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Production Slate I Rural Terrorism By Jean Oppenheimer Set in northern Germany just prior to the outbreak of World War I, The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) concerns a small, rural village whose orderly existence is shattered by a string of malicious acts committed by unknown perpetrators. The rash of misdeeds — among them a barn fire, the kidnapping and torture of a child, and a horseback-riding “accident” that injures the town doctor — expose the bankrupt social order that lies just beneath the community’s respectable surface. Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, The White Ribbon is the fifth collaboration between director/writer Michael Haneke and cinematographer Christian Berger, AAC, follow18 January 2010 ing Benny’s Video, 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, The Piano Teacher (AC May ’02) and Caché (AC Jan. ’06). When Haneke told Berger he wanted to make the film in black-and-white, “my first reaction was, ‘Oh, nice, the old days!’” Berger recalls. “But shooting on black-and-white wasn’t possible because the producers wanted a color version for television. So we shot color and achieved the black-and-white in the digital intermediate. “The color negative actually gave us a crisper, cleaner look because of its high contrast range and exposure tolerance,” he continues. “The rich color tones made for a very fine gray scale, and because candles, oil lamps and torches frequently were our only sources of illumination, the stocks’ stable highlights and shadows proved a valuable asset.” Berger shot The White Ribbon in 3-perf Super 35mm using a Moviecam Compact and Cooke S4 prime lenses. “I like the Moviecam’s simple handling and good viewfinder, and I think the S4s are still the best for avoiding lens flares, which was especially important given our practical light sources,” he says. “I also appreciate the look the Cookes achieve — not as hard as Zeiss Primes but still sharp.” To calculate the values for the final transfer from color to monochrome, Berger shot tests of every material used for décor and American Cinematographer The White Ribbon photos courtesy of Films du Losange, Sony Pictures Classics and the filmmakers. Above: Klara (Maria-Victoria Dragus), Martin (Leonard Proxauf) and other local children are caught eavesdropping on a round of police questioning in a scene from The White Ribbon. Left: The schoolteacher asks Klara and Martin for information.

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Contents
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Hyundai Sonata Campaign
Production Slate: The White Ribbon • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Conquering New Worlds
Watchful Spirit
Super Sleuth
The Right Stuff
Editor’s Note
Post Focus: Technicolor Hollywood • HPA Awards
Filmmakers’ Forum: Shane Hurlbut, ASC
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Billy Dickson
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