American Cinematographer - September 2008 - (Page 35) notice. “It was the only way to make the schedule work,” says Colley, “and the only way I could look the rigging crew in the eye!” The English winter inevitably made its presence felt with ever-shifting light and weather conditions. Naturally, exterior scenes were the worst affected, and Pados battled for consistent images from the beginning of the shoot. “We shot the very first scene over three different days,” he recalls. “The first day was sunny, the second was cloudy and on the third it was raining; we seemed to go though every season in that one scene!” Fluctuating levels of sunlight also had an impact on day interiors. “You might have lots of lights outside these huge windows, but you’re still using the existing daylight as well,” continues the cinematographer. “Sometimes there were days when it was so dark and cloudy that nothing came through, and it would often change in the middle of the day.” To counteract unreliable daylight and add contrast to interior shots, Pados frequently reflected light off mirrors into backgrounds. “We would put 6K and 12K Pars in the rooms and bounce them off 3-by-3-foot and 4-by-4-foot mirrors,” he says. “The mirrors created hotspots, as though the sun was coming in though a high window; it worked really well.” Additionally, working from the floor, the mirrors and lights could be moved quickly without breaking any of the properties’ rigging rules. Lady Georgina died shortly before the introduction of gas lighting in England, so candles had to motivate most of the lighting for evening and nighttime scenes. Pados worked closely with production designer Michael Carlin to make the best use of the limited number of single-wick (rather than double- or triple-wick) GF-16 Remote: 15.3 m (50’) Platform: 11.3 m (37’) YOUR INNOVATIVE PARTNER FOR CAMERA SUPPORT GF-10 Remote: 11.5 m (37’) Platform: 8m (26’) GF-9 Remote: 10 m (33’ 5’’) GF-8 Remote: 8m (26’) Platform: 5.7 m (18’ 10’’) GF-8 Xten Remote: 10.5 m (34’ 6’’) Platform: 7.3 m (24’) www.g-f-m.net Grip Factory Munich GmbH Fürholzener Straße 1 85386 Eching - Munich, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)89 / 31 90 12 90 Fax: +49 (0)89 / 31 90 12 99 E-mail: info@g-f-m.net Internet: www.g-f-m.net 35 http://sydneyfilmschool.com http://sydneyfilmschool.com http://www.g-f-m.net http://www.g-f-m.net http://www.g-f-m.net
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