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Left: Harper is
interrogated by
Malcolm Beech
(Morgan
Freeman), the
leader of an
insurgency group
on Earth. Below:
For Beech’s
introduction,
Freeman lit
himself with a
single match.

Miranda. “And, if we had to have a bluescreen, we could just switch one or more
projectors to blue, and that gave us an
instant bluescreen anywhere we needed
it. It was also liberating for Tom and the
other actors because they weren’t acting
in a blue void; they were experiencing
the environment in a very real way.
“With this method, I always
knew what the background would be
and how to compose for it. I actually
used the light from the projections for
much of the lighting in the sky tower. It
gave us a huge source that was very
beautiful natural light. In some cases,
we’d use some additional bounce to
bring that light closer [to an actor], but
that was it.”
By testing the projection rig
extensively in prep, Miranda determined that each projector could only
cover a 42'-wide area and still give him
the brightness he needed for exposure.
“I was calculating 1⁄3 under a T2 — that
became my base mark,” he says. “Then,
I knew we’d need a 4-to-6-foot overlap

for each of the images to make the transitions as seamless as possible. We could
deal with some distortion from time to
time because we were projecting clouds,
which are very forgiving, but if there
were any visible seams, we were dead.”
Even a production as large as
Oblivion has a finite budget, and the
projection rig was a considerable
expense. “I had to find the most
economical yet effective way to cover
the area we needed to cover,” says
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Miranda. “This meant that the projector
was sometimes horizontal and sometimes vertical. I also figured I would
lose about 1⁄3 of a stop from all the glass,
so I planned to shoot everything at a
T1.41⁄3. That was right on the hairy
edge of where I was getting exposure,
but if I wanted to increase that, we
would have needed twice as many
projectors, and that was out of the question.”
Miranda considered asking the
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American Cinematographer - May 2013
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: “Suit & Tie”
Production Slate: Trance • The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Surviving the Future
A Trailblazer’s Tale
Conjuring Hope
The ABCs of DMX
Star Tech
Hot Shots
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Paul Maibaum
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