◗ Sacred and Profane Top: Czernobog (Peter Stormare) and Shadow play a high-stakes game of chess as Wednesday reads the newspaper. Middle: In her bedroom, Bilquis (Yetide Badaki) devours her prey. Bottom: The Jinn (Mousa Kraish) meets with Wednesday in a diner. open. Key grip Bob Daprato and gaffer Michael McDonald - they got it. American Gods was a tough show for all of them. Tiernan: Camera operators François Daignault and Mark Willis are filmmakers and storytellers. They don't just ask, 'Where do you want me to point the camera?' We would have proper, constructive, creative conversations about why the camera would be there, why we are using that lens. The whole team provided the continuity of the show - every couple of weeks they would have to start working with another cinematographer. Morton: It was such a pleasure coming in to a crew that was already established. They were so welcoming to me, and it was a really easy transition straight into the workflow. Bob Daprato and Mike McDonald were amazing, getting me up to speed with the lighting approaches that had already been established. Tiernan: When we were doing Episode 8 ['Come to Jesus'], we had to do an overhead shot in the Temple of Baran that then had to move through a lot of people in the courtyard. Bob Daprato and I were standing on a stage that didn't have anything built on it yet; we had the plans, and we were trying to 46 September 2017 American Cinematographer