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Clockwise from left: Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin) confronts Wright; cranes and wirework enable the crew to shoot a sequence in which a giant Harvester Terminator pulls humans out of an old 7-Eleven; the Harvester unleashes Moto-Terminators to pursue fleeing humans; Reese and Wright escape in a modified tow truck. operandi, but heads back toward his crew — including gaffer Todd Higgins, key grip David Knudson, A-camera operator Chris Moseley, B-camera operator George Billinger and C-camera operator Gary Hatfield — when McG calls out, “Let’s get a lens on this!” Before the cameras start to roll, though, Hurlbut returns to introduce his assistant, Po Chan. “Once we go into production, she takes all the lighting notes on set, including keylight, backlight and fill exposure, and camera placement and color temperature. Her notes were absolutely essential with all of the visual-effects setups we had. She also manages the daily schedule, so when you walk onto the set in the morning, you know the scene, the stock, the equipment and the personnel because it’s all on the list — unless I want to change it on the day. There’s always that wild card! “McG and I feel the best prep is the one that’s well thought out and lets us change our plans on any given day,” continues Hurlbut. “We’ve had sequences that were supposed to be one long take, but then I added a few new cameras to catch explosions, and the transformation was really exciting.” As the set braces for the first take of the day, Chan leads the way to another stage, which contains the subterranean outpost Connor and his colleagues call home. The series of tunnels and rooms includes the small room Connor shares with his wife, Kate (Bryce Dallas Howard). The tunnels are chockablock with mementos of the past, including a basketball hoop and a woodcut portrait of a dog. “The resistance isn’t only fighting the Terminators, they’re also fighting the reality of American Cinematographer 43

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Contents
Editor's Note
Short Takes: A 65mm Microsoft Installation
Production Slate: Drag Me to Hell Downloading Nancy
A Bold, New Enterprise
Back to the Future
Making History Fun
Testing Digital Cameras
Assessing Previs
Post Focus: Cinematographers, Colorists and the DI
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Ad Index
Classified Ads
ASC Membership Roster
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Alan Caso
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