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Unit photography (by D Stevens), frame grabs and additional photos courtesy of Warner Bros. Studios, Light Iron and the filmmakers.

Opposite: 42 tells the
story of Jackie
Robinson (Chadwick
Boseman), the first
African American to
play in Major League
Baseball. Top: Robinson
looks out at Dodger
Stadium with
teammate Pee Wee
Reese (Lucas Black).
Middle: Robinson joins
his teammates in the
locker room. Bottom:
General manager
Branch Rickey (Harrison
Ford) speaks with
Robinson after his batsmashing moment of
rage.

germane today, so we didn’t want it to
seem like a ‘once upon a time’-type
thing. Don suggested evolving the look
into a more modern one as the story
progresses [from 1945 to 1947]. It’s a
slightly warm period look at the beginning — not quite sepia, but warmer —
and then, as the story moves along, it
becomes a cooler, more modern look.”
Burgess explains that this idea
was sparked by the moment Robinson
becomes a Brooklyn Dodger and dons
the team’s white uniform. “I wanted a
true contrast between a black man and
his white uniform — that was the starting point. Having shot on film for so
long, I still filter when I’m shooting, so
I broke down the movie’s three-year
time frame and determined how to use
filters, diffusion and lighting gels to
progress the imagery.”
The story starts with Robinson in
the Negro Leagues, follows him
through the minors, and then ends with
him being called up with the Dodgers.
For the 1945 scenes, Burgess favored
light Tiffen Warm Pro-Mist filtration
(1⁄8 or ¼) on the lens, unbleached
muslin for lighting diffusion, and ¼ or
½ CTO gels on lights. For 1946 scenes,
he switched to 1⁄8 or ¼ Tiffen Warm
Soft/FX filters on the lens, bleached
muslin, and varying strengths of CTS
(1⁄8, ¼ and ½) on lights. Finally, for
1947, he used Tiffen Bronze
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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
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Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Paul Maibaum
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