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Rock’Em,Sock’Em Mitch Amundsen captures large-scale action as the Transformers wage intergalactic war on Earth. by Noah Kadner ransformers is a sci-fi action film based on the animated television series about warring factions of cybernetic robots who transform into cars, aircraft, animals and a variety of other items, even household appliances. The robots are divided into two opposing camps that broaden their conflict to Earth: the heroic Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, and the villainous Decepticons, led by Megatron. The popularity of the original series led to many waves of tiein merchandise, more series and, in Robots T 1986, an animated theatrical feature. Its latest incarnation, a liveaction feature directed by Michael Bay, offered cinematographer Mitch Amundsen (The Transporter 2) a chance to take over director of photography duties for Bay for the first time. (He performed additional photography with secondary units on Bay’s previous films.) “I’ve shot on all of Michael’s second units,” says Amundsen. “I operated on Armageddon [see AC July ’98] and was second-unit director of photography on Pearl Harbor [AC May ’01]. He has a very unique Unit photography by Phil Bray, SMPSP; Robert Zuckerman; and Stephen Vaughan, SMPSP 44 August 2007

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - August 2007

Contents
Editor’s Note
Global Village
DVD Playback
Production Slate
Let There Be Light
Rock ’Em, Sock ’Em Robots
Ghost Writer
Dance Fever
Short Takes
Post Focus
New Products & Services
Points East
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
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American Cinematographer - August 2007 - Editor’s Note
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