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Shaking a Family's Foundation
variation in grain quality. We could have
managed that with digital grain reduction in post, but we decided to stick
with one stock to avoid this [variation]
and also to simplify stock management,
since [1st AC] Eon Mora was the one
person handling film for the whole
production.
"The scale of this shoot was tiny,"
the cinematographer continues. "The
entire cast and crew could fit into two
minivans, which meant that we were
incredibly agile and could keep the
environment all about performance and
story."
Although his films' dialogue is
largely improvised while shooting,
Swanberg prefers to eschew multicamera coverage. "Joe has made almost
20 movies and has a very strong singlecamera mentality," says Richardson.
"He's not looking for traditional coverage, but rather a real connection
between two actors with natural
responses and reactions. If we need to
give ourselves a little escape valve after a
long take, we'll typically look for one
other angle to cut away to, and then
we'll get out."
"Ben and I tend to agree on this
Top: Jenny and
her friend Carson
(Lena Dunham)
help Kelly
brainstorm a
novel she hopes
to write. For this
scene and others,
high-wattage bulbs
were placed in
practical lights
with low-intensity
bounce fill
to maintain the
film's observational
feel. Bottom:
Richardson meters
the supplemental
lighting in the
basement.
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