American Cinematographer - March 2008 - (Page 29) Left: The Grace family moves into their new digs, the former residence of Arthur Spiderwick and his daughter, Lucinda. Below: Mallory parries a goblin’s attack outside the house, which was constructed in Montreal. who dropped in if they could tell which twin was the older one, and they would spend a great deal of time debating it — no one realized it was the same actor playing both parts! Freddie deserves a lot of the credit; his performances were so good he really made it believable that they were two different boys. “Because we weren’t locked into doing motion-control, we were able to do some really fun things, like shooting doubling scenes handheld, which helps sell the gag,” the cinematographer continues. “That was the great thing about working with ILM [Industrial Light & Magic] and Tippett [Studio] — they were very willing to take chances and do things in much rougher ways. We were able to do regular dolly shots and handheld, which was really liberating. In the old days, you’d have to have everything perfectly matched, but they were comfortable with doing it much more organically, and that was much more interesting for me.” The production ran two cameras most of the time partly because of the children’s limited work hours. “The second camera was almost always tighter coverage of the same thing,” notes Deschanel. “I tried hard to make sure we were using the second camera efficiently, but not in a way that would compromise the lighting for the main camera. “This was the last movie I made with my longtime first assis- tant, Scott Rathner, who died suddenly last summer, and he had a great rapport with the kids,” he notes. “They’d always look to him for a thumbs-up or a nod after a take, and Scott occasionally conspired with Freddie to ask for an extra take just to do something silly that would American Cinematographer 29
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - March 2008 American Cinematographer - March 2008 Contents Editor’s Note Short Takes: Bill Viola’s Ocean Without a Shore Production Slate: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Production Slate: Chantal: A Night at the Pyramids Magical Mystery Tour Some Kind of Monster Tantalizing Television Making Sitcoms “Sexy” Post Focus: Mega Playground Helps Set Look for Sibling Post Focus: Visual Effects Society Launches White Paper New Products & Services International Marketplace Classified Ads Ad Index In Memoriam: John McPherson, ASC ASC Membership Roster Clubhouse News ASC Close-Up: Wayne Kennan American Cinematographer - March 2008 American Cinematographer - March 2008 - American Cinematographer - March 2008 (Page Cover1) American Cinematographer - March 2008 - American Cinematographer - March 2008 (Page Cover2) American Cinematographer - March 2008 - American Cinematographer - March 2008 (Page 1) American Cinematographer - 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