About Nope (2022)

Director

Jordan Peele

Cinematography

Hoyte van Hoytema

Shot on

65mm film (IMAX 15-perf and 5-perf), with an infrared ARRI Alexa 65 digital camera for the day-for-night scenes

Look

Color

Aspect ratio

2.20:1, with IMAX sequences at 1.43:1

Siblings who run a horse ranch outside Los Angeles try to catch proof of something in the sky that doesn't want to be seen. It's a spectacle about the business of looking.

How it was made

• Night scenes used a day-for-night rig that paired an infrared camera with a film camera through a prism.
• Horse chases were shot with a stabilized arm called The Edge that could move over rough terrain.
• A helicopter was used to swirl dust and dirt in one effects shot.