show and the various challenges he faced shooting episodes from different perspectives.

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Lessons in Chemistry: DP Jason Oldak

Jason Oldak served as director of photography on Episodes 3, 4, 7 and 8 of the limited series, which spans eight episodes. Oldak was nominated for The ASC Award for his work on the series and recently shared insight into the show’s challenges.

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Lessons in Chemistry

PLSN recently spoke with Jason Oldak, just prior to the ASC Awards, for which Oldak was nominated in the Limited Or Anthology Series Or Motion Picture Made For TV category for his evocative work on Lessons in Chemistry’s episode 107 “Book of Calvin.”

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Emmy Spotlight:  Making of ‘Lessons in Chemistry’: 6 Artisans Explain How They Transported the Audience Back in Time

But how did the artists behind the scenes transport us to the era? We spoke with editor Geraud Brisson, hair department head Teressa Hill, cinematographer Jason Oldak, composer Carlos Rafael Rivera, supervising sound editor Perry Robertson, and production designer Cat Smith for a special “Making Of” panel.

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Local 600 Director of Photography Jason Oldak (who had never shot basketball) had worked with Bray and many members of the camera, grip, and electric teams. He says, “We loved what the ICG crew over at Winning Time had achieved with their basketball footage, but this was not that show. The basketball scenes needed to pair well with the dramatic tone, but never overpower it by putting the camera in places where it would feel like we were forcing in a visual style.”

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SXSW 2024: How 41 cinematographers shot their narrative features

IndieWire’s camera surveys are finally messing with Texas. We reached out to the cinematographers behind the feature films premiering at SXSW and asked which cameras, lenses, and formats they used and why they chose them to create the looks and meet the production demands of their films.

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Jason Oldak speaks with American Cinematographer’s Tara Jenkins about his ASC Award nominated work on Lessons in Chemistry.

A conversation with Jason Oldak, cinematographer of Lessons in Chemistry. Moderated by Will Mavity

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