Zach Braff Instagram – “This is the first thing I’ve made where I chose to be very restrained with the camera and let the incredible actors and their fascinating faces just be. Of course there are some moves, but I left many of them on the cutting room floor. I liked the stillness.” Writer-director Zach Braff (@zachbraff ) takes us behind the scenes of the new feature A Good Person, featuring the cinematography of Mauro Fiore ASC. “Mauro and I talked about the loneliness in many of Edward Hopper’s paintings, and we shared all types of images back and forth. But, for me, the most helpful thing was working with concept artist Joanna Bush. She captured the tone of what I wanted so perfectly with a handful of keyframes. It was very helpful in conveying that tone to all the members of the creative team and to the folks at MGM. We had one day of test shooting, so Mauro auditioned a few types of setups with Florence [Pugh]. I don’t like lenses that are too ‘perfect,’ without some character — I love flares and all the imperfections. Mauro agreed, and we shot large format with Panaspeed lenses. On set, we never really disagreed — although he makes this little, low growling noise when you start framing something he doesn’t like. Ha! I’ve directed things that I’m not also acting in before — like Ted Lasso and Shrinking and Solos and Going in Style — but this is the first personal project that I’ve written where I wasn’t also acting. I really enjoyed it. It allowed me to solely focus on the tasks of being the writer-director, which is plenty to have on your plate.”