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Top left: Eaddy confers with director Mo Twine on a rooftop set. Top
right: Gaffer Nicolas Amato sets a Hive Drone Plasma Spot. Middle: This
lighting diagram shows where each Hive Plasma fixture was placed on
the rooftop. Bottom: This frame grab shows a scene from the 30-second
spot with two Hive Killer Plasma Maxis in the background.
“Even with all the company moves
we made, the on-set and post processes for
the Epic were fast and easy. [Digital-imaging
technician] Jared Bargiel transcoded
footage using his DIT cart with a Red Rocket
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Card. He could transcode on the fly to
ProRes, transfer footage and also dial in
looks using [Blackmagic Design’s] DaVinci
Resolve to do a base color grade on the fly.
Shooting raw enables you to take more
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chances as long as you’re monitoring the
waveform and vectorscopes to know where
your highlights, shadow area and color
information lie.”
One of the most challenging setups
featured the Volt driving through a tunnel
at night. “The Hive lights really showed
their versatility and low-power-draw advantages there,” Koretz recalls. “We had eight
Wasp Plasma Pars, four Drone Source Four
Retrofits and two Killer Plasma 4-Light
Maxis. We put batteries in the Wasp Pars all
the way down the tunnel, and then shot
them upward to create columns of light
that could be part of the story.”
At the end of the tunnel, Koretz
positioned the Killer 4-Lights to shine back
into the tunnel, and beyond them, a Drone
Source Four was placed with two more Pars
to light the Volt as it emerged from the
tunnel. All together, Koretz says, the fixtures
“gave the tunnel a futuristic look. If we’d
had to run cable, it would have taken a long
time to light that tunnel, but with the
[battery-powered] Hive units, we were able
to do it in roughly 30 minutes.” Smoke
machines added to the ambience. Also, the
filmmakers employed a Cinestar Octocopter remote-controlled aerial-camera
platform from Drone Dudes to capture
shots leading and following the Volt
through the tunnel with the Red Scarlet.
“We had to be nimble and make
adjustments quickly,” says Koretz. “Mo is
great at thinking on his feet, and we both
had the confidence that the lights would
give us the flexibility we needed. Avoiding
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Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: “The Volt Plasma Challenge”
Production Slate: Frances Ha • Spring Breakers
Boldly Captured
Living Large
A Killer with 2 Faces
Utopian Dreams
Filmmakers’ Forum: Edgar Burcksen, ACE
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
ASC Membership Roster
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Shelly Johnson
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American Cinematographer - June 2013 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - June 2013 - Short Takes: “The Volt Plasma Challenge”
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