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grade with Ros and colorist Laurent Desbruères. “I was lucky to work closely with Laurent and Philippe,” says Tovoli. “As always with Perrin productions, the atmosphere was one of honesty and profound respect for the professionalism of others.” The main challenge, notes Tovoli, was matching disparate footage cut together in a scene. “One scene could contain shots done three years apart in different seas — they were edited together to look like reversal shots,” explains Tovoli. Desbruères adds that another challenge was the multitude of ocean currents, which created variegated colors, sometimes even in the same shot. He cites the sardine run as an example. “It’s amazing — you get a variety of nuances from blue to cyan and then magenta which appear with small changes of depth.” Another difficulty came from murky waters, which the colorist brightened by enhancing beams of light.
Designed and built by the production, the rugged, gyrostabilized Thetys head was often set up in an inflatable Zodiac, which was less threatening to sea creatures than larger boats.
process to the 35mm. The HD upconversion to 4K was done after the digital grade, using a custom Digimage process. Digimage also applied a proprietary process called “wide range” to get slightly stronger whites in the filmout, and created multiple digital negatives, which were used to print positives directly so as to avoid the loss of two extra generations. For the DCP master, selective focus was applied to 200 shots
as a way of emphasizing certain elements in the frame. Perrin asked an old friend, cinematographer Luciano Tovoli, ASC, AIC, to shoot a few fictional sequences that are absent from the U.S. version of the film, and also to supervise the DI at Digimage. “Jacques said he wanted an eye to harmonize the different footage according to the vision of the directors,” says Tovoli, who spent 12 weeks on the
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - May 2010
American Cinematographer - May 2010
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: ASC Heritage Award Winners
Production Slate: The Man Next Door • Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Armor Wars
Wonders of the Sea
Lost and Found Families
Dark Secrets
Deep Visual Roots
Post Focus: Restoring A Star Is Born
Tricks of the Trade
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Fred Elmes
American Cinematographer - May 2010 - Intro
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American Cinematographer - May 2010 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - May 2010 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - May 2010 - Short Takes: ASC Heritage Award Winners
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American Cinematographer - May 2010 - International Marketplace
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American Cinematographer - May 2010 - Clubhouse News
American Cinematographer - May 2010 - ASC Close-Up: Fred Elmes
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