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Top: This rigging diagram was used for a scene in which a limo bursts into the Oval Office.
Bottom: Sawyer with Walker inside the Oval Office.

we should lose the long, carpeted areas
in the hallways and foyers, which were
true to the real White House. When I
discussed my concerns with our production designer, Kirk Petruccelli, he understood immediately and offered up great
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reflective textures and sheen on the
walls that proved crucial for our look.
We used HMIs primarily to bring in
daylight from the outside, and it mixed
with tungsten light inside and then
basically bounced off the floor [and
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walls]. That gave us practical lights and
kicks from the windows to the floors,
and that made it much more visually
interesting.”
“Anna asked for shiny marble
floors, so we always had people polishing and waxing them,” Emmerich notes
with a chuckle.
Foerster pursued various other
tricks to bounce naturalistic light around
the White House sets. For example, she
had the art department create what Acamera operator François Daignault
calls “imperfect glass” to enhance unique
light in certain rooms. “Dealing with
clear windows onstage is always a bit of
a pain,” he explains, “but Anna asked the
art department to use plastic instead of
glass and then warp the plastic a bit with
a heat gun to make it resemble old glass.
It added character to the set, and it also
helped us see less outside and get nice
reflections — a real win-win situation.”
Gaffer Jean Courteau suggests
White House Down features a different



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American Cinematographer - July 2013
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Dreamland
Production Slate: Laurence Anyways • Post Tenebras Lux
Prime Target
Wild Planet
An Indie Twist on Shakespeare
Tournament of Death
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Don Burgess
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