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only be blocked off at certain times of day, and there were rain delays. Fortunately, Manchester’s soft, overcast daylight made it easy to match shots captured on different days, and Taylor made the most of the location by shooting the available streets from every angle and redressing store fronts. Taylor used a Canon EOS 5D Mark II to capture the moment of impact when the Nazi spy’s taxi is hit by a truck that sends it flying into the air. He hid two 5Ds with kit lenses in small Pelican cases that each had a hole cut into one side. The holes were sealed with clear Lexan polycarbonate, and the cases were painted to match the detailing on the front bumper of the truck and the back bumper of the taxi. Another 5D was rigged inside the taxi to get the driver’s POV. As the moment of impact approached, Taylor also had two Genesis cameras tracking alongside the taxi on a winch-drive remote rail system (built by Jason Leinster).

“Second units really shine when they’re given authorship over a large piece of a sequence,” Johnson observes, “and Jonathan’s work is just dazzling. He understands what action is and how to make it exciting for the camera.” Although Johnson desaturated the dailies on Captain America, he says that once he started the final color correction with colorist/ASC associate Steven J. Scott at EFilm, “I found myself doing almost no desaturation. On the big screen, with our color choices being so simplified, desaturating the image takes the life out of it.” Johnston trusted Johnson’s judgment completely. “Shelly is an artist with paint and brushes as well as lights and lenses,” he says. “I don’t hesitate to hand over to him all technical and creative responsibilities for capturing the image, and I know he’ll deliver something above and beyond what I had in mind.” One of the most gratifying

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American Cinematographer - August 2011
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: The Arrival
Production Slate: Rise of the Planet of the Apes • Femme Fatales
Cosmic Questions
Darkest Arts
An All-American Hero
Once Upon a Time in the West
Post Focus
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Tom Houghton
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American Cinematographer - August 2011 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - August 2011 - President’s Desk
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