For Wake Up Dead Man , the third film in Rian Johnson ’s Knives Out series, the tone and palette shift created a major change in how the cinematography was done. “The movie has a different tone and palette,” says Johnson. “It’s a little more gothic and moodier in its tone, so that defined a lot.”

One of the major ways Johnson sought to achieve the new tone was through lighting, which cinematographer Steve Yedlin was thrilled to help with. “Early on, you had this idea of the light changing a lot,” says Yedlin, “where we feel the clouds coming in front of the sun and all these different changes within scenes.”

Johnson also says Wake Up Dead Man is “more of a lighting movie than a camera movie” compared to the other two films. “I feel like this is the most lighting movie of

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