Season three of Max’s Hacks begins with a suspended digital camera pan above the Las Vegas Strip that guides viewers inside Caesars Palace, the place it follows a well-known determine by the on line casino for a gag of a reveal. Captured in a single take, the shot, which the present’s director of images Adam Bricker calls “form of badass,” is a nod to the pilot episode of the comedy, which adopted Jean Good’s Deborah Vance from her curtain name by the backstage and bowels of the on line casino and into her dressing room.

“Our showrunners actually wished to reintroduce the viewer to this world,” Bricker says, noting the two-year hole since season two debuted in 2022.

Getting the pacing proper for the scene, which was set to the Electrical Gentle Orchestra monitor “Evil Girl,” was a choreographic feat. “We flew an aerial drone down the strip, then because it was approaching the on line casino door, one other drone operator, who was hiding behind a automotive, geese out, runs and catches it in a fluid movement. Then he carries it by the on line casino ground and across the nook the place we reveal the stage,” explains Bricker.

The crew started doing dozens of takes round 1 a.m. to get the final shot of the season, coordinating tons of of background performers and constructing the stage for what turned out to be a Deborah Vance slot machine reveal.

“We lastly acquired a take that everybody liked round 5 a.m., primarily simply beating dawn,” says Bricker. “It was actually enjoyable to have the ability to wrap up a year-plus of capturing to rejoice with this final epic shot.”

This story first appeared in a June standalone problem of The Hollywood Reporter journal. Click on right here to subscribe.