Chef’s Kitchen is a short run series on Netflix. There are 6 films, with each film an in depth look into how a chef’s personal experiences and unique approach to the kitchen have contributed to some of the most celebrated restaurants from around the world.
Chef’s Kitchen was a great source of inspiration. Our approach to ‘The Doughnut Family’ is to tell a story of legacy and how the jam doughnuts at Doughnut Kitchen have become so iconic. Not only does Chef’s kitchen possess mouth watering visuals of food, but it looks to dig a little deeper and explore a chef’s personal life by covering themes like family.
These are some shots from the Ben Shewry Chef’s Kitchen episode:
Two camera setup. Both static. One close and one mid. Interviewer on subject’s left with offside lighting. Camera’s are on interviewer’s right side Boom mic used.
Macro lenses used to get that dreamy look
Over the shoulder shot shows the relationship between chef and food
A step by step preparation takes viewer on the journey of the making of a food. The preparation. The ingredients. The chef’s precision and emotion. The tools. The finished product.
Establishing the location. The shots used to establish the location of Attica characterises it as being nondescript. Nothing differentiates it from the other similar looking buildings next to it.
(Cresswell 2014, p. 18) – But place is also a way of seeing, knowing, and understanding the world. When we look at the world as a world of places, we see different things. We see attachments and connections between people and place.
Other interviews add weight and meaning.