◗ Delta Blues Top and middle: The Jackson family hopes to one day own a piece of land for themselves. Bottom (from left): Henry, Hap and Jamie bow their heads at Pappy's funeral. 86 December 2017 American Cinematographer ground. No setup was muddier than the opening scene - a flash-forward in which Jamie and Henry dig a grave in a downpour at dusk. Cast and crew were prepared to take advantage of the dark clouds and rain that inevitably rolled in, enabling them to get the wide shots essential for this scene. For work under brighter skies in this scene, the crew set up a flyswatter with a 20'x20' solid negative fill and 12'x20' solids all around in a tent configuration. They also had to make room for rain machines. "I was afraid the audience wouldn't be able to see the rain, so we had 18Ks and M90s [placed behind the solids and aimed through a gap between them] to help backlight it," recalls Bates. "We were right next to a small line of trees, so it took a lot of maneuvering to make all this happen." Lightning effects were created with 360K Outsight Creamsource Doppio+ Daylight 1x2 LED Panels with 1⁄4 CTB for extra blue. These were wrapped around the set just out of frame and controlled by dimmer operator Nate Selee. "It took a massive amount of light to bring the interiors within range of the bright exteriors," Morrison says, "so 18Ks were diffused and pushed in through nearly every open window." There wasn't room for many lights inside the Jackson and McAllan houses,