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‘Wicked’ Director & Cinematographer Break Down the ‘Dancing Through Life’ Scene | Vanity Fair

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November 22, 2024

‘Wicked’ director Jon M. Chu breaks down Jonathan Bailey’s ‘Dancing Through Life’ scene alongside cinematographer Alice Brooks. Jon provides an elaborate explanation of the specific color plays throughout the scene, building in windows in the “tornado wheel” to get the perfect lighting, careful coordination to find the right timing with all of Jonathan’s tricks and so much more.

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Director: Funmi Sunmonu
Editor: Philip Anderson; Matthew Colby
Talent: Jon M. Chu and Alice Brooks
Coordinating Producer: Emebeit Beyene and Sydney Malone
Line Producer: Romeeka Powell
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Associate Director, Talent : Meredith Judkins
Production Assistant: Lily Starck
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Special Thanks: Glass Engine

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20 Comments

@JohnMichaelAtillo

November 22, 2024 at 12:01 pm

❤❤❤

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@chrislee3601

November 22, 2024 at 12:07 pm

The backlight is so distracting????

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@abbeyBominable123

November 22, 2024 at 12:12 pm

8:05 that shot is INSANE ????

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@mattwhit4641

November 22, 2024 at 12:27 pm

I’m so sorry but the lighting of the entire Dancing Through Life sequence is so distractingly ATROCIOUS in the movie — everything is so whitewashed & overly backlit. One of the only things I didn’t like abt the movie

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- @j.r.cilliangreen4083
  
  November 22, 2024 at 12:59 pm
  
  No
  
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- @tiffany02020
  
  November 22, 2024 at 1:21 pm
  
  Totally disagree I thought it looked lovely. Haters gonna hate lol ????
  
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@julieb3432

November 22, 2024 at 12:49 pm

Watched an early screening and it was magnificent. Alice deserves all the awards!!!

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@beatlemaniac2595

November 22, 2024 at 12:56 pm

Jonny Bailey was absolutely amazing ????

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@ahumuzaallan6636

November 22, 2024 at 1:01 pm

That’s a lot of babies????

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@danieloconnor3490

November 22, 2024 at 1:05 pm

Please give john m chu Oscar

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@amiritehere

November 22, 2024 at 1:06 pm

I appreciate this very much.

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@tiffany02020

November 22, 2024 at 1:22 pm

This scene was crazy fun!

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@mari-vp8wn

November 22, 2024 at 1:23 pm

the lighting in this scene is so gorgeous and it feels so real. it lets you just get lost in the dancing and singing and it’s PERFECT!

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@apapaputrh

November 22, 2024 at 1:23 pm

movie of the year already

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- @kyliejohnson730
  
  November 22, 2024 at 1:37 pm
  
  It’s November??
  
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@brandonhyde6985

November 22, 2024 at 1:52 pm

I was a dancer for this movie, and oh wow, it was incredible. We were taken great care of, love u Jon! xox

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- @ohgraciej99
  
  November 22, 2024 at 2:21 pm
  
  INCREDIBLE job!!! Saw the film last night and the dancers were amazing! ????????
  
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@JennieGallagher23

November 22, 2024 at 1:54 pm

Best movie I’ve ever seen. I watched it today, and they certainly exceeded expectations

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@ohgraciej99

November 22, 2024 at 2:22 pm

The “tornado wheel” was SO cool

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@thelittlefactsvideos

November 22, 2024 at 2:36 pm

This is the movie that’s at least gonna spend their production budget on ads/marketing. If not more. And it was a very high budget film. Ads everywhere. They must be predicting over $1B run.

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