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Warrior King

Right: Nakia
(Lupita Nyong'o),
along with
T'Challa and
Okoye, goes
undercover at an
underground
casino in Busan.
Below: Cast and
crew shoot the
casino scene.

country that chooses to walk barefoot
on the Earth."
This connection to nature is
paralleled in Morrison's naturalistic
approach to lighting, which has its roots
in her documentary experience. "It's
about motivation," she says. "The lighting should feel like it's coming from
somewhere, whether it's a practical, the
sun or a burning fire. It should make
sense on a subconscious level in order to
maintain the suspension of disbelief."
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The filmmakers wanted the
sunlight to feel the same all across
Wakanda, and to feel warmer than the
neutral light in the United States and
the cool, overcast light in London.
Shooting mostly at ISO 800 - "I
wanted to rate at 1,280 for a bit of digital grain, but visual effects requested no
higher than 800 for comps," the cinematographer notes - and at a stop
between T2.8 and T4, Morrison would
match her sources to a motivating
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source in the scene, a process that was
significantly streamlined through the
use of LEDs. "I used more LEDs on
this show than ever before," she attests.
"Their flexibility is incredible. You can
color-balance the light on set with very
minute adjustments, so instead of
having to grab a 1⁄8 Minus Green, you
can just dial it in."
According to Cornwall, Arri
SkyPanel S60-Cs, AadynTech Jab
Variables, and Sourcemaker LED
Blanket lights were used in some capacity every day on set. Morrison prefers to
light from the side when shaping the
actors' faces, sometimes directly with
8'x8' Blanket lights, double-diffused
through an 8'x8' or 12'x12' Grid Cloth
and unbleached muslin to give the light
a warm, earthy quality. "I love bounced
light, but it takes up a lot of space when
you start bouncing light into bigger
frames," she notes. "We did a ton of
bounce for our exteriors - it was a total
grip scene with one 18K."
Many of the film's elaborate sets,
including the Wakandan High Council
chamber, were built at EUE/Screen
Gems Studios in Atlanta, while all of
the film's big exterior set work, including Wakanda's Warrior Falls, was shot
at the OFS fiber-optics plant north of
the city. For the film's opening and clos-



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