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◗ Bad Moon Rising Top photos: Talbot explores his ancestral home with natural sources lighting the way — a candle at night and artificial “sunlight” in the daytime. Johnson reveals that the film’s many candlelit scenes required him to come up with a viable way to boost the illumination. “We shot a test and achieved our best look using doublewicked candles shot wide open on Primo prime lenses at T1.9 on our pushed 5219 … I’m fortunate that I was in an environment that allowed for creative solutions to emerge and was collaborating with a crew that could back up these ideas with a mastery of their craft.” Bottom: The werewolf bares his fangs. for him, never a technical toy store. Although The Wolfman is set in 1891, at the beginning of the electricity age, we decided that incandescent lighting would be present in the city, and candlelight would predominate in the countryside. Joe, Rick and I often discussed how this would serve as a visual representation of Lawrence’s journey into the past. I was in a quandary as to how to shoot many of our candlelit scenes. We had planned a number of shots in which Benicio would walk the length of a long, dark hallway with a solitary candle illuminating the space. Because I’m not fond of shooting at a T1.3, I decided to look at options for believably electrifying some candles. I am not accustomed to pushing film, but one day in our first week, I found myself in a situation where Joe needed one more setup at magic hour and we were out of light. We were losing the location the next day, so I force-processed the 5219 by 1 stop and rated it at ASA 800. To my surprise, the film pushed beautifully; there was only a slight increase in grain and no real contrast issues under our lighting conditions. The printer lights showed we were getting a true ASA800 rating from the process at Deluxe Laboratories in London. With that, I believed we had discovered how to shoot our candlelit scenes. We shot a test and achieved our American Cinematographer February 2010

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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
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Short Takes: What’s in the Box?
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Bad Moon Rising
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American Cinematographer - February 2010 - Terror in Technicolor
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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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