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versions from that, doing trim grades on
them as we went. All told, there were six
different versions of the grade, with
some of those versions spanning multiple frame-rate formats and resolutions.
We ended up mastering about 10 different combinations of frame rates, 3D
brightnesses, resolutions and 2D
versions for theatrical release, not
including different country-specific
versions and audio formats. Adam Inglis
was the primary colorist, along with
Marcy Robinson. Doug Delaney did
the HDR versions.
What's it like collaborating with
Ang Lee?
Gervais: For technology people,
there are obvious things you look at to
check motion: someone's arm moving
fast [for example]. Ang doesn't look at
that - he looks at faces. He'll look
inwards and say, 'How did I feel about
that performance in that version?' And
it takes a real artist to be in tune with
that. As a technical person, I can't
pretend to always get that. Ang will sit
back and say, 'This version made me feel
better about the whole thing. That's the
one we'll use.' More often than not, he
also agrees with the technical side of it.
Does 120-fps 4K 3D still amaze
you?
Gervais: It does. Even though
I'm probably the person on the planet
who has seen it the most, every single
time we cue it up, I just sit there and go,
'It's always better than I remember it.'
Director Ang Lee
The director of Billy Lynn's Long
Halftime Walk is an enigmatic figure.
Lee is a leading director who says he is
not technical, and yet is emerging as a
major technological innovator. He
started our interview with a question.
Ang Lee: What did you make of
the IBC screening?
American
Cinematographer:
There was a revolutionary clarity to
the image.
Lee: The first time I saw it, it was
not like I imagined it - it was something else. It was like a revelation to me.

I think it comes down to changing our
relationship to movies. Is it still a movie,
or is it something else?
It must have been difficult to
shoot a movie in this new way.
Lee: You know, it was scary. For a
long time I was struggling about
whether to jump in or not. I thought
that 24 fps is the fence around paradise.
[Laughs.] I had a real hesitation for a
long time, then I decided to psych

myself up. I don't want to take down the
fence around paradise - I just want to
extend it!
Do you think this is the future of
cinema?
Lee: I think it's a long way away.
We had to jump many steps. With 120
fps, you don't see strobe; it's lifted. But,
because of that clarity, you require better
resolution, and you need more bright➣
ness, all in the same package.



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