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Netflix's 'The Haunting of Hill House' director went into detail on how they pulled off episode 6
Netflix's "The Haunting of Hill House" director, Mike Flanagan, broke down in more detail how episode six and its multiple long takes were pulled off.
Netflix already released a behind-the-scenes video on its new horror series, "The Haunting of Hill House," that takes a look at the show's standout sixth episode, "Two Storms." But fans have been clamoring for more information on the five long takes that the episode is comprised of, the longest being 17 minutes.
Director Mike Flanagan detailed how the episode was pulled off in a lengthy Twitter thread on Sunday, and said that the episode was "part of the very first pitch for the show."
Flanagan said that most of the camera choreography was included in the script, which made it tough to read. The sets for the haunted Hill house and Shirley's funeral home were built with episode six in mind. According to Flanagan, "
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Flanagan said the studio also initially wanted to cut the storms from the episode to not pay for extra "lightning" lights, as Flanagan called them, and because water would sometimes flood the sets.
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