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It All Happened in Sherbrooke
Addiction is often viewed as a taboo subject, something that should be lurking in the margins of our society. However, it is very much present in the day-to-day lives of many people. « Bon matin Chuck » tackles addiction with humour, making it more approachable and easier to understand without instilling fear. By using comedy, it opens up a dialogue about addiction, aiming to offer support without passing judgment.
It was my third collaboration with Director J.F. Rivard, and my first scripted project alongside co-director Mathieu Cyr. After reading the first three episodes, I felt compelled to suggest something: why not shoot this in black and white? I’d harboured a desire to work on a black & white project for quite some time, and « Chuck » seemed like the perfect fit. Interestingly, JF had already considered the idea of black and white, so it was a unanimous decision—we were going to shoot this project in black and white!
I had read an interview a long time ago on one of my idols, James Natchwey, and he explained why he preferred to shoot in black and white instead of colour.
“ Black and white is not real, it’s abstract. But what it does do is, I think, it distills the essence of what’s actually happening, because colour itself is just a strong phenomenon, in a physical sense, that in a way it competes with what is happening in the picture. It tries to become the subject of the picture. So, if you abstract it into black and white, it distills the essence of what’s happening without competing with color.”
Those words stuck with me, and years later, we applied them to Bon Matin Chuck….. Black and white was the search for sobriety.
Images 1-9 Stills from Bon Matin Chuck
Images 10a Cast and crew photo 10b-c BTS photos by @dannytaillon
Auteur: Jean-François Rivard
Idée originale: Nicolas Pinson, Mathieu Cyr, Émilie Lemay-Perreault, Jean-François Rivard
Réalisation: Jean-François Rivard, Mathieu Cyr
Direction artistique: Paskale Jobin
1st AC: Pierric Soucy
Key Grip: Camille Bergeron Bégin
Gaffer: Daniel Ho-Tieng
Coloriste: Martin Gaumond