# ‘Club Kid’ Cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra on Capturing Intimate and Authentic New York Moments

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/club-kid-cinematographer-adam-newport-berra-on-capturing-intimate-and-authentic-new-york-moments/
- Published: 2026-11-14T16:15:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T23:06:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/artisans/news/club-kid-cinematography-new-york-adam-newport-berra-1236938607/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- “Club Kid” follows a party promoter meeting his 10-year-old son.
- A two-camera piano scene was timed to sunset.
- The filmmakers sought a nostalgic but fresh New York feel.

## Summary

Cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra says the actor-director dynamic helped shape the filming of “Club Kid”, Jordan Firstman’s New York-set film opening this weekend. The story follows a queer party promoter whose life changes when he meets the 10-year-old son he never knew he had, prompting him to reconsider how he wants to live.

A planned montage of father and son spending a day together was dropped because of time, budget and production priorities. Instead, the crew staged a piano scene using two cameras, coordinating a dolly move inside with a rooftop zoom-out to capture the sunset. Newport-Berra and Firstman aimed for a nostalgic but fresh portrait of New York, drawing on their local knowledge and working with a small crew.

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