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Bloody Valentine

Underwater cameras were used to capture Owen’s distress after he’s thrown into a swimming pool by a group of sadistic bullies.

final scene in Abby’s apartment, a day interior in which all the windows are tightly covered. “Realistically, you’d be looking at a totally black screen,” muses Fraser. “To make the audience believe they’re looking at an image that has no light, you have to pursue a feeling of absolute darkness.” Achieving the effect involved a good deal of testing with Kodak’s Vision3 500T 5219, and Fraser eventually decided to overexpose it by one full stop. Lighting the set called for the subtlest of approaches, with no perceptible key or fill, just a shallowfocus image on the verge of darkness. The trick was to source the light from above without directly hitting the walls. Kemp used several Octopuses, a small version of the Diving Bell that features eight Duvetyn flaps hanging off the side like tentacles; each held a 1K or 1.5K tungsten JEM Ball (going through a secondary diffusion ring, as with the Diving Bell), and Fraser could direct the light or change the illumination levels by raising or lowering the flaps. Throughout the production, the filmmakers strove to avoid strong colors. In the digital grade, which was carried out at 2K at Company 3 in
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Contents
Editors Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: “Lakairomania”
Production Slate: Enter the Void • Indie 3-D
With Friends Like These…
Zero-Sum Game
Bloody Valentine
Welcome to the Jungle
Post Focus: Advanced Digital Services
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Jim Denault
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American Cinematographer - October 2010 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - October 2010 - Short Takes: “Lakairomania”
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