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lenses - was connected to the dimmer
board.
By carefully placing the Ring of
Fire's lamps in combination with the
Bethke filters, the cinematographer
could essentially sculpt and program
custom lens flares to underscore key
dramatic moments. "I gave Jeff a sketch
of what I had in mind, literally drawn
on a napkin, and he and his guys built
it," the cinematographer remembers
with a laugh. "Once we had these lights
set with a particular filter, I could just
call out lamp positions on the Ring -
'one o'clock, two o'clock' - to get the
flares in time with the action."

"I saw an origin
story of these
pop-culture
superheroes, as
these guys come
together and
battle the powers
that be."
"Al DeMayo at LiteGear set up
the wireless unit for it," Ferrero explains,
noting that he had two rings made -
16" and 14" in diameter - to allow for
use with different optics. "I thought the
best look came from the filter called Las
Vegas 5am, which has diamonds
embedded in it. When you hit that
thing just right with the LEDs - just
as an actor hits a line, a mark or a verse
- we could bring up those flares."
To ground the action in Compton,
Libatique recalls, "Gary really wanted a
handheld camera but I didn't, probably
because I was coming straight off two
other handheld features. I was tired of it
as an aesthetic, even though Gary was
100-percent right about it being right


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