STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
Series, Paramount+

Season 5 (3 episodes) 2024
Directors: Andi Armaganian, Christopher J. Byrne, Jonathan Frakes  
Showrunner, EP: Michelle Paradise / Directing Producer, EP: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Season DPs: Philip Lanyon csc, Christopher Mably csc, Maya Bankovic csc

Episodes: "Jinaal", "Whistlespeak", "Lagrange Point"

Starring: Sonequa Martin-Green, David Ajala, Doug Jones, Tig Notaro, Mary Wiseman, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz
"SXSW 2024: The Cameras and Lenses Behind 10 TV Shows and Pilots"
 

"From the very opening moments, you can tell just how much the franchise’s aesthetic has evolved since Frakes first started directing. “My dear friend [and ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ actor] Robbie Duncan McNeil used to call it, ‘when you come and do my show, I want you to be able to shoot to thrill,'” he said. And Frakes took that to heart: The opening shot of “Lagrange Point,” lensed by DP Maya Bankovic in her first collaboration with Frakes, sees the camera turn upside down, to explore the sprawling interiors of Starfleet Headquarters. It later flies through the sprawling interiors of a Breen ship where the heist takes place with a sweep that would have been unimaginable in “Trek” just a few years ago. “Tunde [referring to Olatunde Osunsanmi, the producing director who usually helms the “Discovery” premiere and finale episodes, given their enhanced scale] encourages that kind of freedom.”

- INDIEWIRE talks to director Jonathan Frakes about season 5, episode 9

 

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