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camera, it’s the other way around. We can grab the HDRI light and apply it to characters within a day, and then spend the rest of our time doing whatever’s necessary to make it look cooler. “The Spherocam was important for the neck blend because we had to mix CG skin with real skin, and that required spot-on lighting,” he adds. “It’s basically a video camera with a fisheye lens that spins around and grabs 22 stops of data. You can do it at just about any resolution [up to 50 megapixels], and it gives you great range. On a tripod, you can use it in two positions and, with Spheron’s softGreen Lantern and Sinestro speak with a Guardian of the Green Lantern Corps. ware, triangulate points and quickly build rough geometry for match-move across the frame and move with the post. The Spherocam “let us do first-pass purposes.” action. It became a real dance involving lighting that, not so many years ago, With CGI playing such a central lighting, grip, camera and the actors.” would have required eight passes to do role in the picture, the production’s previBerney says the visual-effects right,” he notes. sualization work was exhaustive, encomteam tapped the Spherocam high“It used to be that integrating passing storyboards, 3-D previs (created dynamic-range-imaging system to elements was 90 percent of the work, by Pixel Liberation Front), and an extencapture real-world light elements on set and making it look good was the last 10 sive concept-art display created by Major. to utilize for first-pass lighting work in percent,” Berney continues. “With this The production designer calls the latter
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - July 2011
American Cinematographer - July 2011
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Letters
Production Slate: Larry Crowne • Mortal Kombat
Monster Out of the Box
Ring of Power
Shot Down in Flames
A Cultural Cataclysm
Ascending Cinematography’s Summit
Post Focus: Prime Focus New York
Filmmakers’ Forum: Jim Matlosz
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoriam: Gerald Perry Finnerman, ASC
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Bruno Delbonnel
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Letters
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Ring of Power
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Post Focus: Prime Focus New York
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Filmmakers’ Forum: Jim Matlosz
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - International Marketplace
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - In Memoriam: Gerald Perry Finnerman, ASC
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - Clubhouse News
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American Cinematographer - July 2011 - ASC Close-Up: Bruno Delbonnel
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