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Top and middle: The military moves in to confront the terrifying events threatening the town. Bottom: After discovering a network of tunnels beneath the town cemetery, our heroes use sparklers to light their path. Supplemental light sources were used to boost the illumination.

hard sources a quarter of a mile away,” explains gaffer Jim Grce. The lighting package was the same for all night exteriors: a 15-6K Bebee Night Light, nine 18K LRX Raptors distributed among three 120' Condors, and a mobile LRX Piranha armed with six 12K HMI Pars (which could be interchanged with tungsten bulbs). “You have to position lights like that way ahead of time and hope you’ve made a good guess as to where the camera’s going to be, because they take hours to move,” Fong remarks. “Sometimes you can’t move them because they’re behind a building or up against a mountain. You’ve only got so many choices as to where you’re going to place lights that big, and our cameras were pointing in so many directions that we’d inevitably end up looking right at one of them.” Viewers familiar with Abrams’ work will recognize his trademark lens flares streaking across the screen. The director even occasionally asked for lights in the frame to specifically create the effect. “We did it in the suburbs, and we even did it in the middle of nowhere,” Fong recalls. “At first some of us were scratching our heads — we’d do
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American Cinematographer - July 2011
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Letters
Production Slate: Larry Crowne • Mortal Kombat
Monster Out of the Box
Ring of Power
Shot Down in Flames
A Cultural Cataclysm
Ascending Cinematography’s Summit
Post Focus: Prime Focus New York
Filmmakers’ Forum: Jim Matlosz
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoriam: Gerald Perry Finnerman, ASC
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Bruno Delbonnel
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Letters
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Production Slate: Larry Crowne • Mortal Kombat
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Ring of Power
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Shot Down in Flames
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Ascending Cinematography’s Summit
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Post Focus: Prime Focus New York
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Filmmakers’ Forum: Jim Matlosz
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - International Marketplace
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - In Memoriam: Gerald Perry Finnerman, ASC
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Clubhouse News
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - ASC Close-Up: Bruno Delbonnel
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