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: Use shifting timelines to reveal character growth or regression over decades.

: Utilize POV shifts to show the "truth" behind a character's public facade. True Detective image

: Shot on 35mm film, the production used specific lenses to differentiate timelines: softer "nostalgic" glass for the 1990s/2000s memory sequences and sharper lenses for the "modern" 2012 interrogation scenes. : Use shifting timelines to reveal character growth