"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")."
"What didn't change was how Ingelsby's scripts and the production were rooted in regional specificity. That task (it's impossible to avoid the unintentional pun) was more demanding, as the sprawling series didn't focus on one tight-knit community like "Mare," but incorporated a wider swarth of the population, to include a local drug-dealing biker gang (the Dark Hearts), the Brandis family's suburban Philadelphia neighborhood, the Prendergast family's more rural existence on the outskirts, and an ecclectic group of characters that made up the FBI task force."
Brad Ingelsby’s Task is set in Delaware County and shares regional roots with Mare of Easttown while shifting tone and scope. Production designer Keith P. Cunningham describes Task as a different mode of visual storytelling, moving away from Mare’s overcast gray-and-blue palette into outdoor, summer colors under director Jeremiah Zagar. The series expands beyond a single tight-knit community to encompass suburban, rural, and criminal milieus, including the Dark Hearts biker gang, the Brandis and Prendergast families, and an FBI task force. Makeup head Adrienne Bearden emphasized honoring local detail so Delco residents would find characters and settings relatable.
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