American Cinematographer - April 2008 - (Page 31) wavelengths, bends and squiggles, a world in which color surrounds and engulfs its participants. Ben’s life at home and at school is modest and somewhat bland, and I wanted to show how the expansive universe that is Vegas might seduce him.” In Boston, Carpenter worked to maintain linear angles and restricted the color palette to browns, yellows, blues and grays. Compositions often include two or three walls of a location to suggest Ben’s confinement. Once the counting crew moves to Las Vegas, the world opens up; shots feature larger spaces with fewer straight lines and much richer colors. “It wasn’t a hard rule, and I wasn’t looking to beat it over the head,” says Carpenter, “but I tried to keep those looks in mind when differentiating the two worlds. In Boston, it would be rectangles, lots of practical lighting and no colors that you wouldn’t find naturally. “I lit the lecture-hall scenes in an open, flat style, but when the cardcounting group meets at night, I wanted to suggest something more clandestine, so I took pains to keep the light off the walls. I toplit those Opposite: Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) displays mathematical prowess and entrepreneurial verve by counting cards in 21. This page, top: Fellow MIT student Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth) helps attract Campbell to their professor’s scheme. Middle: Prof. Mickey Rosa (Kevin Spacey, center) teaches his best students that the house doesn’t always have to win. Shooting in a working diner, cinematographer Russell Carpenter, ASC lit this scene with only the practical overhead fixtures. Bottom: Carpenter keeps the count through the viewfinder of Panavision’s hi-def Genesis camera. Photos courtesy of Columbia Pictures and GH Three LLC. American Cinematographer 31
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