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off as another format,” Refn asserts. “The visuals in Bronson are very aesthetically oriented and designed, and Super 16’s harsh, grainy look created an interesting contrast with that.” Smith says he would have preferred to shoot on 35mm, but he notes that his approach to composition — expansive framing achieved with very wide lenses — lends the film a “guerrilla grandeur” that matches the scope of Bronson’s fantasies. The cinematographer recalls, “At one point, I told [production designer] Adrian Smith, ‘I was looking at this whole production a bit skeptically because of the lack of money, but somehow, it works.’ And he replied, ‘I was thinking the same thing.’ Of course, I would still rather have shot the movie in 35mm, mainly because you have more lens choices, especially with faster lenses. When you’re using the wide-angle 16mm lenses, you just can’t get down to a stop of T1.3 or T1.4 — you’re stuck at T2, and you’re struggling at that stop. The average stop on this film was about T2, and sometimes I was pushing a bit to get under that. “On this show, we had an Arri 416 and a spare that we used occasionally. We were on a very tight budget, so we used one film stock, Kodak’s [Vision2 500T] 7218, for almost everything. I tried to get Vision3 [7219], which had just come out, because I felt it would help with the grain structure of 16mm, but our budget wouldn’t allow it. We only changed stock a couple of times, mainly for the greenscreen material we shot in the theater where Bronson performs for an imaginary audience. We shot those on 35mm, using 5218. “I like wide-angle lenses, and I used them all the time on Bronson — 5.5mm, 8mm, 9.5mm and 12mm,” Smith continues. “We primarily used Zeiss Ultra 16 lenses, but we also had a Super Optex 5.5mm lens that was really good. ¢ Top: Patients in a lunatic asylum wander aimlessly through the ward. These scenes were shot in the Nottingham estate’s underground ballroom, where Smith controlled the lighting via domed skylights in the ceiling. Bottom: After being transferred to the psych ward, Bronson prepares to attack another inmate. American Cinematographer 47
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of American Cinematographer - October 2009
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Contents
Editor’s Note
President's Desk
Short Takes: The Maine's "Into Your Arms"
Production Slate: The National Parks: America’s Best IdeaGeorgia O’Keeffe
Pitch Perfect
Hard Time
A Lyrical Love
Vicarious Thrills
Post Focus: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads/Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Lowell Peterson
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American Cinematographer - October 2009 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - October 2009 - President's Desk
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American Cinematographer - October 2009 - Short Takes: The Maine's "Into Your Arms"
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