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Has Mark’s technique changed much since your first collaboration? Okada: Something that’s remained consistent is that we don’t use zoom lenses unless we have to. We stick to primes, and I think that’s because Mark and I have such a great feel for what each prime can do. It’s wonderful that Panavision has 65mm and 125mm Primos now; those are focal lengths I’ve been wanting forever, and I use them a lot. On Mean Girls and Just Like Heaven, we ran two cameras all the time unless I just couldn’t get a second one in there, but on Ghosts, if it was a single of an actor and there was only one good place for that lens to be, then Mark was comfortable going without the second camera. Also, we shot widescreen for the first time. Our previous movies were 1.85:1, but Mark and Caleb Deschanel [ASC] photographed The Spiderwick Chronicles in Super 35mm [AC March ’08], and I’m grateful Mark had that experience, because he had no qualms about shooting Ghosts widescreen. I actually hoped to shoot anamorphic, which I haven’t used since Texas Rangers [2001], but he wasn’t comfortable trying it on this project. Mark always has a very specific shot list, and we work fast; he likes to keep spontaneity going with the actors, and I try to mirror that with the crew. That, coupled with the fact that we were going to be mainly location-based and stuck in practical rooms, made Super 35 a better choice. The work process evolves and we all grow, and that’s great. Mark and I always tap past experiences but also leave ourselves open to simplifying or finding a better way. Who knows? Our next movie might be anamorphic, or it might be Super 16. It’s all about the visual tapestry that’s right for that story. I TECHNICAL SPECS 2.40:1 Super 35mm Panavision XL2, Panaflex Millennium Primo lenses Kodak Vision3 500T 5219; Vision2 50D 5201, 250D 5205 Digital Intermediate Printed on Kodak Vision 2383 55

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American Cinematographer - May 2009
Contents
Editor's Note
Short Takes: ASC Heritage Award Winners
Production Slate: Grey Gardens and Adoration
Wolverine's Hour
On the Record
Reforming a Ladies' Man
A Friend in Need
Technical Knockouts
Cinematography's Summit
Post Focus: The Red Machine and My Suicide
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: John Lindley
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American Cinematographer - May 2009 - Editor's Note
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American Cinematographer - May 2009 - Short Takes: ASC Heritage Award Winners
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American Cinematographer - May 2009 - Production Slate: Grey Gardens and Adoration
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American Cinematographer - May 2009 - Technical Knockouts
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American Cinematographer - May 2009 - Cinematography's Summit
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American Cinematographer - May 2009 - Post Focus: The Red Machine and My Suicide
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American Cinematographer - May 2009 - International Marketplace
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American Cinematographer - May 2009 - Clubhouse News
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American Cinematographer - May 2009 - ASC Close-Up: John Lindley
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