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8' high. To create clusters of colored light, Nickel’s team wrapped a variety of gels — 002 Rose Pink, 024 Scarlet, 048 Rose Purple, 075 Evening Blue, 090 Dark Yellow Green and 153 Pale Salmon — around 25-watt, 40-watt and 60-watt bulbs and screwed them into small chandeliers created by the art department. To bolster that light, a 100-watt or 150-watt frosted bulb wrapped in the same colored gel was hidden behind every practical. Additionally, the crew replaced two sections of the back wall with unbleached muslin and bounced 4Ks gelled with 111 Dark Pink through it from outside, creating a soft, colored fill. Kino Flos, Rifa lights and Barger Baglites were used for close-up work. “Alwin and Joe wanted the Grimm cottage to feel like a fairytale but with something evil lurking in the background, and it does,” says Nickel. “You can feel daylight entering but not reaching the corners of the room, and

with a bit of haze, the overall feel is a little frightening.” Surveying his work on Hanna two months before its release, Küchler observes, “I would have to say that this was physically one of the hardest shoots I’ve done. One of the unsung heroes of the film was our first AD, Guy Heeley, whose scheduling was always very well thought through. And [2nd-unit director/cinematographer] Martin Kenzie did a lot of big, beautiful shots that always matched our work perfectly. “I think everybody had to give a special something to get this movie made. What helped keep me going were all the interesting challenges Joe threw my way.” ●

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