American Cinematographer - February 2008 - (Page 33) enable shooting in any direction quickly and easily. Highlights along the river were provided by weatherproof portable light towers; powered by portable generators, each unit had four 1K metal-halide lamps on a tower 15'-30' high. “Those lights could be placed anywhere and then left alone, so we scattered them all over the place on both sides of the river,” says Lesnie. To light the Brooklyn Bridge and the surface of the East River, Lesnie placed four 10K Xenon lamps at the Brooklyn end of the bridge; two were directed at the uprights of the bridge structure, while the other two glanced across the surface of the water. On the Manhattan side, a phalanx of Dinos with spot bubbles and 18K Pars illuminated the Manhattan Bridge in the background and provided some modeling on the Brooklyn Bridge. For the Nevilles’ approach to the evacuation point down Dover Street, 18Ks and Dinos with dedicated generators lit buildings in the background, while underneath the FDR Drive, which runs along the Manhattan side of the East River, Lesnie used sodium-vapor lamps to cast an orange/yellow glow over the military checkpoint. The crowds trying to escape New York are held in Top: Neville feels the mutated remnants of humanity don’t deserve a traditional pedestrian’s right-of-way. Debating the point, the creatures proceed to flip Neville’s SUV. Middle: The rig used to capture the flip. Bottom: The crew settles in to watch Neville work his way out of this precarious situation. American Cinematographer 33
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