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Funny Business
earlier today. Skypans are illuminating
the Translight city backing from behind.
"For The Tonight Show, we wanted
the Translight to be the main lighting
[source]," Launais says. "For [Bill's
anxious] entrance, we wanted to show
the tension as well as highlight the
importance of making it on the show -
so we used the Quasar on the opposite
side of the Translight to give him a dim
'Quasar' look. Once he went past the
curtain, we reset to the traditional
Tonight Show look."
The crew preps a Chapman Super
PeeWee IV dolly on a track, and
Flinckenberg and Launais adjust the
spot. The shoot begins and the dolly -
equipped with an Alexa and 40mm
Primo - pushes in quick, first toward
Santino, then into the black-and-white
studio-camera monitor in which Santino
is framed. Meanwhile, the handheld B
cam fitted with an 80mm Leica R pans
from Santino to the monitor and back
again - always keeping the prop camera
in shot. Atmosphere adds further texture
to the image.
Flinckenberg submits that the
emotional tension created by the shot
design is an effort "to give drama to the
comedy." He explains that it's not as
important to him to emulate the lighting
used in the 1970s as it is to give the scene
a "cinematic, emotional feel."
Production enjoys a delicious
lunch provided by Reel Chefs Catering
- which includes a special wrap-day
sushi station - before moving to the
final setups: the dressing room, main
stage and backstage of The Dating Game.
First up, comic Nick Beverly ( Jake Lacy)
is getting a pep talk from his agent, Miles
Farber (Ryan Alosio), who's doing his
best to convince the cynical performer
that this particular game show is a solid
career move. They converse at a dressing-room makeup table, whose mirror is
lined with frosted globe practicals, which
serve as the scene's primary light source
- supplemented by "a small Chimera
strip bank to fill faces," Launais says.
The globes' soft glow dominates
the frame, close to blowing it out yet illuminating only what's in immediate prox-
Top: Bill and Sully
(Stephen Guarino)
grab a bite. Above:
Bill, Sully and Ralph
hang at the club's
bar. Right: Having
scored a small role
on a television
series, Ron (Clark
Duke, center) sits for
a table read.
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