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◗ The Right Stuff Deschanel at work on Carroll Ballard’s Fly Away Home, a production that employed Ultralight aircraft to get unique perspectives of its winged subjects. ‘This shot means this.…’ And you establish ‘this’ with all the shots that come before, the shots that show you the everyday activities and humiliations these guys had to go through to reach the point where they become heroic and extraordinary. I think that’s a major difference between still photography, which is about the meaning of an individual image, and cinematography.” Kaufman recalls that the famous hallway shot came together at the last minute, when he and Deschanel noticed the way the light looked in the hallway of the office space they were using for preproduction. “It was a totally improvised shot — it was never scheduled,” says the director. “I just said, ‘Let’s get the guys into their suits and walk them down 78 January 2010 the hall.’ It was probably a half-hour of shooting time, but that shot ended up being talked about and imitated. It worked because Caleb and the actors really shared an enthusiasm about getting the film made.” One of the shoot’s other unexpected moments, Kaufman adds, was a bit hairier. “We were shooting a scene with chimpanzees at USC, and one of the chimps attacked Caleb as he was setting up the camera. [The chimp wrangler] got the chimp away from Caleb, and he just went right back to setting up the camera!” The Right Stuff went on to earn eight Academy Award nominations, including Deschanel’s first, and won four statuettes. Deschanel notched his second Oscar nomination for his next American Cinematographer feature, The Natural (AC April ’85), Barry Levinson’s adaptation of Bernard Malamud’s novel about a mysteriously gifted baseball player, Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford). The story begins with a bolt of lightning striking a tree whose wood is then crafted into a baseball bat — one of many mythic images that gave Deschanel the cue to apply a somewhat expressionistic approach to his cinematography. One of the film’s best-known shots isolates Glenn Close, who plays Hobbs’ first love, from the surrounding crowd in the stands during a baseball game. Deschanel used an ethereal backlight to illuminate her gossamer hat and blonde hair. “We figured a nice way to get Roy to notice her would be to put some intense light on her,”

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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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