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Top: Designed in
gold tones, the
living room of
Lucious' mansion
is one of the
show's primary
standing sets.
Middle and
bottom: For the
season-three
episode "Light in
Darkness," the
crew captures a
scene between
Byers and Leslie
Uggams - who
portrays Andre's
grandmother Leah
Walker - as well
as a family dinner.

Williams has been living and working
in Chicago for 20 years, and has been
with Empire since the series' first season.
"Paul, gaffer Gino Crededio and key
grip John Hudecek are all from
Chicago," he says. "To my knowledge,
Empire is the first time that we've had
Chicago talent drive the photography of
a major show [shot in the city]. The
collaboration and communication we
have is paramount to our success."
Regarding the series' visuals,
Sommers offers, "It's a bit of a television
convention to use longer lenses. That
makes it easier to get two cameras
working, and it helps hide any sins in
the production design. But on Empire
we embrace wider focal lengths for our
close-ups, usually 50 to 75mm. On
most other shows I'm working around
150mm to 200mm."
Sommers employs his personal
set of Arri/Zeiss Master Primes, and he
makes extensive use of 18-85mm (T2),
24-180mm (T2.6) and 75-400mm
(T2.8-3.8) Fujinon Premier zooms
when the camera is mounted on a dolly.
"The Premiers are absolutely spectacular, and they match [well] with the
Master Primes," he offers. "The way
they flare - when they flare - is great,
and they handle the contrast range
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American Cinematographer - October 2016 - Intro
American Cinematographer - October 2016 - Cover1
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