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Hammer of the Gods
Asgard — he was playing with the light to see its effects. It created a really beautiful look on the model, but given the size of our set, we would need a Kino Flo about 60 feet long and 8 feet high to achieve the same effect!” To create a comparable source, Geryak and key grip Al LaVerde built 24'x8' boxes of truss rigging that were covered on four sides by Ultrabounce and fronted with Light Grid. Inside they mounted six 12-Light Maxi-Brute fixtures, each fed back to a dimmer board for individual control. The four corners of each softbox were attached to the stage perms with chain motors so that the units could be raised, lowered or tilted to any angle. Several of the softboxes were lined up together to create one large soft source. “The concept was to create lighting that would allow us to wrap around the actors and the set no matter where we were looking,” explains Zambarloukos. “We also needed a lot of light at times. For some Photo-Sonics 360-fps work, we needed an equivalent stop of around T11, so we had to have a plan that allowed us to go from a T4 to a T11 very quickly. I’m a big advocate of dimmer boards and planning ahead. We were able to bring Scott Barnes, our dimmer-board operator, onto the production early enough that he could

Top: Sif (Jaimie Alexander, far left) joins the Warriors Three to do battle against the menacing Destroyer. Middle: Thor approaches the Destroyer while a crane follows the action. Bottom: With the Destroyer’s back turned, Zambarloukos makes his move.

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Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: TV on the Radio’s “Will Do”
Production Slate: The Mill & The Cross • Last Man Standing
Scalawags in Stereo
Hammer of the Gods
Tortured Souls
Decoding Digital Imagers: Part 2
Post Focus: Highlights from NAB
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
ASC Membership Roster
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Dean Semler
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