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is interrupted when he falls backward into a bathtub full of water. To heighten the effect, and to communicate Cobb’s passage from a dream state to consciousness, Nolan asked for a speed ramp. The goal was 1,000 fps, necessitating the faster Photo-Sonics camera and a 7-stop light loss. “We knew we needed a lot of punch to shoot at 1,000 frames with that camera,” says Geryak. “The lenses it requires only go to a stop of 4.5. I believe I was getting the equivalent of f/90 on the edgelight, measuring the light at 24 fps. We achieved that by setting two Condors outside the windows that each held two Arrimax 18K Pars with spot reflectors; they were less than 15 feet from Leo. We also had two 12K Pars banging into the ceiling for ‘a bit of fill’ — the stand-in actually started steaming!” Pfister notes, “The shot looks great. You can see individual beads of water, which gives the scene an otherworldly feeling.” Another complicated shot involved rotating a van on its horizontal axis 360 degrees. The target frame rate was 1,000 fps, leading Geryak to construct what Nolan jokingly dubbed the “tunnel of expense.” Geryak explains, “We essentially built a tunnel out of truss. We had six rows of five
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Clockwise from far left: A Japanese fortress shown at the beginning of the film required several different sets built in various places, including an oceanfront site in California (shown here), Warner Bros. soundstages in Burbank, and London; Nolan, DiCaprio and Murphy discuss a sequence set in a hotel bar, where Pfister used warm light emulating sunset to exaggerate a lighting effect; Nolan and crewmembers, including Pfister, gaffer Cory Geryak (in shorts) and visual-effects supervisor Paul Franklin, have fun testing the massive bar set, which was built on hydraulics that could tilt it up to 30 degrees; DiCaprio and Page step into a surreal world on a greenscreen stage at Universal.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - July 2010
The International Journal of Motion Imaging - July 2010 Vol. 91 No. 7
Features
Dream Thieves (Inception)
Elements of Power (The Last Airbender)
An Emotional Rebirth (I Am Love)
Crowning Achievements (The Tudors)
Departments
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: “Telephone”
Production Slate: Lie to Me • The Killer Inside Me
Post Focus: Enhancing Frozen
Filmmakers’ Forum: Gale Tattersall
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoria: Karl Malkames, ASC • Vincent Martinelli, ASC
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Thomas A. Del Ruth
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American Cinematographer - July 2010 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - July 2010 - Short Takes: “Telephone”
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American Cinematographer - July 2010 - In Memoria: Karl Malkames, ASC • Vincent Martinelli, ASC
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