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Funny Business
Right: Cassie
performs on a
variety show
called Girls Are
Funny, Too.
Below, from
left:
Flinckenberg
observes the
action as
Nicholas
Davidoff
operates
Steadicam and
director Adam
Davidson
studies the
monitor.

imity. The result is a localized brightness
that leaves the characters in shadow. A
and B cameras are on dollies - with B
cam mounted on a Silent Cat slider
with the aid of an OConnor 2575 Fluid
Head. A and B slowly track from side to
side, yielding a sequence one might
think was aided by Steadicam.
Davidson encourages Malatynska and
Davidoff to try different things as the
production rehearses. "We're exploring
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now," the director says. During capture,
the result is slow, smoky, moody, wellcomposed and quite beautiful.
Malatynska points out that on
prior sequences, the production has
employed a Lambda head "to get the
camera right on top of tables or bars and
use the reflections on the surface as foreground. We also used a 3-foot slider for
adjustments."
Flinckenberg says that long takes
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like this one have been prevalent on the
show. And though we haven't seen it in
use today, I'm Dying Up Here features
frequent use of a dedicated Steadicam C
camera. Mortensen notes that Andy
Shuttleworth operated Steadicam for
the first half of the season, while
Davidoff has been operating on more
recent episodes. There have generally
been two to four MovieBird crane days
per episode.
Brunet reports that each episode
gets a double-up day with 2nd-unit
cinematographer
Michael
G.
Wojciechowski, who shoots additional
on-stage footage. On such days, Brunet
says, "we almost always have both units
shooting on opposing stages. It's a rare
exception when either unit goes on location those days." He also notes that the
production "used Sony a7S II [cameras]
for car rigs and specialty work."
As we snack on pizza from food
vendor Company 77's converted 1983
Pierce Arrow Pumper fire engine, and
sugar-dusted New Orleans-style
pastries from The Beignet Truck -
both of which have set up shop between
the stages as another a wrap-day treat -



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