‘Blitz’ DP Yorick Le Saux Breaks Down the Film’s Eye-Popping Tube-flooding Scene

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• Director Steve McQueen pushed Le Saux to try unconventional techniques, like cutting the lights, to heighten the realism and intensity of the Tube scene, even though it risked making it harder to film.
• Le Saux and production designer Adam Stockhausen built a massive subway platform set to give first-time actor Elliott Heffernan a real, immersive environment to perform in, rather than relying on greenscreen effects.