▁thank ed ▁in ▁the ▁film ' s ▁cred its . ▁ ▁Production ▁designer ▁Ch ad ▁Keith ▁stated ▁that ▁The ▁Color ▁Pur ple ▁( 1 9 8 5 ) ▁influenced ▁Lov ings ▁production ▁design : ▁" I ▁started ▁research ing ▁way ▁before ▁we ▁started ▁pre pping ▁which ▁films ▁to ▁watch ▁for ▁research ▁or ▁what ▁phot ography ▁to ▁check ▁out . ▁I ▁watched ▁The ▁Color ▁Pur ple ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁great ▁film . ▁I ▁hadn ' t ▁seen ▁it ▁in ▁ages , ▁and ▁when ▁I ▁watched ▁it ▁I ▁was ▁looking ▁at ▁the ▁detail , ▁but ▁I ▁decided ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁want ▁to ▁watch ▁anything ▁else ▁for ▁reference ." ▁He ▁concluded ▁by ▁stating ▁that : ▁" We ' re ▁making ▁our ▁own ▁film ." ▁ ▁Cin emat ograph er ▁Adam ▁Stone ▁mentioned ▁that ▁Nich ols ▁and ▁he ▁referenced ▁films ▁they ▁saw ▁growing ▁up , ▁specifically ▁that ▁of ▁' 8 0 s ▁Steven ▁Spiel berg ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁characters ▁are ▁stack ed ▁into ▁tri angles ▁in ▁the ▁wide ▁and ▁deep ▁an am orph ic ▁frame , ▁to ▁which ▁Stone ▁makes ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁scene ▁where ▁Richard ▁has ▁been ▁protest ing ▁for ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁M ild red ▁at ▁the ▁County ▁cour th ouse : ▁" We ▁do ▁a ▁massive ▁focus ▁ra ck ▁toward ▁the ▁[ S her iff ' s ▁voice ], ▁and ▁our ▁attention ▁now ▁sh ifts ▁to ▁the ▁Sher iff , ▁watching ▁Jo el ▁over ▁his ▁shoulder ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁frame . ▁I ▁love ▁this ▁comp ounding ▁of ▁information ▁that ▁an am orph