The shows official photographer runs us through 11 of her favorite shots.
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Bow down to the bumpers!
Youd immediately recognize a bumper if you see one.
They all tell a story you just have to figure out what it is.
I kind of think of them as billboards.
They pop off the screen, Matthews, a self-described one-woman circus, told Vulture in a recent interview.
I like to make it as easy as possible for everyone.
I dont want them overthinking this part of the show.
It should be super fun and super easy.
Its an open invitation to get kooky.
We do four or five different looks.
Here are the ten bumpers and one burst that she particularly loved.
Andy Samberg (2014)
In my portfolio, its my first image.
Its one of my favorites.
I dont know where I came up with that idea.
I thought it would be funny if Andy was an olive in a Martini glass.
Thank God our genius costume designer was able to have an olive costume made.
We all had a good laugh shooting it.
And postproduction was great, too, sliding him in a glass.
John Mulaney (2019)
Its Patti Smith!
Its a total homage to her.
Because were all New Yorkers, its nice to keep New York royalty in mind.Johnis such a music fan.
Last time we did Lou Reed with him.
So this is a thread, and well do it again whenever he hosts next time.
Were keeping him in a New York state of mind.
If you compare the two, his body language … he nailed it.
We want to keep these photos smart.
Not too funny, but smart.
Edward Norton (2013)
Nighthawkssuited him, didnt it?
I keep a folder lying around of inspiration.
Knowing he was hosting, I knew he would be the guy.
He was all-in with the idea.
The support behind any idea is so important and I had it here.
It takes a village!
I knew I wanted to shoot her outside.
We came up with this idea of dusting off the NBC sign.
I ran in and it was a very last-minute idea.
I rushed Sarah out the door to do it, and she was really excited.
We brought a ladder out; there were some security guards around her.
We completely did it guerrilla style.
I nearly got fired for it.
You cant doanythingwith the building.
You have to get permits, permission, all that.
You cant just put a massive ladder against their sign!
But we did and it worked out.
Tina Fey (2013)
It wasnt easy to convince her.
She nailed it though.
With someone like her, its all understood.
We had even less time with him than normal.
The props department got all the rainy-day looks and the special-effects team added some rain.
It was a very joyful shoot, even if he couldnt see any actual rain falling.
All of his photos are just so cute.
Foo Fighters (2017)
This is a reversed photo.
Our cameras can take up to 12 frames per second.
We only had one shot at capturing this because we really prop-ed out the table with food.
We just asked them to do a rock-and-roll moment of flipping the table over.
Dave Chappelle (2016)
Hes amazing.
Justamazing.What a deep and smart guy.
He immediately takes you in.
We were just chatting about Marvin Gaye.
Were talking; were shooting; hes smoking away.
Him in his element.
I lived for that moment of having some time with him and sharing his brain and mind.
Before we knew it, he was cracking us all up by barely peeking through the flowers.
He cant not be funny.
Hes a master of subtlety.
Just look at his eyebrows.
Benedict Cumberbatch (2016)
I call thatConsidered Pear.
Magritte is always something fun to jump off of.
I was looking at a lot of Magritte works that week.
Those surreal qualities matched Benedicts face.
A very highbrow sensibility.
We just gave Benedict this fruit and asked him to do whatever he wanted with it.
We added the clouds in postproduction to make it even more dreamlike.
His delivery of the whole thing is so funny.
Its simple and do-it-yourself, and thats what makes it funny, too.
