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intended for many of his dark mansion sets to be lit by means of reflective light sources, such as large bounce flats, to give shape to the dark moldings as opposed to enormous amounts of incident light. This was something I was considering implementing, too, so I was inspired by Rick’s take on the material. A key decision production made early on was to shoot a large portion of the film on location, a different stylistic approach than the one taken on the earlier, stagebound Universal classic. The idea was to ground the story in reality and integrate our storytelling elements into that setting. I liked this idea, particularly for our night scenes, which we wanted to shoot at a much larger scale than is possible onstage. In thinking about the night photography, I knew the moon had to have a haunting, enigmatic presence. I chose to let the moonlight transform as the story progressed. I didn’t want to hang the same moon effect over each night scene; rather, I wanted to let the scene tell me what the moon should look like. At one point in the story, Lawrence travels to a large gypsy camp at the edge of the woods to meet Maleva (Geraldine Chaplin), who warns him about the curse of the werewolf. In the camp, moonlight appears in different ways — as a soft source overhead, a 20'x20' soft box loaded with 30 space lights; as a silhouette source seen through the distant trees, created with rows of 20Ks backlighting ground fog; and, finally, as a lit sky, achieved by positioning an array of Dinos low and backlighting a night skyscape created by towering clouds of smoke. All of these hard and soft sources were able to coexist within our world and create a single overall texture for night, when belief surrenders to superstition. This type of idea extended to all of our large location shoots, many of which were planned for early in our production schedule. Our gaffer was John “Biggles” Higgins, who had come aboard with the prior team. He is a wonderful man, and he helped me Top: Powerful shafts of light illuminate the interior of the Talbot family estate. Middle: Candlelight predominates in a dining-room sequence. Bottom: Softboxes illuminate another room in Talbot Hall, a set built by production designer Rick Heinrichs and his crew. www.theasc.com February 2010
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - February 2010
American Cinematographer - February 2010
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: What’s in the Box?
Production Slate: Fish Tank • Dollhouse
Bad Moon Rising
Artistry and Conscience
Working With the Red
Terror in Technicolor
Post Focus: Offhollywood Digital
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoriam: Marc E. Reshovsky, ASC
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Paul Cameron
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Cover2
American Cinematographer - February 2010 - 1
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Contents
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - President’s Desk
American Cinematographer - February 2010 - 11
American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Short Takes: What’s in the Box?
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Production Slate: Fish Tank • Dollhouse
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Bad Moon Rising
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Artistry and Conscience
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Working With the Red
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Terror in Technicolor
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Post Focus: Offhollywood Digital
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - New Products & Services
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - International Marketplace
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Ad Index
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - In Memoriam: Marc E. Reshovsky, ASC
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Clubhouse News
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - ASC Close-Up: Paul Cameron
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