“Task” – Delaware County Setting and Visual Storytelling Differences from “Mare of Easttown”

Creator Brad Ingelsby returns to Delaware County (Delco), Pennsylvania, for his new series “Task.”,Production designer Keith P. Cunningham notes visual storytelling differences between “Task” and “Mare of Easttown,” despite shared location and creator.With “Task,” creator Brad Ingelsby returns to Delaware County (Delco), Pennsylvania, where his previous hit HBO mini series, “Mare of Easttown,” was set. “We used to joke in prep — there is a version where Mare (Kate Winslet) could roll through the back of the frame in any scene,” said “Task” production designer Keith P. Cunningham. “She’s right down the street, in one of the local police departments, and at some point the FBI task force could ultimately work with her.”

According to Cunningham, one of the many Ingelsby collaborators who worked on both series, despite the similarities in location, crime genre, and the creator’s distinctive voice, “Task” was a different mode of visual storytelling. Gone were the claustrophobic, overcast gray and blue vibes of “Mare;” “Task” moved outside of the domestic drama into the natural world, with a summer color palette and its own approach to cinematic storytelling led by executive producer and director Jeremiah Zagar (“We the Animals,” “Hustle”).