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worked,” recalls Prampin. “We used a lot of Lee Chrome Orange, 219 Fluorescent Green, 1⁄4 to Full Plus Green and Urban Sodium. When we could use a Condor at night, we’d put Urban Sodium on our HMIs to warm them to look like streetlights.” Savages includes several driving scenes, day as well as night, and for the latter Mindel opted to light only the cars. Instead of using a process trailer, he had key grip Charley Gilleran hardmount the camera to the picture cars. A small tow trailer was fitted with a soundproof wood housing for two Honda EU2000 generators. The trailer was then hitched to the bumper of the
“Film really does just see what the eye sees, but if you mistreat it, the results can be volatile.”
picture cars, which Fahey’s crew covered with speed rail to facilitate the hanging of several Kino Flos and 500-watt Par cans. “The rigs were drivable enough that we actually had the actors doing the driving,” Prampin remarks. “We even drove them on the Century Freeway.” Because they weren’t lighting the streets, the filmmakers tried to shoot in areas that were already bright enough to be visible in the background. “Selfishly, perhaps, I wanted to use as little light as possible to demonstrate that you don’t have to shoot digitally to shoot at night,” says Mindel. “Film really does just see what the eye sees, but if you mistreat it, the results can be volatile.” He shot interiors and night scenes on Kodak Vision3 500T 5219,
Top to bottom: The crew deploys white bounce cards and large blacks for negative fill; Steadicam operator Chris Haarhoff captures a shot of Lado taking aim; a low-angle dolly shot amps up the ensuing gun battle.
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Contents
Editor’s Note
Short Takes: Keane’s “Silenced by the Night”
Production Slate: Trishna • Two and a Half Men
Ancient Aliens
High Anxiety
Hair-Metal Heroes
Shooting J.R.
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Peter Lyons Collister
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