If you’ve watched the premiere episodes of Better Call Saul Season 6, you might have noticed the opening scene for this one was something unique and creative, different than the previous seasons.
Given that this is the final season of Better Call Saul, it deviated from the usual black-and-white future sequences.
But instead, we got a house tour of Saul Goodman’s place as a crew of movers are wrapping up Saul’s property in boxes, disposing of some things in the trash while taking the rest away in trucks.
If you found that wordless yet intriguing sequence to be very precise regarding how the actors moved through each frame, that’s exactly what the crew was aiming for, explains cinematographer Marshall Adams.
In an interview with IndieWire, Adams revealed they hired a real dance troupe for the scene, hence explaining why the packers moved in such a neat and orchestrated manner.
“[Director] Michael [Morris] and our first AD Rich Sickler had this idea about using a dance troupe for that sequence. So those are all members of a single dance troupe, and they basically were keeping time. We rehearsed for an entire Sunday, getting all of those shots exactly right before the whole crew came in on Monday, and we started actually doing it on Monday and Tuesday. They were laid out to the beat, to the moment, just exactly how Michael wanted them.”
Marshall Adams
Bob Odenkirk’s Saul also makes an appearance in the opening shot, but it’s only a standee floating face down in his indoor swimming pool.
He doesn’t have much screentime in the final shot, yet originally, the cardboard cutout was supposed to be a tour guide of sorts for the sequence,
“They trimmed it down for time, but we actually had a camera attached to that standee. The guy pulls it out of the water, and he walks through the whole house with it attached to it, with Bob’s face in the foreground, which was a lot of fun. I’m hoping they’ll include that stuff in the Blu-Ray later on.”
However, the onscreen movements weren’t the only things requiring so much planning. The camera tricks needed right from the beginning to show Saul’s ties perfectly falling down took a bit of work as well.
Adams explained that they had a separate unit working on the tie sequence for the entirety of the day, requiring two different conveyor belts on each side to make them fall in the perfect sequence in the frame.
The opening scene was one of the most talked-about shots since Season 6 aired with its two-episode premiere. Fans have constantly been discovering tiny details, past references, and Easter eggs hidden throughout it.
If the work that went behind a single shot is any indication, fans are in for a perfect final season. Not to mention, Walt and Jesse’s appearance is like the cherry on top.
Better Call Saul Season 6 airs on Mondays at 9 pm on AMC and is available to stream on AMC+.
About Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul is an American crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. It is a prequel and spin-off to the popular award-winning franchise “Breaking Bad”.
Set in the early to mid-2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ‘Better Call Saul’ follows former conman Jimmy McGill’s journey to becoming a sleazy criminal defense lawyer under the moniker of Saul Goodman.
The series premiered on February 8, 2015 on AMC. The series finale aired on August 15, 2022 after a successful run of six seasons.
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