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day [in editorial].” The two units were dubbed Dragon and Wolf. “Dragon was a bit bigger — more electricians, a slightly bigger grip team — because they did the big [day] exteriors that involved lots of extras, action and special effects, as well as big night exteriors,” explains Kenzie, who, like the other cinematographers, worked with both units. “The Wolf unit did all the studio material, the intimate stuff. Both units had two operators, two first assistants, two second assistants, two trainees, two video-assist technicians and two DITs. It was a complicated way to work because the units would stay together while the directors, cinematographers and first assistant directors rotated between them. But the nature of the show made that necessary.” The kingdoms in Game of Thrones exist in different geographic regions and therefore have different looks, which the filmmakers finalized with colorist Joe Finley at Modern VideoFilm in Santa Monica. There was no single aesthetic applied to the whole show beyond the use of firelight, moon and sun as the primary light sources. Morgenthau explains, “North of the Wall, which was shot in Iceland by Jonathan Freeman and Martin Kenzie, has a cold feel to it, whereas King’s Landing has a more Mediterranean feel. This year we shot King’s Landing in Croatia, but they used Malta last year, so we had to make it look like the same location. The Kingdom of Qarth and the Red Desert are starker. But those are general guidelines. Overall, the cinematographer and [episode] director were largely free to do what felt best for a given story. Each episode was pretty much treated like its own little movie.” Freeman calls the overall goal “expressionistic naturalism, where we took advantage of source light, whether from windows or firelight. The quality and color of that light has a more heightened, expressionistic quality; it seems more pronounced and dramatic.” When the filmmakers were working in Croatia and Iceland, dailies
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Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls”
Production Slate: Person of Interest • The Raven
Harsh Realms
Wild Passion
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Top of Their Class
Center Stage for Cinematographers
Post Focus: Technicolor Restores Wings
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoria: Ric Waite, ASC; Herbert S. Alpert, ASC, CSC
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Darius Khondji
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American Cinematographer - May 2012 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - May 2012 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - May 2012 - Short Takes: M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls”
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American Cinematographer - May 2012 - International Marketplace
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